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How the West Was Won

1962·164 min

How the West Was Won

Directed by John Ford

Western

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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Eve Prescott Rawlings

Marshal Lou Ramsey

Jethro Stuart

Julie Rawlings

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William H. Daniels

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Joseph LaShelle

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Cleve Van Valen

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Roger Morgan

Debbie Reynolds

Lilith Prescott

Linus Rawlings

Charlie Gant

William Sherman

Richard Widmark

Mike King

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Dora Hawkins

Jeb Hawkins

Lilith's Attorney

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How the West Was Won (1962) is about 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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John Ford directed How the West Was Won (1962).

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