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How the West Was Won (1962)

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How the West Was Won

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Directors

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  • John Ford
    John Ford
    director (segment "The Civil War")
  • Henry Hathaway
    Henry Hathaway
    director (segments "The Rivers", "The Plains", "The Outlaws")
  • George Marshall
    George Marshall
    director (segment "The Railroad")
  • Richard Thorpe
    Richard Thorpe
    director (transitional historical sequences) (uncredited)

Writers

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

Cast

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(in credits order) verified as complete
  • Carroll Baker in "The Carpetbaggers" 1964 Paramount
    Carroll Baker
    Carroll Baker
    Eve Prescott
  • Lee J. Cobb co-stars as Lt. Kinderman
    Lee J. Cobb
    Lee J. Cobb
    Marshal Lou Ramsey
  • Henry Fonda "Spencer's Mountain" 1963 Warner Bros.
    Henry Fonda
    Henry Fonda
    Jethro Stuart
  • Carolyn Jones in The Addams Family (1964)
    Carolyn Jones
    Carolyn Jones
    Julie Rawlings
  • "The Streets of San Francisco" Karl Malden 1973 © 1978 Gunther
    Karl Malden
    Karl Malden
    Zebulon Prescott
  • Gregory Peck
    Gregory Peck
    Gregory Peck
    Cleve Van Valen
  • George Peppard
    George Peppard
    George Peppard
    Zeb Rawlings
  • Robert Preston in The Music Man (1962)
    Robert Preston
    Robert Preston
    Roger Morgan
  • Debbie Reynolds
    Debbie Reynolds
    Debbie Reynolds
    Lilith Prescott
  • James Stewart
    James Stewart
    James Stewart
    Linus Rawlings
  • Eli Wallach in Our Family Honor (1985)
    Eli Wallach
    Eli Wallach
    Charlie Gant
  • John Wayne in El Dorado (1966)
    John Wayne
    John Wayne
    Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
  • Richard Widmark in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
    Richard Widmark
    Richard Widmark
    Mike King
  • Brigid Bazlen in King of Kings (1961)
    Brigid Bazlen
    Brigid Bazlen
    Dora Hawkins
  • Walter Brennan 1941 Universal Pictures
    Walter Brennan
    Walter Brennan
    Col. Jeb Hawkins
  • David Brian
    David Brian
    David Brian
    Lilith's Attorney
  • Andy Devine, 1951.
    Andy Devine
    Andy Devine
    Cpl. Peterson
  • Raymond Massey
    Raymond Massey
    Raymond Massey
    Abraham Lincoln
  • Agnes Moorehead in Bewitched (1964)
    Agnes Moorehead
    Agnes Moorehead
    Rebecca Prescott
  • Harry Morgan from "M*A*S*H" circa 1975
    Harry Morgan
    Harry Morgan
    Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
    (as Henry {Harry} Morgan)
  • Thelma Ritter
    Thelma Ritter
    Thelma Ritter
    Agatha Clegg
  • Mickey Shaughnessy
    Mickey Shaughnessy
    Mickey Shaughnessy
    Deputy Stover
  • Russ Tamblyn
    Russ Tamblyn
    Russ Tamblyn
    Confederate Deserter
  • Spencer Tracy, circa 1952. Modern silver gelatin, 14x11 unsigned, $600 © 1978 Bud Fraker MPTV
    Spencer Tracy
    Spencer Tracy
    Narrator
    (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
  • Rodolfo Acosta
    Rodolfo Acosta
    Rodolfo Acosta
    Gant Gang Member
    (uncredited)
  • Claude Akins
    Claude Akins
    Claude Akins
    Man
    (uncredited)
  • Mark Allen
    Mark Allen
    Mark Allen
    Colin Harvey
    (uncredited)
  • Don Anderson
    Don Anderson
    Don Anderson
    Auction Guest
    (uncredited)
  • Beulah Archuletta
