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available in VE country/region to buy onlineMovie basic details
Current status - Released
Total runtime - 162 mins.
Release date - 01-10-1962
Release year - 1962
Genres - Western
Overall ratings and scores for How the West Was Won:
Happiness Score - 7.086/10, World Popularity Score - 13.05/100, IMDB Score - 7.0, Metascore - 56, Internet Movie Database - 7.0/10, Rotten Tomatoes - 86%, Metacritic - 56/100, .
How the West Was Won movie has Total Global Votes - 348, Total IMD Votes - 21,178
How the West Was Won Movie Introduction: Movie How the West Was Won, release year 1962 is written by James R. Webb, John Gay and directed by John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall. The leading star-cast in this movie are James Stewart, John Wayne, Gregory Peck along with the other stars and crew members.
Trailers, Clips, Featurettes and Behind the Scenes
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Brian Trenchard-Smith on HOW THE WEST WAS WON
Movie overview and plot by Anagha Shashank
Movie in-short: A family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the 19th century, including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads.
Movie story-line: 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.
Movie synopsis: Setting off on a journey to the west in the 1830s, the Prescott family run into a man named Linus who helps them fight off a pack of thieves. Linus then marries daughter Eve Prescott (Carroll Baker), and 30 years later goes off with their son to fight in the Civil War, with bloody results. Eve's sister Lily heads farther west and has adventures with a professional gambler, stretching all the way to 1880s San Francisco.
Highlights - How the West Was Won (1962)
Total budget - $15,000,000.00
Total revenue - $50,000,000.00
Produced by - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Produced in - United States of America
Available languages - Spanish (Español), English (English),
Homepage URL - https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/how-west-was-won/
Awards won / Nominations - Won 3 Oscars. 10 wins & 5 nominations total
Certificate(s) - FR : U DE : 12 IE : PG GB : PG BR : G US : M/12
Lead Actors, Writer(s), Director(s) of How the West Was Won (1962)
Lead Actors - James Stewart, John Wayne, Gregory Peck
Writer(s) - James R. Webb, John Gay
Director(s) - John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall
Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ) about How the West Was Won (1962)
What is the release date of How the West Was Won (1962)?
Release date of How the West Was Won (1962) is 01-10-1962.
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Total runtime of How the West Was Won (1962) in minutes is 164 min.
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The budget consumed to produce How the West Was Won (1962) movie is around $15,000,000.00.
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Expected revenue from movie movie How the West Was Won (1962) is around $50,000,000.00.
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Worldwide pupularity of How the West Was Won (1962) movie is 13.05%.
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Production company of film How the West Was Won (1962) is/are Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, .
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Film production country for the film How the West Was Won (1962) is United States of America, .
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Film How the West Was Won (1962) is produced in Spanish (Español), English (English), language(s).
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Movie How the West Was Won (1962) is categorized under Western genre(s).
Who are the lead actors of the film How the West Was Won (1962)?
Lead actors of the film How the West Was Won (1962) are James Stewart, John Wayne, Gregory Peck.
Who is the writer of the film How the West Was Won (1962)?
The writer(s) of the film How the West Was Won (1962) is/are James R. Webb, John Gay.
Who is the director of the film How the West Was Won (1962)?
The director(s) of the film How the West Was Won (1962) is/are John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall.
Which awards, nominations and recognitions are won by How the West Was Won (1962) movie?
Movie How the West Was Won (1962) has Won 3 Oscars. 10 wins & 5 nominations total awards and nomination in it's profile.
What is the story of How the West Was Won (1962) in-short?
Short plot of movie How the West Was Won (1962): A family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the 19th century, including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads..
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Full plot of movie How the West Was Won (1962): Setting off on a journey to the west in the 1830s, the Prescott family run into a man named Linus who helps them fight off a pack of thieves. Linus then marries daughter Eve Prescott (Carroll Baker), and 30 years later goes off with their son to fight in the Civil War, with bloody results. Eve's sister Lily heads farther west and has adventures with a professional gambler, stretching all the way to 1880s San Francisco..
