How The West Was Won

[1963, Movie, NR, 165 mins]

How The West Was Won: Cast & Details

Year: 1963
Rated NR
Parental Rating: Good for children
Country Of Origin: U.S.
Running Time: 165
Format: Color
Genre(s): Western
Production Co(s).: MGM
Released By: Cinerama

Award(s)
Academy Award Winner: Best Sound - Franklin E. Milton
Academy Award Winner: Best Film Editing - Harold F. Kress
Academy Award Winner: Best Original Story and Screenplay - James R. Webb
Academy Award Nominee: Best Picture
Academy Award Nominee: Best Art Direction - Set Decoration (Color)
Academy Award Nominee: Best Color Cinematography - William H. Daniels, Milton Krasner, Charles Lang, Jr., Joseph LaShelle
Academy Award Nominee: Best Costume Design (Color) - Walter Plunkett
Academy Award Nominee: Best Original Score - Alfred Newman, Ken Darby

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Cast
Spencer Tracy: Narrator
Carroll Baker: Eve Prescott
Lee J. Cobb: Lou Ramsey
Henry Fonda: Jethro Stuart
Karl Malden: Zebulon Prescott
Gregory Peck: Cleve Van Valen
George Peppard: Zeb Rawlings
Robert Preston: Roger Morgan
Debbie Reynolds: Lilith Prescott
James Stewart: Linus Rawlings
Eli Wallach: Charlie Gant
John Wayne: Gen. William T. Sherman
Richard Widmark: Mike King
Brigid Bazlen: Dora Hawkins
Carolyn Jones: Julie Rawlings
Walter Brennan: Col. Hawkins
David Brian: Attorney
Andy Devine: Cpl. Peterson
Raymond Massey: Abraham Lincoln
Agnes Moorehead: Rebecca Prescott
Harry Morgan: Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
Thelma Ritter: Agatha Clegg
Mickey Shaughnessy: Deputy Marshall
Russ Tamblyn: Reb Soldier
Tudor Owen: Scotsman
Barry Harvey: His Son
Jamie Ross: His Son
Willis Bouchey: Surgeon
Kim Charney: Sam Prescott
Bryan Russell: Zeke Prescott
Claude Johnson: Jeremiah Rawlings
Jerry Holmes: Railroad Clerk
Rodolfo Acosta: Desperado
Chief Weasel: Indian
Red Cloud: Indian
Ben Black Elk: Indian
Mark Allen: Colin
Lee Van Cleef: Marty
Charlie Briggs: Barker
Jay C. Flippen: Huggins
Clinton Sundberg: Hylan Seabury
James Griffith: Gambler
Walter Burke: Gambler
Joe Sawyer: Ship's Officer
John Larch: Grimes
Jack Pennick: Cpl. Murphy
Craig Duncan: James Marshall
Paul Bryar: Auctioneer's Assistant
Kem Curtis: Ben, Union Corporal
Walter Reed: Union Soldier
Carleton Young: Union Soldier
Harry Dean Stanton: Outlaw
Karl Swenson: Train Conductor
Jack Lambert: Gant Henchman
Christopher Dark: Poker Player
Gene Roth: Riverboat Poker Player
J. Edward McKinley: Auctioneer
William Henry: Staff Officer
Ken Dibbs: Blacksmith
Red Perkins: Union Soldier
John Damler: Lawyer
Robert Nash: Lawyer
Saul Gorss: Henchman
Roy Jenson: Henchman
Victor Romito: Henchman
Harvey Parry: Henchman
Beulah Archuletta
Chuck Roberson
Boyd "Red" Morgan

Credits
Richard Thorpe: Director - uncredited
George Marshall: Director
Henry Hathaway: Director
John Ford: Director
James R. Webb: Writer - based on articles in Life magazine
Bernard Smith: Producer
Milton Krasner: Cinematographer
Harold Wellman: Cinematographer - Cinerama, Metrocolor
William Daniels: Cinematographer
Joseph La Shelle: Cinematographer
Charles Lang: Cinematographer
Harold F. Kress: Editor
Alfred Newman: Musical Composer
Ken Darby: Musical Composer
George W. Davis: Art Director
Addison Hehr: Art Director
William Ferrari: Art Director
Henry Grace: Set Decorator
Don Greenwood: Set Decorator
Jack Mills: Set Decorator
Walter Plunkett: Costumes
A. Arnold Gillespie: Special Effects
Robert R. Hoag: Special Effects
William Tuttle: Make Up

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How The West Was Won

[1963, Movie, NR, 165 mins]

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