    Beulah Archuletta
    Arapaho Woman
    (uncredited)
  • Richard Beymer, Robert Banas, and Tony Mordente in West Side Story (1961)
    Robert Banas
    Robert Banas
    Dance Hall Dancer
    (uncredited)
  • Willie Bloom
    Willie Bloom
    Barfly
    (uncredited)
  • Bill Borzage
    Bill Borzage
    Bill Borzage
    Barfly
    (uncredited)
  • Willis Bouchey
    Willis Bouchey
    Willis Bouchey
    Surgeon
    (uncredited)
  • John Breen
    John Breen
    Waiter
    (uncredited)
  • Charlie Briggs
    Charlie Briggs
    Flying Arrow Barker
    (uncredited)
  • Buddy Bryan
    Buddy Bryan
    Buddy Bryan
    Music Hall Dancer
    /Wagon Train Traveller
    (uncredited)
  • Paul Bryar
    Paul Bryar
    Paul Bryar
    Auctioneer's Assistant
    (uncredited)
  • Walter Burke in The Wild Wild West (1965)
    Walter Burke
    Walter Burke
    Wagon Poker Player
    (uncredited)
  • Polly Burson
    Polly Burson
    Stock Player
    (uncredited)
  • Kim Charney
    Kim Charney
    Sam Prescott
    (uncredited)
  • Ken Curtis in Gunsmoke (1955)
    Ken Curtis
    Ken Curtis
    Cpl. Ben
    (uncredited)
  • John Damler in Lassie (1954)
    John Damler
    John Damler
    Lawyer
    (uncredited)
  • Christopher Dark
    Christopher Dark
    Christopher Dark
    Poker Player with Cleve
    (uncredited)
  • Kem Dibbs
    Kem Dibbs
    Blacksmith
    (uncredited)
  • Forrest Draper
    Forrest Draper
    Bit Role
    (uncredited)
  • Craig Duncan
    Craig Duncan
    James Marshall
    (uncredited)
  • Ben Black Elk Sr.
    Ben Black Elk Sr.
    Arapaho Chief
    (uncredited)
  • Jay C. Flippen
    Jay C. Flippen
    Jay C. Flippen
    Huggins
    (uncredited)
  • Raoul Freeman
    Raoul Freeman
    Auction Guest
    (uncredited)
  • Sol Gorss in Alcoa Theatre (1957)
    Sol Gorss
    Sol Gorss
    River Pirate
    (uncredited)
  • Tom Greenway in Gunsmoke (1955)
    Tom Greenway
    Tom Greenway
    (uncredited)
  • James Griffith
    James Griffith
    James Griffith
    Poker Player with Cleve
    (uncredited)
  • Barry Harvey
    Barry Harvey
    Angus Harvey
    (uncredited)
  • William Henry in The Thin Man (1934)
    William Henry
    William Henry
    Staff Officer
    (uncredited)
  • Jerry Holmes
    Jerry Holmes
    Railroad Clerk
    (uncredited)
  • Roy Jenson in Chinatown (1974)
    Roy Jenson
    Roy Jenson
    Henchman
    (uncredited)
  • Claude Johnson
    Claude Johnson
    Claude Johnson
    Jeremiah Rawlings
    (uncredited)
  • Walter Kightly
    Walter Kightly
    Cavalryman
    (uncredited)
  • Jack Lambert in Stars in My Crown (1950)
    Jack Lambert
    Jack Lambert
    Gant Henchman
    (uncredited)
  • John Larch in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    John Larch
    John Larch
    Grimes
    (uncredited)
  • Robert P. Lieb
    Robert P. Lieb
    Bartender
    (uncredited)
  • Stanley Livingston in Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
    Stanley Livingston
    Stanley Livingston
    Prescott Rawlings
    (uncredited)
  • Herbert Maneval
    Herbert Maneval
    Schoolboy
    (uncredited)
  • J. Edward McKinley
    J. Edward McKinley
    J. Edward McKinley
    Auctioneer
    (uncredited)
  • Gary Menteer
    Gary Menteer
    Music Hall Dancer
    /Wagon Train Traveller
    (uncredited)
  • Jim Michael
    Jim Michael
    Barfly
    (uncredited)
  • Harold Miller
    Harold Miller
    Harold Miller
    Auction Guest
    (uncredited)
  • Harry Monty in Crack-Up (1946)
    Harry Monty
    Harry Monty