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List of full Starcast and crew members of How the West Was Won (1962)
Full Starcast:
Name: Carroll Baker
Character: Eve Prescott Rawlings
Name: Lee J. Cobb
Character: Marshal Lou Ramsey
Name: Henry Fonda
Character: Jethro Stuart
Name: Carolyn Jones
Character: Julie Rawlings
Name: Karl Malden
Character: Zebulon Prescott
Name: Gregory Peck
Character: Cleve Van Valen
Name: George Peppard
Character: Zeb Rawlings
Name: Robert Preston
Character: Roger Morgan
Name: Debbie Reynolds
Character: Lily Prescott
Name: James Stewart
Character: Linus Rawlings
Name: Eli Wallach
Character: Charlie Gant
Name: John Wayne
Character: William Sherman
Name: Richard Widmark
Character: Mike King
Name: Brigid Bazlen
Character: Jeb Hawkins' Daughter
Name: Walter Brennan
Character: Jeb Hawkins
Name: David Brian
Character: Lilith's Attorney
Name: Andy Devine
Character: Peterson
Name: Raymond Massey
Character: Abraham Lincoln
Name: Agnes Moorehead
Character: Rebecca Prescott
Name: Harry Morgan
Character: Ulysses S. Grant
Name: Thelma Ritter
Character: Agatha Clegg
Name: Mickey Shaughnessy
Character: Deputy Stover
Name: Russ Tamblyn
Character: Confederate Deserter
Name: Spencer Tracy
Character: Narrator (voice)
Name: Harry Dean Stanton
Character: Gant Henchman
Name: Lee Van Cleef
Character: River Pirate
Name: Rodolfo Acosta
Character: Gant Gang Member
Name: Clinton Sundberg
Character: Hylan Seabury
Name: Willis Bouchey
Character: Civil War Surgeon (uncredited)
Name: Claude Johnson
Character: Jeremiah Rawlings (uncredited)
Name: Kim Charney
Character: Sam Prescott (uncredited)
Name: Bryan Russell
Character: Zeke Prescott (uncredited)
Name: Stanley Livingston
Character: Prescott Rawlings (uncredited)
Name: Jay C. Flippen
Character: Huggins (uncredited)
Name: Tudor Owen
Character: Alec Harvey (uncredited)
Name: Karl Swenson
Character: Train Conductor (uncredited)
Name: James Griffith
Character: Gambler (uncredited)
Name: Jack Pennick
Character: Cpl. Murphy
Name: Jim Michael
Character: Barfly (uncredited)
Name: Chuck Roberson
Character: Officer
Crew Members:
Name: Johnny Mercer
Department: Writing
Job/Role: Lyricist
Name: Charles Lang
Department: Camera
Job/Role: Director of Photography
Name: William H. Daniels
Department: Camera
Job/Role: Director of Photography
Name: Henry Grace
Department: Art
Job/Role: Set Decoration
Name: Joseph LaShelle
Department: Camera
Job/Role: Director of Photography
Name: Sydney Guilaroff
Department: Costume & Make-Up
Job/Role: Hairstylist
Name: Harold F. Kress
Department: Editing
Job/Role: Editor
Name: John Ford
Department: Directing
Job/Role: Director
Name: Alfred Newman
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Original Music Composer
Name: Alfred Newman
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Songs
Name: Milton Krasner
Department: Camera
Job/Role: Director of Photography
Name: George W. Davis
Department: Art
Job/Role: Art Direction
Name: Walter Plunkett
Department: Costume & Make-Up
Job/Role: Costume Design
Name: Addison Hehr
Department: Art
Job/Role: Art Direction
Name: Franklin Milton
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Recording Supervision
Name: George Marshall
Department: Directing
Job/Role: Director
Name: John Gay
Department: Writing
Job/Role: Screenplay
Name: Ken Darby
Department: Writing
Job/Role: Lyricist
Name: William Ferrari
Department: Art
Job/Role: Art Direction
Name: William Tuttle
Department: Costume & Make-Up
Job/Role: Makeup Artist
Name: A. Arnold Gillespie
Department: Visual Effects
Job/Role: Visual Effects
Name: Henry Hathaway
Department: Directing
Job/Role: Director
Name: James R. Webb
Department: Writing
Job/Role: Writer
Name: Bernard Smith
Department: Production
Job/Role: Producer
Name: Harold E. Wellman
Department: Crew
Job/Role: Second Unit Cinematographer
Name: Robert Emmett Dolan
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Music Coordinator
Name: Robert R. Hoag
Department: Visual Effects
Job/Role: Visual Effects
Name: Charles K. Hagedon
Department: Editing
Job/Role: Color Assistant
Name: Sammy Cahn
Department: Writing
Job/Role: Lyricist
Name: Jack Mills
Department: Art
Job/Role: Set Decoration
Name: Dave Guard
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Musician
Name: Wingate Smith
Department: Directing
Job/Role: Assistant Director
Name: Don Greenwood Jr.
