How the West Was Won

Pros: An “epic” production in sight, sound, and story.
Cons: A product of the early 60s. Neither “historically accurate” nor “politically correct”.

This film does not deliver accurate history. This film does not deliver a “politically correct” message by our twenty-first century standards. But this film certainly does deliver 165 minutes of “epic” entertainment.

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Pros: Jimmy Stewart, Story, Action, Cinematography, Music
Cons: A great experience more people should indulge in

How the West Was Won (1962) "I've never been kissed permanent before." Carroll Baker A collaborative effort of three directors and many top stars, How the West was Won was one of the final gasps in Hollywood's battle for supremacy ...

Pros: Excellent family movie
Cons: A better ending

Release Date 1962
Genre:Westerns

When our forefathers came to this land.
When our forefathers first came to this land, they settled and built their homes in the East where they could be free to worship the Lord. As our new...

Pros: Great conceptual idea
Cons: Slightly long

This motion picture follows the the lives of a family through 3 generations during our nations' period of expansion during the 1800's. The cast is one of the most extravagant ever in the history of motion pictures, as well as the directing that consisted...

Pros: Very entertaining and worth the time.
Cons: Long.

How the West was Won is a big, expansive movie, fun and maybe, slightly, historically accurate. Regardless, it is worth a few hours of your time to watch an all star cast take on the old west. It begins with Karl Malden and Agnes Moorehead, parents of...

Pros: Great epic western
Cons: none

"How the West was Won" is an epic in proportion. With stars like Debbie Reynolds, Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, James Stewart, Gregory Peck, Agnes Moorehead, George Peppard, Carolyn Jones, Karl Malden, Robert Preston, how can it...