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How the West Was Won (1962)

How the West Was Won

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2h 42m

Western

October 1st, 1962

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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

Carroll Baker
Eve Prescott
Lee J. Cobb
Marshal Lou Ramsey
Henry Fonda
Jethro Stuart
Carolyn Jones
Julie Rawlings
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
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Directors

John Ford
(segment "The Civil War")
Henry Hathaway
(segments "The Rivers", "The Plains", "The Outlaws")
George Marshall
(segment "The Railroad")
Full cast & crew

Producers

Bernard Smith
producer
Full cast & crew

Writers

James R. Webb
written by
(suggested by the series "How the West Was Won" which appeared in LIFE magazine)
John Gay
(uncredited)
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Taglines

A FABULOUS ROMANTIC ADVENTURE
The Great Dramatic Motion Picture That Puts YOU In Every Scene!
For the First Time in 70mm and Full Stereophonic Sound
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Keywords

revenge
battle
epic
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Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

Arapaho
English

Release Dates

June 19th, 1963 (Argentina)
December 26th, 1962 (Australia) (Sydney)
February 26th, 1971 (Austria) (re-release)
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Alternative Titles

How the West Was Won (original title)
La conquista del Oeste (Argentina)
How the West Was Won (Australia)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA (attack by Indians)
Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA
Battery Rock, Shawnee National Forest, Illinois, USA
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Running Times

162 min
164 min

Sound Mixes

4-Track Stereo
Cinerama 7-Track (Westrex Recording System)

Aspect Ratios

2.35 : 1 (35 mm anamorphic prints) (cropped)
2.20 : 1 (70 mm spherical prints) (cropped)
2.75 : 1 (70 mm prints)
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Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (present)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cinerama Productions Corp. (present) (as Cinerama)
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Distribution Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (Argentina)
Argentina Video Home (Argentina)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (Belgium)
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Other Companies

Turner Entertainment (vhs package design)
United States Forest Service (to, we express deep appreciation) (as the United States Forest Service)
Crest Digital (restoration work)
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