    River Pirate
    (uncredited)
  • Bob Morgan
    Bob Morgan
    Bob Morgan
    Member of Train Robbery Gang
    (uncredited)
  • Boyd 'Red' Morgan
    Boyd 'Red' Morgan
    River Pirate
    (uncredited)
  • Forbes Murray
    Forbes Murray
    Forbes Murray
    Auction Guest
    (uncredited)
  • Robert Nash
    Robert Nash
    Lawyer
    (uncredited)
  • Cliff Osmond
    Cliff Osmond
    Cliff Osmond
    Bartender
    (uncredited)
  • Tudor Owen in My Cousin Rachel (1952)
    Tudor Owen
    Tudor Owen
    Parson Alec Harvey
    (uncredited)
  • Harvey Parry
    Harvey Parry
    Harvey Parry
    Henchman
    (uncredited)
  • Jack Pennick
    Jack Pennick
    Jack Pennick
    Cpl. Murphy
    (uncredited)
  • Gil Perkins in Batman (1966)
    Gil Perkins
    Gil Perkins
    Henchman
    (uncredited)
  • Red Perkins
    Red Perkins
    Union Soldier
    (uncredited)
  • Murray Pollack
    Murray Pollack
    Auction Guest
    (uncredited)
  • Paul Power
    Paul Power
    Paul Power
    Auction Guest
    (uncredited)
  • Frank Radcliffe
    Frank Radcliffe
    Music Hall Dancer
    /Wagon Train Traveller
    (uncredited)
  • Buddy Red Bow
    Buddy Red Bow
    Arapaho Man
    (uncredited)
  • Sally Corner and Walter Reed in The Lone Ranger (1949)
    Walter Reed
    Walter Reed
    River Pirate
    (uncredited)
  • Chuck Roberson
    Chuck Roberson
    Chuck Roberson
    Officer
    (uncredited)
  • Victor Romito
    Victor Romito
    Henchman
    (uncredited)
  • Jamie Ross
    Jamie Ross
    Bruce Harvey
    (uncredited)
  • Gene Roth
    Gene Roth
    Gene Roth
    Riverboat Poker Player
    (uncredited)
  • Bing Russell
    Bing Russell
    Bing Russell
    Man
    (uncredited)
  • Karl Malden, Roddy McDowall, and Bryan Russell in The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)
    Bryan Russell
    Bryan Russell
    Zeke Prescott
    (uncredited)
  • Danny Sands
    Danny Sands
    Trapeze Man
    (uncredited)
  • Joe Sawyer in Brooklyn Orchid (1942)
    Joe Sawyer
    Joe Sawyer
    Riverboat Officer
    (uncredited)
  • Jeffrey Sayre
    Jeffrey Sayre
    Jeffrey Sayre
    Auction Guest
    (uncredited)
  • Phil Schumacher
    Phil Schumacher
    Phil Schumacher
    Bartender
    (uncredited)
  • June Smaney in M (1951)
    June Smaney
    June Smaney
    Saloon Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Kelly Smith
    Kelly Smith
    Kelly Smith
    Little Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Harry Dean Stanton at an event for Two for the Money (2005)
    Harry Dean Stanton
    Harry Dean Stanton
    Gant Henchman
    (uncredited)
  • Clinton Sundberg
    Clinton Sundberg
    Clinton Sundberg
    Hylan Seabury
    (uncredited)
  • Karl Swenson in Little House on the Prairie (1974)
    Karl Swenson
    Karl Swenson
    Train Conductor
    (uncredited)
  • Dub Taylor
    Dub Taylor
    Dub Taylor
    Man
    (uncredited)
  • Ken Terrell
    Ken Terrell
    Ken Terrell
    River Pirate
    (uncredited)
  • Jack Tornek
    Jack Tornek
    Jack Tornek
    Barfly
    (uncredited)
  • Lee Van Cleef in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
    Lee Van Cleef
    Lee Van Cleef
    River Pirate
    (uncredited)
  • William Wellman Jr.
    William Wellman Jr.
    William Wellman Jr.
    Officer #2
    (uncredited)
  • Harry Wilson in One Million B.C. (1940)
    Harry Wilson
    Harry Wilson
    Cattleman at Barricade
    (uncredited)
  • Carleton Young
    Carleton Young
    Carleton Young
    Poker Player with Cleve
    (uncredited)

