The read
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 75% of the 157 1960s western movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 44m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes85%
Metacritic56/100
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
513 audience votes
Key crew
- Henry HathawayDirector
- John FordDirector
- George MarshallDirector
- Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- John GayWriter
- James R. WebbWriter
Cast
- Carroll BakerEve Prescott Rawlings
- Lee J. CobbMarshal Lou Ramsey
- Henry FondaJethro Stuart
- Carolyn JonesJulie Rawlings
- Karl MaldenZebulon Prescott
- Gregory PeckCleve Van Valen
- George PeppardZeb Rawlings
- Robert PrestonRoger Morgan
- Debbie ReynoldsLilith Prescott
- James StewartLinus Rawlings
- Eli WallachCharlie Gant
- John WayneWilliam Sherman
Stills
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Themes
riversettlernative americancaravanoutlawfrontiercolonisationfamilyriverboatusa history
The Best Movies of 1962
How the West Was Won is #43 of 59
