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How the West Was Won

BBC One
on BBC One London

Epic western starring James Stewart, John Wayne, Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda

In the 1830s, New England farmer Zebulon Prescott, his family in tow, begins a mammoth journey which is a spectacular chronicle of life in the old west.
(1962, PG)
See Films: pages 57-64 ****

Contributors

Director:
John Ford
Director:
Henry Hathaway
Director:
George Marshall
Linus Ratings:
James Stewart
General William T Sherman:
John Wayne
Cleve Van Valen:
Gregory Peck
Jethro Stuart:
Henry Fonda
Eve Prescott:
Carroll Baker
Marshal Lou Ramsey:
Lee J Cobb
Zebulon Prescott:
Karl Malden
Zeb Rawlings:
George Peppard
Lilith Prescott:
Debbie Reynolds
Charlie Gant:
Eli Wallach
Mike King:
Richard Widmark
Narrator:
Spencer Tracy
Source: Radio Times

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