How the West Was Won (1963)

02/20/1963 2h 44m

It's here! The mightiest adventure ever filmed!

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Overview

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.

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Cast Ages at Release

Debbie Reynolds

as Lilith Prescott

Born 04/01/1932

Died 12/28/2016, age

George Peppard

as Zeb Rawlings

Born 10/01/1928

Died 05/08/1994, age

Carroll Baker

as Eve Prescott Rawlings

Born 05/28/1931, age

James Stewart

as Linus Rawlings

Born 05/20/1908

Died 07/02/1997, age

Gregory Peck

as Cleve Van Valen

Born 04/05/1916

Died 06/12/2003, age

Karl Malden

as Zebulon Prescott

Born 03/22/1912

Died 07/01/2009, age

Robert Preston

as Roger Morgan

Born 06/08/1918

Died 03/21/1987, age

Henry Fonda

as Jethro Stuart

Born 05/16/1905

Died 08/12/1982, age

Richard Widmark

as Mike King

Born 12/26/1914

Died 03/24/2008, age

Carolyn Jones

as Julie Rawlings

Born 04/28/1930

Died 08/03/1983, age

Agnes Moorehead

as Rebecca Prescott

Born 12/04/1900

Died 04/30/1974, age

Lee J. Cobb

as Marshal Lou Ramsey

Born 12/08/1911

Died 02/11/1976, age

Thelma Ritter

as Agatha Clegg

Born 02/14/1902

Died 02/05/1969, age

John Wayne

as Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman

Born 05/26/1907

Died 06/11/1979, age

Harry Morgan

as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

Born 04/10/1915

Died 12/07/2011, age

Eli Wallach

as Charlie Gant

Born 12/07/1915

Died 06/24/2014, age

Walter Brennan

as Col. Jeb Hawkins

Born 07/24/1894

Died 09/21/1974, age

David Brian

as Lilith's Attorney

Born 08/05/1914

Died 07/15/1993, age

Andy Devine

as Cpl. Peterson

Born 10/07/1905

Died 02/18/1977, age

Raymond Massey

as Abraham Lincoln

Born 08/28/1896

Died 07/29/1983, age

Mickey Shaughnessy

as Deputy Stover

Born 08/05/1920

Died 07/23/1985, age

Russ Tamblyn

as Confederate Deserter

Born 12/30/1934, age

Spencer Tracy

as Narrator (voice)

Born 04/02/1900

Died 06/10/1967, age

Harry Dean Stanton

as Gant Henchman (uncredited)

Born 07/14/1926

Died 09/15/2017, age

Lee Van Cleef

as River Pirate (uncredited)

Born 01/09/1925

Died 12/16/1989, age

Karl Swenson

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

Born 07/23/1908

Died 10/08/1978, age

Claude Akins

as Man (uncredited)

Born 05/25/1926

Died 01/27/1994, age

Ken Curtis

as Cpl. Ben (uncredited)

Born 07/02/1916

Died 04/28/1991, age

Roy Jenson

as Henchman (uncredited)

Born 02/09/1927

Died 04/27/2007, age

Jack Lambert

as Gant Henchman (uncredited)

Born 04/13/1920

Died 02/18/2002, age

John Larch

as Grimes (uncredited)

Born 10/04/1914

Died 10/16/2005, age

Walter Reed

as River Pirate (uncredited)

Born 02/10/1916

Died 08/20/2001, age

Bing Russell

as Man (uncredited)

Born 05/05/1926

Died 04/08/2003, age

Joe Sawyer

as Riverboat Officer (uncredited)

Born 08/29/1906

Died 04/21/1982, age

Dub Taylor

as Man (uncredited)

Born 02/26/1907

Died 10/03/1994, age

William Wellman Jr.

as Officer #2 (uncredited)

Born 01/20/1937, age