Search results
How the West Was Won is a 1962 American epic Western film directed by Henry Hathaway (who directed three out of the five chapters involving the same family), John Ford and George Marshall, produced by Bernard Smith, written by James R. Webb, and narrated by Spencer Tracy.
How the West Was Won: Directed by John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, Richard Thorpe. With Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, Carolyn Jones. A family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the 19th century, including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads.
- (24K)
- Adventure, War, Western
- John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall
- 1963-02-20
How the West Was Won (1962) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
How the West was Won - James Stewart and George Preppard. An 'LL western novel made into a very good movie. A trapper headed to St Louis assist a boat with a family and he meets the daughter.
- (3.4K)
- Paperback
- Louis L'amour
Sep 7, 2024 · How the West Was Won, American western film, released in 1962, that was a sprawling epic about the transformation of the American West in the 19th century. The story is told in five parts—“The Rivers,” “The Plains,” “The Civil War,” “The Railroad,” and “The Outlaws”—that follow several generations.
- Lee Pfeiffer
Mar 18, 2013 · How the West Was Won is based on a series of Life Magazine articles from 1959—not a novel by Louis L’Amour, who merely wrote a novelization of James R. Webb’s screenplay. A generational story, it chronicles the Westward migration from about 1839 to 1889 in five segments.
People also ask
Who directed the movie how the West was won?
How the West was won was filmed?
Who won the west?
Does 'how the West was won' have a Blu-ray alternative?
Did Cinerama make 'how the West was won'?
How much did the movie 'The Wild West' cost?
Sep 1, 1984 · Louis L'Amour's great epic of human courage and endurance, his brave saga of the men and women who pushed relentlessly forward--despite the uncertainties of nature, the wrath of savage enemies, countless dangers and cruel death--to win the wide, shining lands of the rich and untamed West! Read more.
