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.
Directed by
Henry Hathaway, John Ford, George Marshall
Written by
James R. Webb, John Gay
Lee J. Cobb
Marshal Lou Ramsey
James Stewart
Linus Rawlings
John Wayne
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
Harry Dean Stanton
Gant Henchman (uncredited)
Lee Van Cleef
River Pirate (uncredited)
Gregory Peck
Cleve Van Valen
Eli Wallach
Charlie Gant
Andy Devine
Cpl. Peterson
George Peppard
Zeb Rawlings
Debbie Reynolds
Lilith Prescott
Harry Morgan
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
Henry Fonda
Jethro Stuart
Claude Akins
Man (uncredited)
Bing Russell
Man (uncredited)
Carroll Baker
Eve Prescott Rawlings
Ken Curtis
Cpl. Ben (uncredited)
Carolyn Jones
Julie Rawlings
Russ Tamblyn
Confederate Deserter
Agnes Moorehead
Rebecca Prescott
Richard Farnsworth
Dub Taylor
Man (uncredited)
Richard Widmark
Mike King
Robert Preston
Roger Morgan
Karl Malden
Zebulon Prescott
Walter Brennan
Col. Jeb Hawkins
Karl Swenson
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Kim Charney
Sam Prescott (uncredited)
John Larch
Grimes (uncredited)
Hal Needham
Paul Bryar
Auctioneer's Assistant (uncredited)
Roy Jenson
Henchman (uncredited)
Jay C. Flippen
Huggins (uncredited)
Raymond Massey
Abraham Lincoln
James Griffith
Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)
Thelma Ritter
Agatha Clegg
Troy Melton
Walter Reed
River Pirate (uncredited)
Walter Burke
Wagon Poker Player (uncredited)
Willis Bouchey
Civil War Surgeon (uncredited)
Spencer Tracy
Narrator (voice)
Rodolfo Acosta
Gant Gang Member (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson
Officer (uncredited)
Fred Graham
Christopher Dark
Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)
William Henry
Staff Officer (uncredited)
Cliff Osmond
Bartender (uncredited)
Mickey Shaughnessy
Deputy Stover
Jack Lambert
Gant Henchman (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Auction Guest (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward
Carleton Young
Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)
Joe Sawyer
Riverboat Officer (uncredited)
William Wellman Jr.
Officer #2 (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Auction Guest (uncredited)
Tudor Owen
Parson Alec Harvey (uncredited)
David Brian
Lilith's Attorney
Gene Roth
Riverboat Poker Player (uncredited)
Clinton Sundberg
Hylan Seabury (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Auction Guest (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
Cpl. Murphy
Mark Allen
Colin Harvey (uncredited)
J. Edward McKinley
Auctioneer (uncredited)
Dean Smith
Claude Johnson
Jeremiah Rawlings (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons
Stanley Livingston
Prescott Rawlings (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan
River Pirate (uncredited)
Bryan Russell
Zeke Prescott (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
Cattleman at Barricade (uncredited)
Brigid Bazlen
Dora Hawkins
Charlie Briggs
Flying Arrow Barker (uncredited)
Richard Talmadge
John Damler
Lawyer (uncredited)
Johnny Mercer
Bill Borzage
Barfly (uncredited)
Frank Cordell
Ken Darby
Buddy Bryan
Music Hall Dancer / Wagon Train Traveler (uncredited)
Robert Nash
Lawyer (uncredited)
Jim Michael
Barfly (uncredited)
Don Anderson
Auction Guest (uncredited)
Beulah Archuletta
Arapaho Woman (uncredited)
Robert Banas
Dance Hall Dancer (uncredited)
Willie Bloom
Barfly (uncredited)
John Breen
Waiter (uncredited)
Kem Dibbs
Blacksmith (uncredited)
Forrest Draper
Bit Role (uncredited)
Craig Duncan
James Marshall (uncredited)
Ben Black Elk Sr.
Arapaho Chief (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman
Auction Guest (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
River Pirate (uncredited)
Tom Greenway
Bit Role (uncredited)
Barry Harvey
Angus Harvey (uncredited)
Jerry Holmes
Railroad Clerk (uncredited)
Walter Kightly
Cavalryman (uncredited)
Robert P. Lieb
Bartender (uncredited)
Herbert Maneval
Schoolboy (uncredited)
Harry Monty
River Pirate (uncredited)
Gil Perkins
Henchman (uncredited)
Red Perkins
Union Soldier (uncredited)
Murray Pollack
Auction Guest (uncredited)
Paul Power
Auction Guest (uncredited)
Frank Radcliffe
Music Hall Dancer / Wagon Train Traveler (uncredited)