Producer

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  • Bernard Smith
    Bernard Smith
    producer

Composer

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  • Alfred Newman
    Alfred Newman

Cinematographers

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  • William H. Daniels
    William H. Daniels
    director of photography
  • Milton R. Krasner
    Milton R. Krasner
    director of photography (as Milton Krasner)
  • Charles Lang
    Charles Lang
    director of photography (as Charles Lang Jr.)
  • Joseph LaShelle
    Joseph LaShelle
    director of photography

Editor

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  • Harold F. Kress
    Harold F. Kress

Art Directors

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  • George W. Davis
    George W. Davis
  • William Ferrari
    William Ferrari
  • Addison Hehr
    Addison Hehr

Set Decorators

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  • Henry Grace
    Henry Grace
  • Don Greenwood Jr.
    Don Greenwood Jr.
  • Jack Mills
    Jack Mills

Costume Design

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  • Walter Plunkett
    Walter Plunkett
    costume designer (costumes)
  • Ron Talsky
    Ron Talsky
    costume designer (uncredited)

Makeup Department

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  • Sydney Guilaroff
    Sydney Guilaroff
    hair stylist
  • John Truwe
    John Truwe
    makeup artist
  • William Tuttle
    William Tuttle
    makeup creator
  • Lynn F. Reynolds
    Lynn F. Reynolds
    makeup artist (uncredited)
  • Jay Sebring
    Jay Sebring
    hair designer: Henry Fonda/George Peppard (uncredited)

Production Management

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  • Thomas Conroy
    Thomas Conroy
    production supervisor: for Cinerama
  • Abe Steinberg
    Abe Steinberg
    production supervisor (uncredited)

Second Unit Directors or Assistant Directors

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  • George Marshall Jr.
    George Marshall Jr.
    assistant director
  • William McGarry
    William McGarry
    assistant director
  • Robert Saunders
    Robert Saunders
    assistant director
  • William Shanks
    William Shanks
    assistant director
  • Wingate Smith
    Wingate Smith
    assistant director
  • Hank Moonjean
    Hank Moonjean
    assistant director (uncredited)
  • Richard Talmadge
    Richard Talmadge
    second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department

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  • Matty Azzarone
    Matty Azzarone
    leadman (uncredited)
  • Frank Wesselhoff
    Frank Wesselhoff
    painter (uncredited)
  • Tyrus Wong
    Tyrus Wong
    art department (uncredited)

Sound Department

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  • Franklin Milton
    Franklin Milton
    recording supervisor
  • Carl Brandon
    Carl Brandon
    sound editor (uncredited)
  • Harold Humbrock
    Harold Humbrock
    sound editor (uncredited)
  • Van Allen James
    Van Allen James
    sound editor (uncredited)
  • Kendrick Kinney
    Kendrick Kinney
    sound editor (uncredited)
  • John Lipow
    John Lipow
    sound editor (uncredited)
  • John Logan
    John Logan
    supervising sound editor (uncredited)
  • Milo B. Lory
    Milo B. Lory
    sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects

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  • Bob Overbeck
    Bob Overbeck
    special effects crew (uncredited)
  • Charles Schulthies
    Charles Schulthies
    special effects crew (uncredited)
  • Lester Swartz
    Lester Swartz
    special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects

