How the West Was Won (1962)
Country: US
Technical: col/Cinerama 162m
Director: Henry Hathaway (The River, The Plains, The Railroad), John Ford (The Civil War), George Marshall (The Outlaws)
Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, James Stewart, Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Henry Fonda, Richard Widmark
Synopsis:
Adventures of a family across five interlocking stories from pioneer days through to the conventional wild west.
Review:
Shamelessly unrevised view of modern American history, even using its closing credits to mount a visual eulogy of Los Angeles's spaghetti freeway system. Once allowances have been made for this and its fairground conception (three-screen projection is unlikely to be most people's viewing experience), it does rise to some good old-fashioned moments of action and sentiment, aided by a sturdy cast and Spencer Tracy's avuncular narration.
Country: US
Technical: col/Cinerama 162m
Director: Henry Hathaway (The River, The Plains, The Railroad), John Ford (The Civil War), George Marshall (The Outlaws)
Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, James Stewart, Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Henry Fonda, Richard Widmark
Synopsis:
Adventures of a family across five interlocking stories from pioneer days through to the conventional wild west.
Review:
Shamelessly unrevised view of modern American history, even using its closing credits to mount a visual eulogy of Los Angeles's spaghetti freeway system. Once allowances have been made for this and its fairground conception (three-screen projection is unlikely to be most people's viewing experience), it does rise to some good old-fashioned moments of action and sentiment, aided by a sturdy cast and Spencer Tracy's avuncular narration.
Country: US
Technical: col/Cinerama 162m
Director: Henry Hathaway (The River, The Plains, The Railroad), John Ford (The Civil War), George Marshall (The Outlaws)
Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, James Stewart, Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Henry Fonda, Richard Widmark
Synopsis:
Adventures of a family across five interlocking stories from pioneer days through to the conventional wild west.
Review:
Shamelessly unrevised view of modern American history, even using its closing credits to mount a visual eulogy of Los Angeles's spaghetti freeway system. Once allowances have been made for this and its fairground conception (three-screen projection is unlikely to be most people's viewing experience), it does rise to some good old-fashioned moments of action and sentiment, aided by a sturdy cast and Spencer Tracy's avuncular narration.