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Film Matinee: How the West Was Won

on BBC One London

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The epic story of the great American adventure, the conquest of the West, is mirrored in the fortunes of one pioneer family.
The rivers and plains, the Indian wars and the Civil War, the railroad and the legendary Western outlaws - all figure in the chronicle which is brought to the screen in one of Hollywood's greatest spectaculars.
Screenplay by JAMES R. WEBB Produced by BERNARD SMITH
The Civil War directed by JOHN FORD ; The Railroad directed by GEORGE MARSHALL ; The Rivers, The Plains, The Outlaws directed by HENRY HATHAWAY
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Contributors

Unknown:
James R. Webb
Produced By:
Bernard Smith
Directed By:
John Ford
Directed By:
George Marshall
Directed By:
Henry Hathaway
Eve Prescott:
Carroll Baker
Marshal:
Lee J Cobb
Jethro Stuart:
Henry Fonda
Julie Rawlings:
Carolyn Jones
Zebulon Prescott:
Karl Maiden
Cleve Van Valen:
Gregory Peck
Zeb Rawlings:
George Peppard
Roger Morgan:
Robert Preston
Lilith Prescott:
Debbie Reynolds
Linus Rawlings:
James Stewart
Charlie Gant:
Eli Wallach
Gen Sherman:
John Wayne
Mike King:
Richard Widmark
Narrated by:
Spencer Tracy
Dora:
Brigid Bazlen
Colonel Hawkins:
Walter Brennan
Attorney:
David Brian
Peterson:
Andy Devine
Abraham Lincoln:
Raymond Massey
Rebecca:
Agnes Moorehead
Gen Grant:
Henry Morgan
Agatha Clegg:
Thelma Ritter
Deputy:
Mickey Shaughnessy
Rebel soldier:
Russ Tamblyn

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