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  • A. Arnold Gillespie
    A. Arnold Gillespie
    special visual effects
  • Robert R. Hoag
    Robert R. Hoag
    special visual effects

Stunts

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  • Rick Arnold
    Rick Arnold
    stunts (uncredited)
  • May Boss
    May Boss
    stunts (uncredited)
  • Polly Burson
    Polly Burson
    stunts (uncredited)
  • Al Carmichael
    Al Carmichael
    stunt performer (uncredited)
  • Frank Cordell
    Frank Cordell
    stunts (uncredited)
  • Everett Creach
    Everett Creach
    stunts (uncredited)
  • John Epper
    John Epper
    stunts (uncredited)
  • Richard Farnsworth
    Richard Farnsworth
    stunts (uncredited)
  • Sol Gorss
    Sol Gorss
    stunts (uncredited)
  • Fred Graham
    Fred Graham
    stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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  • Harold E. Wellman
    Harold E. Wellman
    second unit photography
  • Dale Deverman
    Dale Deverman
    second unit (uncredited)
  • Peter Gibbons
    Peter Gibbons
    Cinerama technical adviser (uncredited)
  • Bill Johnson
    Bill Johnson
    camera operator (uncredited)
  • James V. King
    James V. King
    camera operator: second unit (uncredited)
  • Owen Marsh
    Owen Marsh
    video technician (uncredited)
  • Pete G. Papanickolas
    Pete G. Papanickolas
    grip (uncredited)
  • Robert Surtees
    Robert Surtees
    second unit (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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  • Robert Fuca
    Robert Fuca
    assistant set costumer (uncredited)
  • Joan Joseff
    Joan Joseff
    costume jeweller (uncredited)

Editorial Department

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  • Charles K. Hagedon
    Charles K. Hagedon
    color consultant (as Charles K.Hagedon)
  • Mike Henry
    Mike Henry
    negative cutter (uncredited)

Music Department

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  • Ken Darby
    Ken Darby
    music associate / choir (uncredited)
  • Robert Emmett Dolan
    Robert Emmett Dolan
    music co-ordinator / associate conductor (uncredited)
  • Dave Guard
    Dave Guard
    folk singing by
  • The Whiskeyhill Singers
    The Whiskeyhill Singers
    folk singing by
  • Robert Armbruster
    Robert Armbruster
    associate conductor (uncredited)
  • Robert Bain
    Robert Bain
    musician: guitar (uncredited)
  • Vince De Rosa
    Vince De Rosa
    musician: french horn (uncredited)
  • Carl Fortina
    Carl Fortina
    musician: concertina (uncredited)
  • Jack Hayes
    Jack Hayes
    orchestrator (uncredited)
  • Tommy Morgan
    Tommy Morgan
    musician: harmonica (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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  • Michael Preece
    Michael Preece
    script supervisor

Transportation Department

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  • Chester Haffey
    Chester Haffey
    transportation

Additional Crew

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  • Georges Aminel
    Georges Aminel
    french voice dubbing: Robert Preston (uncredited)
  • Paul Amiot
    Paul Amiot
    french voice dubbing: Paul Bryar & Karl Swenson (uncredited)
  • René Arrieu
    René Arrieu
    french voice dubbing: James Stewart (uncredited)
  • Albert Augier
    Albert Augier
    french voice dubbing: Christopher Dark (uncredited)
  • Cesare Barbetti
    Cesare Barbetti
    italian voice dubbing: George Peppard (uncredited)
  • Jean Berton
    Jean Berton
    french voice dubbing: J. Edward McKinley (uncredited)
  • Mario Besesti
    Mario Besesti
    italian voice dubbing: Tudor Own (uncredited)
  • Fiorella Betti
    Fiorella Betti
    italian voice dubbing: Debbie Reynolds (uncredited)
  • Yves Brainville
    Yves Brainville
    french voice dubbing: Richard Widmark (uncredited)
  • Reynold Brown
    Reynold Brown
    movie poster art (uncredited)
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