Editing How the West Was Won (film) (section)

==Cast==
* [[Spencer Tracy]] as Narrator
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;Introduced in "The Rivers"
* [[James Stewart]] as Linus Rawlings
* [[Carroll Baker]] as Eve Prescott Rawlings
* [[Debbie Reynolds]] as Lilith Prescott van Valen
* [[Karl Malden]] as Zebulon Prescott
* [[Agnes Moorehead]] as Rebecca Prescott
* [[Walter Brennan]] as Col. Jeb Hawkins
* [[Brigid Bazlen]] as Dora Hawkins
* [[Lee Van Cleef]] as river pirate (uncredited)

;Introduced in "The Plains"
* [[Gregory Peck]] as Cleve Van Valen
* [[Robert Preston (actor)|Robert Preston]] as Roger Morgan
* [[Thelma Ritter]] as Agatha Clegg
* [[David Brian]] as Lilith's attorney
* [[John Larch]] as Grimes a gambler (uncredited)
* [[Clinton Sundberg]] as Hylan Seabury (uncredited)

;Introduced in "The Civil War"
* [[George Peppard]] as Zeb Rawlings
* [[Andy Devine]] as Corporal Peterson
* [[Harry Morgan]] as [[Ulysses S. Grant|Gen. Ulysses S. Grant]]
* [[John Wayne]] as [[William Tecumseh Sherman|Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman]]
* [[Russ Tamblyn]] as Confederate deserter
* [[Raymond Massey]] as [[Abraham Lincoln|President Abraham Lincoln]]
* [[Ken Curtis]] as Cpl. Ben (uncredited)

;Introduced in "The Railroad"
* [[Henry Fonda]] as Jethro Stuart
* [[Richard Widmark]] as Mike King

;Introduced in "The Outlaws"
* [[Lee J. Cobb]] as Marshal Lou Ramsey
* [[Eli Wallach]] as Charlie Gant
* [[Carolyn Jones]] as Zeb Rawlings' wife, Julie
* [[Mickey Shaughnessy]] as Deputy Stover
* [[Harry Dean Stanton]] as a member of Gant's gang (uncredited)
* [[Jack Lambert (American actor)|Jack Lambert]] as a member of Gant's gang (uncredited)
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The film marked then 66-year-old Raymond Massey's last appearance as Abraham Lincoln, a role that he previously played on stage (''[[Abe Lincoln in Illinois (play)|Abe Lincoln in Illinois]]'' and the stage adaptation of ''[[John Brown's Body (poem)|John Brown's Body]]''), on screen (''[[Abe Lincoln in Illinois (film)|Abe Lincoln in Illinois]]'') and on television (''The Day Lincoln Was Shot'', and two more productions of ''Abe Lincoln in Illinois'').