How the West Was Won (1962) [G]

Release Date:
November 2, 1962

Original Title:
How the West Was Won

Alternate Titles:
A Conquista do Oeste
Das war der wilde Westen
La conquista del Oeste
The Great Western Story
서부 개척사

Genres:
Western

Production Companies:
Cinerama Productions
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 12  BR: L  DE: 12  GB: PG  IE: PG  JP: G  PT: M/12  US: G 

Runtime: 162

It's here! The mightiest adventure ever filmed!

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.

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Art Department Assistant:
Tyrus Wong

Art Direction:
George W. Davis
William Ferrari
Addison Hehr

Assistant Director:
George Marshall Jr.
William McGarry
Robert Saunders
William Shanks
Wingate Smith
Hank Moonjean

Camera Operator:
Bill Johnson
James V. King

Camera Technician:
Owen Marsh

Color Assistant:
Charles K. Hagedon

Conductor:
Robert Armbruster
Robert Emmett Dolan
Alfred Newman

Costume Design:
Walter Plunkett
Ron Talsky

Director:
John Ford
Henry Hathaway
George Marshall

Director of Photography:
William H. Daniels
Milton Krasner
Charles Lang
Joseph LaShelle

Editor:
Harold F. Kress

Editorial Consultant:
Charles K. Hagedon

Grip:
Pete G. Papanickolas

Hair Designer:
Jay Sebring

Hairstylist:
Sydney Guilaroff

Leadman:
Matty Azzarone

Lyricist:
Ken Darby
Sammy Cahn
Johnny Mercer

Makeup Artist:
John Truwe
Lynn F. Reynolds

Makeup Designer:
William Tuttle

Music Coordinator:
Robert Emmett Dolan

Musician:
Robert Bain
Vince De Rosa
Carl Fortina
Tommy Morgan
Uan Rasey
Ethmer Roten
Louise Di Tullio

Negative Cutter:
Mike Henry

Orchestrator:
Jack Hayes
Leo Shuken

Original Music Composer:
Alfred Newman

Other:
Joan Joseff

Painter:
Frank Wesselhoff

Producer:
Bernard Smith

Production Executive:
Abe Steinberg

Production Supervisor:
Thomas Conroy
Abe Steinberg

Recording Supervision:
Franklin Milton

Script Supervisor:
Michael Preece

Second Unit Director:
Richard Talmadge

Second Unit Director of Photography:
Harold E. Wellman

Set Costumer:
Robert Fuca

Set Decoration:
Henry Grace
Don Greenwood Jr.
Jack Mills

Sound Editor:
Carl Brandon
Harold Humbrock
Van Allen James
Kendrick Kinney
John Lipow
Milo B. Lory

Special Effects:
Lester Swartz

Special Effects Technician:
Bob Overbeck
Charles Schulthies

Special Guest Director:
Richard Thorpe

Stunt Coordinator:
Richard Talmadge

Stunt Double:
Donna Hall
Loren Janes
Chuck Roberson

Stunts:
Hal Needham
Ronnie Rondell Jr.
Rick Arnold
May Boss
Polly Burson
Al Carmichael
Frank Cordell
Everett Creach
John Epper
Richard Farnsworth
Sol Gorss
Fred Graham
Donna Hall
Chuck Hayward
Charles Horvath
Loren Janes
Roy Jenson
Leroy Johnson
Eddie Juaregui
Cliff Lyons
Ted Mapes
Troy Melton
Louise Montana
Bob Morgan
Boyd 'Red' Morgan
Harvey Parry
Gil Perkins
Carl Pitti
Rusty Richards
Chuck Roberson
Danny Sands
Dick Shane
Dean Smith
Bob Terhune
Ken Terrell
Jerry Vance
Autry Ward
Troy Ward
Jack Williams
Jack N. Young
Joe Yrigoyen

Supervising Sound Editor:
John Logan

Visual Effects:
A. Arnold Gillespie
Robert R. Hoag

Vocals:
Dave Guard
Ken Darby
Paul Salamunovich
Sally Stevens

Writer:
James R. Webb
John Gay

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