Department: Art
Job/Role: Set Decoration
Name: William McGarry
Department: Directing
Job/Role: Assistant Director
Name: George Marshall Jr.
Department: Directing
Job/Role: Assistant Director
Name: William Shanks
Department: Directing
Job/Role: Assistant Director
Name: Robert Saunders
Department: Directing
Job/Role: Assistant Director
Name: Thomas Conroy
Department: Production
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Bound for the promised land, indeed. One of the last great epic movies to come out of MGM that was a roaring success, How the West Was Won still has enough quality about it to warrant high praise. The story that drives the film on was suggested by the series of the same name that featured in "Life" magazine 1959. Narrative is formed around one family, the Prescott's, who set out on a journey West in 1839. They and their offspring fill out five segments of film that are directed by three different men, "The Rivers", "The Plains" & "The Outlaws" is under the guidance of Henry Hathaway, and "The Civil War" by John Ford and "The Railroad" by George Marshall. Filmed in the unique Cinerama format, which in a nutshell is three cameras filming at once to project a fully formed experience for the human eye, the production has an all star cast and four supreme cinematographers aiding the story. To name all the cast would take forever, but in the main all of the major parts were filled by stars who had already headlined a movie previously. The cinematographers are naturally key since such a sprawling story inevitably has sprawling vistas, they come up trumps with some truly special work: William H. Daniels, Milton Krasner, Charles Lang Jr. & Joseph LaShelle, four great names who help to make the film a poetic beauty. As a whole it's undeniably far from flawless, complaints such as it running out of steam towards the end (the irony of it since a steam train features prominently), and the plot contrivances, are fair enough. However, when the film is good, it's real good: raft in the rapids, Cheyene attack, buffalo stampede and train robbery, each of them are good enough to be a highlight in separate movies. Even the songs are pleasant, particularly when they revolve around the effervescent Debbie Reynolds, while home format transfers are now finally up to a standard worthy of investment, time and cash wise. Hard to dislike for a Western fan, and carrying enough about it to lure in the casual viewer, How the West Was Won really is a case of they don't make them like they used to. 8/10
_**Unique, entertaining all-star Western epic comprised of vignettes is a mixed bag**_ Released in 1962-63 and written by James Webb, "How the West was Won" is an epic Hollywood Western covering fifty years between 1839-1889 focusing on the Prescott family's move West and narrated by Spencer Tracy. This is a history lesson amped up with melodrama, romance, adventure, violence and song & dance. The film was done in Cinerama, which was a short-lived cinematic experiment involving three synchronized projectors and a huge curved screen. Only one other film with a traditional story line utilized this process, "The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm," released the same year. Cinerama was invented so film could keep ahead of its growing rival, television, but it proved too expensive and cumbersome. Despite this, "How the West was Won" was a huge success at the box office. There were epic Westerns before and after, of course, like "The Big Country" (1958), "The Alamo" (1960), "Dances with Wolves" (1990) and "Wyatt Earp" (1994). What separates "How the West was Won" is that it's split into five vignettes directed by three different directors, as follows: THE RIVERS (1839), directed by Henry Hathaway. This opening segment may turn off viewers with its eye-rolling "Disney Goes West" vibe and the corresponding