Das war der Wilde Westen (1962)
So wurde der Westen erobert: mit Unerschrockenheit, Zähigkeit und ständigen Auseinandersetzungen. Drei Regisseure inszenierten fünf ineinander verwobene Geschichten mit etlichen der legendärsten Actionsequenzen der Filmgeschichte und einem gewaltigen Staraufgebot: So wurde "Das war der Wilde Westen" verfilmt. Henry Fonda, Gregory Peck, Debbie Reynolds, James Stewart und John Wayne gehören zu den großen Namen in dieser Monumentalsaga über eine wagemutige Familie, die über mehrere Generationen immer weiter nach Westen zieht. Spektakuläre Szenen zeigen eine atemberaubende Wildwasserfahrt, eine donnernde Stampede panischer Büffel und ein packendes Duell auf einem führerlos dahin rasenden Zug.
Die Regisseur: Henry Hathaway, John Ford, George Marshall.
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Carroll Baker as Eve Prescott Rawlings |
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Lee J. Cobb as Marshal Lou Ramsey |
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Henry Fonda as Jethro Stuart |
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Carolyn Jones as Julie Rawlings |
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Karl Malden as Zebulon Prescott |
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Gregory Peck as Cleve Van Valen |
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George Peppard as Zeb Rawlings |
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Robert Preston as Roger Morgan |
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Debbie Reynolds as Lilith Prescott |
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James Stewart as Linus Rawlings |
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Eli Wallach as Charlie Gant |
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John Wayne as William Sherman |
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Richard Widmark as Mike King |
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Spencer Tracy as Narrator (voice) |
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Brigid Bazlen as Dora Hawkins |
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Walter Brennan as Jeb Hawkins |
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David Brian as Lilith's Attorney |
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Andy Devine as Corporal Peterson |
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Raymond Massey as Abraham Lincoln |
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Agnes Moorehead as Rebecca Prescott |
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Harry Morgan as Ulysses S. Grant |
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Thelma Ritter as Agatha Clegg |
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Mickey Shaughnessy as Deputy Stover |
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Russ Tamblyn as Confederate Deserter |
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Harry Dean Stanton as Gant Henchman |
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Lee Van Cleef as River Pirate |
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Rodolfo Acosta as Gant Gang Member (uncredited) |
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Clinton Sundberg as Hylan Seabury (uncredited) |
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Willis Bouchey as Civil War Surgeon (uncredited) |
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Claude Johnson as Jeremiah Rawlings (uncredited) |
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Kim Charney as Sam Prescott (uncredited) |
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Bryan Russell as Zeke Prescott (uncredited) |
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Stanley Livingston as Prescott Rawlings (uncredited) |
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Jay C. Flippen as Huggins (uncredited) |
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Tudor Owen as Parson Alec Harvey (uncredited) |
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Karl Swenson as Train Conductor (uncredited) |
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James Griffith as Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited) |
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Jack Pennick as Corporal Murphy (uncredited) |
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Jim Michael as Barfly (uncredited) |
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Chuck Roberson as Officer (uncredited) |
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Claude Akins as Man (uncredited) |
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Mark Allen as Colin Harvey (uncredited) |
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Don Anderson as Auction Guest (uncredited) |
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Beulah Archuletta as Arapaho Woman (uncredited) |
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Robert Banas as Dance Hall Dancer (uncredited) |
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Willie Bloom as Barfly (uncredited) |
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Bill Borzage as Barfly (uncredited) |
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John Breen as Waiter (uncredited) |
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Charlie Briggs as Flying Arrow Barker (uncredited) |
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Buddy Bryan as Music Hall Dancer / Wagon Train Traveler (uncredited) |
