How the West Was Won

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Ratings & Reviews

7.0/10

477 votes

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Awards & Recognition

Critical acclaim and industry honors

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Wins

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Nominations

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Academy Awards

🏆 3 wins•📋 5 nominations

Won

Best Film Editing

Best Sound

Best Writing, Original Screenplay

Nominated

Best Cinematography, Color

Best Costume Design, Color

Best Art Direction, Color

Best Picture

Best Original Score

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Other Awards

🏆 1 win

Won

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$15.0M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$76,729

Global Box Office

Loss

$-14,923,271

ROI: -99%

Budget Recovery1% of budget

$0|Budget: $15.0M|Revenue: $76,729

Popularity Trend(Wikipedia)

60-Day Views

35.3K

Daily Avg

588

7-Day Trend

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Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

Inyo National Forest

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Story Setting

Set In

California

Characters

William Tecumseh Sherman

Abraham Lincoln

Ulysses S. Grant

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

Milton KrasnerJoseph LaShelleCharles LangWilliam H. Daniels

Film Editing

Harold F. Kress

Music / Score

Alfred Newman

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-MayerCinerama Releasing Corporation

Distributors

NetflixMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Technical Specifications

Color

color

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch How the West Was Won

Available in 56 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaG	—	—	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
United KingdomPG	—	—	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
Canada	—	—	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
Australia	HBO Max	—	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesG

United KingdomPG

Germany12

JapanG

Austria12

Belgium12

BrazilL

IrelandPG

+2 more countries

Production

Directors

John Ford, George Marshall, Henry Hathaway

Writers

John Gay, Ken Darby, Sammy Cahn, James R. Webb, Johnny Mercer

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-MayerCinerama Productions

Cast

Carroll Baker

Eve Prescott Rawlings

Lee J. Cobb

Marshal Lou Ramsey

Henry Fonda

Jethro Stuart

Carolyn Jones

Julie Rawlings

Karl Malden

Zebulon Prescott

Gregory Peck

Cleve Van Valen

George Peppard

Zeb Rawlings

Robert Preston

Roger Morgan

Debbie Reynolds

Lilith Prescott

James Stewart

Linus Rawlings

Eli Wallach

Charlie Gant

John Wayne

William Sherman

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