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How the West Was Won
Setting off on a journey to the west in the 1830s, the Prescott family run into a man named Linus (James Stewart) ], who helps them fight off a pack of thieves. Linus then marries daughter Eve Prescott (Carroll Baker), and 30 years later goes off to fight in the Civil War with their son, with bloody results. Eve's sister, Lily (Debbie Reynolds) ], heads further west and has adventures with a professional gambler (Gregory Peck), stretching all the way to San Francisco and into the 1880s.
Film Credits
Director: John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall and Richard Thorpe
Writer: John Gay and James Webb
Producer: Bernard Smith
Cast: Carroll Baker, Lee Cobb, Henry Fonda, Carolyn Jones, Spencer Tracy, Karl Malden, Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Robert Preston, Debbie Reynolds, James Stewart, Eli Wallach, John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Brigid Bazlen, Walter Brennan, David Brian, Andy Devine, Raymond Massey, Agnes Moorehead, Harry Morgan, Thelma Ritter, Mickey Shaughnessy and Russ Tamblyn
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