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Paul Bryar as Auctioneer's Assistant (uncredited) |
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Walter Burke as Wagon Poker Player (uncredited) |
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Polly Burson as Stock Player (uncredited) |
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Ken Curtis as Corporal Ben (uncredited) |
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John Damler as Lawyer (uncredited) |
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Christopher Dark as Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited) |
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Kem Dibbs as Blacksmith (uncredited) |
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Forrest Draper as (uncredited) |
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Craig Duncan as James Marshall (uncredited) |
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Ben Black Elk Sr. as Arapaho Chief (uncredited) |
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Raoul Freeman as Auction Guest (uncredited) |
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Sol Gorss as River Pirate (uncredited) |
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Tom Greenway as (uncredited) |
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Barry Harvey as Angus Harvey (uncredited) |
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William Henry as Staff Officer (uncredited) |
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Jerry Holmes as Railroad Clerk (uncredited) |
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Roy Jenson as Henchman (uncredited) |
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Walter Kightly as Cavalryman (uncredited) |
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Jack Lambert as Gant Henchman (uncredited) |
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John Larch as Grimes (uncredited) |
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Robert P. Lieb as Bartender (uncredited) |
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Herbert Maneval as Schoolboy (uncredited) |
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J. Edward McKinley as Auctioneer (uncredited) |
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Gary Menteer as Music Hall Dancer / Wagon Train Traveler (uncredited) |
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Harold Miller as Auction Guest (uncredited) |
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Harry Monty as River Pirate (uncredited) |
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Bob Morgan as Member of Train Robbery Gang (uncredited) |
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Boyd 'Red' Morgan as River Pirate (uncredited) |
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Forbes Murray as Auction Guest (uncredited) |
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Robert Nash as Lawyer (uncredited) |
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Cliff Osmond as Bartender (uncredited) |
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Harvey Parry as Henchman (uncredited) |
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Gil Perkins as Henchman (uncredited) |
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Red Perkins as Union Soldier (uncredited) |
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Murray Pollack as Auction Guest (uncredited) |
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Paul Power as Auction Guest (uncredited) |
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Frank Radcliffe as Music Hall Dancer / Wagon Train Traveler (uncredited) |
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Buddy Red Bow as Arapaho Man (uncredited) |
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Walter Reed as River Pirate (uncredited) |
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Victor Romito as Henchman (uncredited) |
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Jamie Ross as Bruce Harvey (uncredited) |
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Gene Roth as Riverboat Poker Player (uncredited) |
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Bing Russell as Man (uncredited) |
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Danny Sands as Trapeze Man (uncredited) |
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Joe Sawyer as Riverboat Officer (uncredited) |
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Jeffrey Sayre as Auction Guest (uncredited) |
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Phil Schumacher as Bartender (uncredited) |
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June Smaney as Saloon Girl (uncredited) |
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Kelly Smith as Little Girl (uncredited) |
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Dub Taylor as Man (uncredited) |
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Ken Terrell as River Pirate (uncredited) |
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Jack Tornek as Barfly (uncredited) |
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William Wellman Jr. as Officer #2 (uncredited) |
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Harry Wilson as Cattleman at Barricade (uncredited) |
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Carleton Young as Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited) |
| Directing | Henry Hathaway | Director |
| Directing | John Ford | Director |
| Camera | William H. Daniels | Director of Photography |
