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How the West Was Won

1962 Western film Drama film

How the West Was Won is a 1962 film directed by John Ford, Henry Hathaway and George Marshall. It stars Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda and others.

Top cast

45 people

Carroll Baker

Eve Prescott Rawlings

Lee J. Cobb

Marshal Lou Ramsey
Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda

Jethro Stuart

Carolyn Jones

Zeb Rawlings' wife, Julie

Karl Malden

Zebulon Prescott
Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck

Cleve Van Valen

George Peppard

Zeb Rawlings

Robert Preston

Roger Morgan

Debbie Reynolds

Lilith Prescott van Valen
James Stewart

James Stewart

Linus Rawlings

Eli Wallach

Charlie Gant
John Wayne

John Wayne

William Tecumseh Sherman, Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman

More cast

  • Richard Widmark Mike King
  • Walter Brennan Col. Jeb Hawkins
  • David Brian Lilith's attorney
  • Andy Devine Corporal Peterson
  • Raymond Massey Abraham Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln
  • Agnes Moorehead Rebecca Prescott
  • Harry Morgan Ulysses S. Grant, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
  • Thelma Ritter Agatha Clegg
  • Mickey Shaughnessy Deputy Stover
  • Russ Tamblyn Confederate deserter
  • Spencer Tracy Narrator
  • Brigid Bazlen Dora Hawkins
  • Harry Dean Stanton a member of Gant's gang
  • Jack Lambert a member of Gant's gang
  • James Griffith
  • Jay C. Flippen
  • Lee Van Cleef river pirate
  • Rodolfo Acosta
  • Willis Bouchey
  • Ken Curtis Cpl. Ben
  • Cliff Osmond
  • Gene Roth
  • Karl Swenson
  • Roy Jenson
  • Joe Sawyer
  • Chuck Roberson
  • William "Bill" Henry
  • Jack Pennick
  • Carleton Young
  • Walter Reed
  • John Larch Grimes a gambler
  • Clinton Sundberg Hylan Seabury
  • Tudor Owen

Sources

  • Wikidata (Q162518), accessed October 2026
  • Cast photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each profile

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