Here’s the core information you’re after: The film How the West Was Won (1962) features an ensemble cast that follows multiple generations as they settle the American frontier. Notable cast members include James Stewart, Carroll Baker, Debbie Reynolds, Gregory Peck, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, George Peppard, Karl Malden, Robert Preston, John Wayne, Eli Wallach, and Richard Widmark, among others. The film is structured as an epic widescreen panorama told in several interlinked segments directed by Henry Hathaway, John Ford, and George Marshall. Key cast highlights by character entry (selected positions):
- Linus Rawlings — James Stewart
- Eve Prescott Rawlings — Carroll Baker
- Lilith Prescott Van Valen — Debbie Reynolds
- Zebulon Prescott — Karl Malden
- Cleve Van Valen — Gregory Peck
- Julie Rawlings — Carolyn Jones
- Zeb Rawlings — George Peppard
- Roger Morgan — Robert Preston
- Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman — John Wayne
- Mike King — Richard Widmark
- Lt. Kinderman — Lee J. Cobb
- Jethro Stuart — Henry Fonda
- Agatha Clegg — Thelma Ritter
- Col. Jeb Hawkins — Walter Brennan
If you’d like, I can provide a complete, alphabetized cast list with roles, or pull up specific cast credits for each segment of the film.
