How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won is a 1962 American Metrocolor epic-western film. The picture was one of the last "old-fashioned" epic films made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to enjoy great success. The all-star cast includes Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, Carolyn Jones, Karl Malden, Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Robert Preston, Debbie Reynolds, James Stewart, Eli Wallach, John Wayne, and Richard Widmark.
Plot
The film begins with narration by Spencer Tracy as the aerial-borne camera sweeps over the Rocky Mountains. "This land has a name today," says Tracy in the opening lines of the film, "and is marked on maps."
Awards
Cast
- Agnes Moorehead
- Andy Devine
- Brigid Bazlen
- Carleton Young
- Carolyn Jones
- Carroll Baker
- Chuck Roberson
- Cliff Osmond
- Clinton Sundberg
- David Brian
- Debbie Reynolds
- Eli Wallach
- Gene Roth
- George Peppard
- Gregory Peck
- Harry Dean Stanton
- Harry Morgan
- Henry Fonda
- Jack Lambert
- Jack Pennick
- James Griffith
- James Stewart
- Jay C. Flippen
- Joe Sawyer
- John Larch
- John Wayne
- Karl Malden
- Karl Swenson
- Ken Curtis
- Lee J. Cobb
- Lee Van Cleef
- Mickey Shaughnessy
- Raymond Massey
- Richard Widmark
- Robert Preston
- Rodolfo Acosta
- Roy Jenson
- Russ Tamblyn
- Spencer Tracy
- Thelma Ritter
- Tudor Owen
- Walter Brennan
- Walter Reed
- William "Bill" Henry
- Willis Bouchey