corny dialogue, particularly the lightning fast romance that starts between Linus Rawlings (James Stewart) and Eve Prescott (Carroll Baker). But, if you can endure past such cringe-worthy moments, there's a sudden shift when the travelers run into a malevolent gang of river pirates (Walter Brennan, Lee Van Cleef and cutie Brigid Bazlen). The switch from quaint family-friendly material to nigh shocking violence is notable. One villain gets an ax wung into his back and another a knife into his chest (!). The episode ends with a thrilling fatal rafting sequence. Karl Malden plays the patriarch while Debbie Reynolds plays the less-romantic sister. I must say that the producers knocked it out of the ballpark by featuring Baker, Reynolds and Bazlen in the female department; all three are breathtaking. THE PLAINS (1851), directed by Henry Hathaway. Lilith Prescott (Reynolds) ends up in St. Louis as a dance hall performer where she learns she's inherited a gold mine in California. A handsome gambler (Gregory Peck) catches wind and tags along on the wagon train, led by a character played by the great Robert Preston. Both guys want the babe, but only the latter seems sincere, which curiously doesn't interest Lilith. This segment is highlighted by Reynold's beauty and her entertaining song & dance sequences and a thrilling Cheyanne attack on the wagon train. THE CIVIL WAR (1861-1865), directed by John Ford. This segment starts at the Prescott homestead in Ohio where the son of Lilith, Zeb (George Peppard), decides to join the Civil War, after his dad did a couple of years earlier. This is the weakest of the vignettes because the scenes where Ulysses Grant (Harry Morgan) and General Sherman (John Wayne) hang out are obviously studio bound and, worse, the Shiloh battle sequence is almost non-existence. What a letdown! THE RAILROAD (1868), directed by George Mashall. After the war Lieutenant Zeb gets a gig in the U.S. Cavalry, trying to maintain peace with the Indians while befriending grizzled buffalo hunter Jethro Stuart (Henry Fonda), but Zeb becomes disillusioned when an arrogant railroad mogul (Richard Widmark) violates treaties with the Arapaho by building in their territories. The Natives retaliate by stampeding bison through the railroad camp and killing many. It's an impressive sequence. THE OUTLAWS (1889) directed by Henry Hathaway. Widowed, Lilith moves from San Francisco to her remaining asset, an Arizona ranch, inviting Zeb (Peppard) and his wife (Carolyn Jones) & kids to oversee it. But Marshal Zeb is threatened by a vengeful outlaw (Eli Wallach). Instead of waiting for the thug to strike, Zeb goes on the offensive with the help of reluctant Marshal Lou Ramsey (Lee J. Cobb). They hide out on a train with an unusually large gold shipment to ambush the outlaw and his gang. The exciting climax is impressive for its time and obviously influential in action-oriented cinema. As you can see, the movie is a series of thinly-connected stories with a few characters carrying over to other segments (Baker, Reynolds, Peck, Peppard). It's a big film rather than a great one. But you have to respect its uniqueness and the fact that it pulls out all the stops to entertain on so many levels. The score by Alfred Newman, for instance, is one of the all-time best film compositions. While the movie sometimes disappoints — particularly the opening "Disney goes West" vibe and the truncated Civil War sequence — there's just too much good here to give it a bad grade. You just have to be willing to acclimate to its quirks and uniqueness. Needless to say, don't expect a conventional Western because "How the West was Won" is anything but. The film runs 164 minutes and was shot in Kentucky & Illinois in the East; and South Dakota, Utah, Arizona, California and Oregon in the West . GRADE: B
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