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How the West Was Won

Movie · 1962 · 162 min

A sweeping, old-fashioned epic that moves through generations with grandeur and melancholy, offering a nostalgic yet clear-eyed view of frontier life.

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1962 film by John Ford, Henry Hathaway and George Marshall
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Year
1962
Runtime
162 min
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • survival
  • ambition
  • grief
  • justice
Places
  • wilderness
  • small town
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror2
Humour3
Realism7
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

Details

Genres
drama, Western
Directed by
John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall
Written by
James R. Webb
Starring
John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Gregory Peck, James Stewart, Spencer Tracy, Debbie Reynolds, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef
Music
Alfred Newman
Cinematography
Charles Lang, William Daniels
Runtime
162 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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