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The Great Western Story
The film The Great Western Story is a 164 minute western from 1962, directed by John Ford and Henry Hathaway. The main cast consists of Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, Carroll Baker and Carolyn Jones.
The Great Western Story
- Directed by: John Ford, Henry Hathaway
- Main cast: Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, Carroll Baker, Carolyn Jones
- Written by: James R. Webb
- Cinematography: Milton Krasner, Joseph LaShelle, William H. Daniels, Charles Lang
- Music: Alfred Newman
Details
- Title: The Great Western Story
- Original Title: How the West Was Won
- Year: 1962
- Genres: Western
- Duration: 2h 44m
Release Dates
The Great Western Story premiered in cinemas on February 20, 1963.
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Videos
The Great Western Story Official Trailer
Cast & Crew
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Roles
- Agnes Moorehead ... Rebecca Prescott
- Andy Devine ... Peterson
- Beulah Archuletta ... Arapaho Woman
- Bill Borzage ... Barfly
- Bing Russell ... Man
- Bob Morgan ... Member of Train Robbery Gang
- Boyd 'Red' Morgan ... River Pirate
- Brigid Bazlen ... Jeb Hawkins' Daughter
- Carleton Young ... Poker Player with Cleve
- Carolyn Jones ... Julie Rawlings
- Carroll Baker ... Eve Prescott Rawlings
- Charlie Briggs ... Flying Arrow Barker
- Christopher Dark ... Poker Player with Cleve
- Chuck Roberson ... Officer
- Claude Akins ... Man
- Claude Johnson ... Jeremiah Rawlings
- Cliff Osmond ... Bartender
- Clinton Sundberg ... Hylan Seabury
- Craig Duncan ... James Marshall
- Debbie Reynolds ... Lily Prescott
- Dub Taylor ... Man
- Eli Wallach ... Charlie Gant
- Gary Menteer ... Music Hall Dancer / Wagon Train Traveler
- Gene Roth ... Riverboat Poker Player
- George Peppard ... Zeb Rawlings
- Gil Perkins ... Henchman
- Gregory Peck ... Cleve Van Valen
- Harold Miller ... Auction Guest
- Harry Dean Stanton ... Gant Henchman
- Harry Monty ... River Pirate
- Harry Morgan ... Ulysses S. Grant
- Harry Wilson ... Cattleman at Barricade
- Harvey Parry ... Henchman
- Henry Fonda ... Jethro Stuart
- J. Edward McKinley ... Auctioneer
- Jack Lambert ... Gant Henchman
- Jack Pennick ... Cpl. Murphy
- Jack Tornek ... Barfly
- James Stewart ... Linus Rawlings
- Jay C. Flippen ... Huggins
- Jeffrey Sayre ... Auction Guest
- John Breen ... Waiter
- John Damler ... Lawyer
- John Larch ... Grimes
- John Wayne ... William Sherman
- June Smaney ... Saloon Girl
- Karl Malden ... Zebulon Prescott
- Karl Swenson ... Train Conductor
- Kem Dibbs ... Blacksmith
- Ken Curtis ... Cpl. Ben
- Ken Terrell ... River Pirate
- Kim Charney ... Sam Prescott
- Lee J. Cobb ... Marshal Lou Ramsey
- Lee Van Cleef ... River Pirate
- Mickey Shaughnessy ... Deputy Stover
- Murray Pollack ... Auction Guest
- Paul Bryar ... Auctioneer's Assistant
- Paul Power ... Auction Guest
- Phil Schumacher ... Bartender
- Polly Burson ... Stock Player
- Raoul Freeman ... Auction Guest
- Raymond Massey ... Abraham Lincoln
- Richard Widmark ... Mike King
- Robert Banas ... Dance Hall Dancer
- Robert P. Lieb ... Bartender
- Rodolfo Acosta ... Gant Gang Member
- Roy Jenson ... Henchman
- Russ Tamblyn ... Confederate Deserter
- Sol Gorss ... River Pirate
- Spencer Tracy ... Narrator
- Stanley Livingston ... Prescott Rawlings
- Thelma Ritter ... Agatha Clegg
- Tom Greenway ... Bit Role
- Victor Romito ... Henchman
- Walter Brennan ... Jeb Hawkins
- Walter Burke ... Wagon Poker Player
- Walter Reed ... River Pirate
- William Wellman Jr. ... Officer #2
- Willis Bouchey ... Civil War Surgeon
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