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