| Directing | George Marshall | Director |
| Camera | Joseph LaShelle | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Milton Krasner | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Charles Lang | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Alfred Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Harold F. Kress | Editor |
| Production | Bernard Smith | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sydney Guilaroff | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Walter Plunkett | Costume Design |
| Crew | Hal Needham | Stunts |
| Crew | Ronnie Rondell Jr. | Stunts |
| Directing | Richard Thorpe | Special Guest Director |
| Writing | John Gay | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | William Tuttle | Makeup Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ron Talsky | Costume Design |
| Crew | Bob Overbeck | Special Effects Technician |
| Crew | Chuck Roberson | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Troy Ward | Stunts |
| Camera | James V. King | Camera Operator |
| Crew | John Epper | Stunts |
| Crew | Richard Farnsworth | Stunts |
| Directing | Hank Moonjean | Assistant Director |
| Art | Matty Azzarone | Leadman |
| Crew | Donna Hall | Stunts |
| Crew | Charles Horvath | Stunts |
| Crew | Roy Jenson | Stunts |
| Crew | Carl Pitti | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | John Truwe | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Harold Humbrock | Sound Editor |
| Crew | Charles Schulthies | Special Effects Technician |
| Crew | Leroy Johnson | Stunts |
| Crew | Joe Yrigoyen | Stunts |
| Crew | Polly Burson | Stunts |
| Crew | Loren Janes | Stunts |
| Crew | Ted Mapes | Stunts |
| Crew | Louise Montana | Stunts |
| Crew | Bob Morgan | Stunts |
| Crew | Richard Talmadge | Stunt Coordinator |
| Editing | Charles K. Hagedon | Editorial Consultant |
| Sound | John Lipow | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Bill Johnson | Camera Operator |
| Production | Abe Steinberg | Production Supervisor |
| Sound | John Logan | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Milo B. Lory | Sound Editor |
| Crew | Lester Swartz | Special Effects |
| Crew | Frank Cordell | Stunts |
| Crew | Boyd 'Red' Morgan | Stunts |
| Crew | Gil Perkins | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lynn F. Reynolds | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Chuck Hayward | Stunts |
| Crew | Rusty Richards | Stunts |
| Crew | Chuck Roberson | Stunts |
| Crew | Autry Ward | Stunts |
| Crew | Dean Smith | Stunts |
| Crew | Ken Terrell | Stunts |
| Sound | Carl Brandon | Sound Editor |
| Crew | Rick Arnold | Stunts |
| Crew | Everett Creach | Stunts |
| Crew | Donna Hall | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Harvey Parry | Stunts |
| Crew | Jack Williams | Stunts |
| Sound | Kendrick Kinney | Sound Editor |
| Crew | Sol Gorss | Stunts |
| Camera | Harold E. Wellman | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jay Sebring | Hair Designer |
| Sound | Van Allen James | Sound Editor |
| Crew | May Boss | Stunts |
| Crew | Cliff Lyons | Stunts |
| Crew | Danny Sands | Stunts |
| Crew | Eddie Juaregui | Stunts |
| Crew | Troy Melton | Stunts |
| Crew | Dick Shane | Stunts |
| Crew | Bob Terhune | Stunts |
| Crew | Jerry Vance | Stunts |
| Art | Frank Wesselhoff | Painter |
| Crew | Fred Graham | Stunts |
| Directing | Richard Talmadge | Second Unit Director |
| Crew | Al Carmichael | Stunts |
| Crew | Loren Janes | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Jack N. Young | Stunts |
| Camera | Pete G. Papanickolas | Grip |
| Sound | Ethmer Roten | Musician |
| Sound | Alfred Newman | Conductor |
| Sound | Uan Rasey | Musician |
| Sound | Sally Stevens | Vocals |
| Sound | Robert Emmett Dolan | Conductor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Fuca | Set Costumer |
| Sound | Louise Di Tullio | Musician |
| Sound | Robert Armbruster | Conductor |
| Sound | Ken Darby | Vocals |
| Sound | Leo Shuken | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Vince De Rosa | Musician |
| Sound | Tommy Morgan | Musician |
| Sound | Paul Salamunovich | Vocals |
| Directing | Michael Preece | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Owen Marsh | Camera Technician |
| Sound | Carl Fortina | Musician |
| Sound | Dave Guard | Vocals |
| Sound | Jack Hayes | Orchestrator |
| Editing | Mike Henry | Negative Cutter |
| Sound | Robert Bain | Musician |
| Production | Abe Steinberg | Production Executive |
| Writing | James R. Webb | Writer |
| Sound | Franklin Milton | Recording Supervision |
| Writing | Ken Darby | Lyricist |
| Art | William Ferrari | Art Direction |
| Editing | Charles K. Hagedon | Color Assistant |
| Directing | George Marshall Jr. | Assistant Director |
| Production | Thomas Conroy | Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Robert Emmett Dolan | Music Coordinator |
| Art | Addison Hehr | Art Direction |
| Art | Jack Mills | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Robert Saunders | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Sammy Cahn | Lyricist |
| Writing | Johnny Mercer | Lyricist |
| Visual Effects | Robert R. Hoag | Visual Effects |
| Art | Don Greenwood Jr. | Set Decoration |
| Art | Henry Grace | Set Decoration |
| Visual Effects | A. Arnold Gillespie | Visual Effects |
| Directing | William McGarry | Assistant Director |
| Directing | William Shanks | Assistant Director |
| Art | George W. Davis | Art Direction |
| Directing | Wingate Smith | Assistant Director |