How the West Was Won (TV series)
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| Also known as | The Macahans |
| Genre | Western |
| Directed by | Bernard McEveety Irving J. Moore (one episode) and others |
| Starring | James Arness Bruce Boxleitner Fionnula Flanagan Kathryn Holcomb William Kirby Cullen Vicki Schreck |
| Composer(s) | Jerrold Immel |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 + pilot |
| No. of episodes | 25 (List of episodes) |
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| Original run | 1976 (pilot) / 1977 (series) – 1979 |
How the West Was Won is an American western television series that featured an all star cast that included: James Arness, Eva Marie Saint, Fionnula Flanagan, Bruce Boxleitner, G. W. Bailey, Trisha Noble, William Shatner, Jack Elam, Woody Strode, Anthony Zerbe, Richard Kiley, Lloyd Bridges, Christopher Lee, Kay Lenz, Brian Keith, Vera Miles, Tim Matheson and Ricardo Montalban.[1] Loosely based on the 1962 Cinerama film of the same name, it aired as a mini-series in 1977, and as a regular series in 1978 and 1979. A 2.5-hour long pilot episode, The Macahans, ran in 1976.[1] A total of 25 episodes were aired.
The show was a great success in Europe, apparently finding a larger and more lasting audience there than in the United States. It has been rebroadcast many times on various European networks, e.g. in France, Germany, Italy and Sweden, and has built a cult following.[2] It was released on DVD in Europe in November 2009.[3]
A sequence of paintings by Charles Marion Russell were shown during the end credits.
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[edit] Cast
- James Arness as Zebulon "Zeb" Macahan
- Bruce Boxleitner as Luke Macahan
- William Kirby Cullen as Joshua "Josh" Macahan
- Fionnula Flanagan as Molly Culhane
- Richard Kiley as Timothy Macahan
- Kathryn Holcomb as Laura Macahan
- Jared Martin as Frank Grayson
- Eva Marie Saint as Kate Macahan
- Vicki Schreck as Jessica "Jessie" Macahan
- Harris Yulin as Deek Peasley
In the pilot episode, Bruce Boxleitner's character is called Seth and William Kirby Cullen's character is called Jed.
Guest stars included Ricardo Montalban as Satangkai, Ron Hayes as Sheriff Pinter, Harry Lauter as Sheriff Charlie Benton, Gregg Palmer as Loman, Tom Simcox as Marshal Logan, Read Morgan as Morton in "The Slavers", and John M. Pickard as Colonel Caine and Jim Turner (three episodes). Actors Richard Basehart, Ken Curtis, Michael Conrad, and Jack Elam also guest starred on this series.
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Jackson, Ronald; Abbott, Doug (2008). 50 Years of the Television Western. Bloomington: AuthorHouse. pp. 288–89. ISBN 978-1434359254.
- ^ Nordström, Andreas (11 February 2010). ""Familjen Macahan" är en storsäljare" (in Swedish). Expressen. http://www.expressen.se/noje/tvsajten/1.1878100/sa-gick-det-sen-for-familjen-macahan. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
- ^ "Familjen Macahan (Swedish)". PAN Vision. http://www.panvision.se/1/1.0.1.0/55/1/?item=prod_prod-s1/44625.
