How the West Was Won 1962

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 162 min

genre: western

theme: epic

director: George Marshall

Score: 6 / 10

How the West Was Won is a 1962 American epic-ensemble cast Western film directed by Henry Hathaway (who directs 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. Originally filmed in true three-lens Cinerama with the according three-panel panorama projected onto an enormous curved screen, the film stars many cinema icons and newcomers, including (in alphabetical order) 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. The supporting cast features Brigid Bazlen, Walter Brennan, David Brian, Ken Curtis, Andy Devine, Jack Lambert, Raymond Massey as Abraham Lincoln, Agnes Moorehead, Harry Morgan as Ulysses S. Grant, Thelma Ritter, Mickey Shaughnessy, Harry Dean Stanton, Russ Tamblyn and Lee Van Cleef.

Plot

Zebulon Prescott and his family set out west for the frontier on the Erie Canal. They are pulled through the first section on a barge and then build rafts to continue on the river. Along the journey, they meet mountain man Linus Rawlings, who is traveling east, to Pittsburgh, to trade his furs. Rawlings and Zebulon's daughter, Eve, are attracted to each other, but he is not ready to settle down.

Awards

Cast

person Agnes Moorehead
person Andy Devine
person Brigid Bazlen
person Carleton Young
person Carolyn Jones
person Carroll Baker
person Chuck Roberson
person Cliff Osmond
person Clinton Sundberg
person David Brian
person Debbie Reynolds
person Eli Wallach
person Gene Roth
person George Peppard
person Gregory Peck
person Harry Dean Stanton
person Harry Morgan
person Henry Fonda
person Jack Lambert
person Jack Pennick
person James Griffith
person James Stewart
person Jay C. Flippen
person Joe Sawyer
person John Larch
person John Wayne
person Karl Malden
person Karl Swenson
person Ken Curtis
person Lee J. Cobb
person Lee Van Cleef
person Mickey Shaughnessy
person Raymond Massey
person Richard Widmark
person Robert Preston
person Rodolfo Acosta
person Roy Jenson
person Russ Tamblyn
person Spencer Tracy
person Thelma Ritter
person Tudor Owen
person Walter Brennan
person Walter Reed
William "Bill" Henry
person Willis Bouchey

More details

author	James R. Webb John Gay
award	Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
contentLocation	California
director	George Marshall Henry Hathaway John Ford Richard Thorpe
editor	Harold F. Kress
genre	western
keywords	act american civil war arapaho battle of shiloh build california gold mine california gold rush central pacific railroad cheyenne civil war covered wagon dance hall disillusion erie canal farm gold mine gold shipment hear isolated kill lose mountain man music hall native american new home nothing old friend pittsburgh professional gambler raft rapid river river pirate riverboat tour trading post train station train wreck travel ulysses s. grant union army union pacific union pacific railroad wagon train wait want widow william tecumseh sherman win wound
musicBy	Alfred Newman
nomination	Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
producer	Bernard Smith
productionCompany	Cinerama Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
publisher	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
recordedAt	Alabama Hills Arizona California Colorado Custer State Park Hal Roach Studios Inyo National Forest Uncompahgre National Forest Utah
theme	epic war