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How the West Was Won (1962)

★ 7.0 · 491 ratings on TMDB

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The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.

DirectorGeorge Marshall, Henry Hathaway, John Ford
CastCarolyn Jones, Carroll Baker, Debbie Reynolds, George Peppard, Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda
GenresAction, Western
The emergence reading

How the West Was Won keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E12 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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