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How the West Was Won

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on BBC Two England

Epic western continuing the James Stewart season of films.
Also starring John Wayne, Gregory Peck

Heading west in the 1830s, New England farmer Zebulon Prescott and his family embark on a great adventure.
(1962, PG)
(The James Stewart season continues tonight with a double bill of Hitchcock films beginning at 11.25pm)
See Films: pages 43-76

Contributors

Director:
John Ford
Director:
Henry Hathaway
Director:
George Marshall
Director:
Richard Thorpe [uncredited]
Linus Rawlings:
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 Ratings:
George Peppard
Roger Morgan:
Robert Preston
Lilith Prescott:
Debbie Reynolds
Charlie Gant:
Eli Wallach
Mike King:
Richard Widmark
Narrator:
Spencer Tracy
Source: Radio Times

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