How the West Was Won (1976)

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How the West Was Won is an American western television series that starred James Arness, Eva Marie Saint, Fionnula Flanagan, Bruce Boxleitner, and Richard Kiley. 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-hour pilot film, The Macahans, ran in 1976. A total of 25 episodes were aired.

Original Release

01/19/1976 on ABC

US Release

01/19/1976

Cast

Fionnula Flanagan	Molly Culhane
James Arness	Zeb Macahan
Bruce Boxleitner	Luke Macahan
Eva Marie Saint	Kate
William Conrad	The voice
Vicki Schreck	Jessie Macahan
William Kirby Cullen	Josh Macahan
Kathryn Holcomb	Laura Macahan
Warren J. Kemmerling	Judge Rensen
Ivan Naranjo	One Wolf

(see additional cast & crew)

#	Title	Air Date
1	The Gunfighter	Monday, 15 January 1979
2	The Rustler	Monday, 22 January 1979
3	The Enemy	Monday, 05 February 1979
4	The Innocent	Monday, 12 February 1979
5	Hillary	Monday, 26 February 1979
6	L'Affaire Riel	Monday, 05 March 1979
7	The Scavengers	Monday, 12 March 1979
8	The Forgotten	Monday, 19 March 1979
9	Luke	Monday, 02 April 1979
10	China Girl	Monday, 16 April 1979
11	The Slavers	Monday, 23 April 1979

Directors

Vincent McEveety, Bernard McEveety, Barry Crane, Joseph Pevney, Daniel Mann, Burt Kennedy, Harry Falk, Ralph Senensky, Irving J. Moore, Alf Kjellin, Gunnar Hellstrom

Writers

John Mantley, Earl W. Wallace, Calvin Clements Jr., William Kelley, Ron Bishop, Katharyn Powers, Howard Fast, Calvin Clements Sr., Colley Cibber, Jim Byrnes, Jack Miller, Steve Hayes, Ray Goldrup, Dick Nelson

Cast

Fionnula Flanagan	Molly Culhane
James Arness	Zeb Macahan
Bruce Boxleitner	Luke Macahan
Eva Marie Saint	Kate
William Conrad	The voice
Vicki Schreck	Jessie Macahan
William Kirby Cullen	Josh Macahan
Kathryn Holcomb	Laura Macahan
Warren J. Kemmerling	Judge Rensen
Ivan Naranjo	One Wolf
Pat Petersen	Jeffrey
Joshua Gallegos	Stone Hand
James Almanzar	Hazett
Peter Hansen	Major Drake
Harris Yulin	Deek Peasley
Ed Lauter	Martin Stillman
Jared Martin	Frank Grayson
Slim Pickens	Tap Henry
Kay Lenz	Doreen
Warren Vanders	Brant

Producers

John Mantley	Executive Producer
John G. Stephens	Producer
John A. Fegan Jr.	Producer
Jeffrey Hayden	Producer
Jim Byrnes	Producer

Editors

Gregory Prange, Steven C. Brown, Neil MacDonald, Mike Sangtok Pae, John A. Fegan Jr., Joe Morrisey, Henry Batista, William B. Gulick

1978	Emmy	Outstanding Achievement in Makeup	Won
1978	Emmy	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	Nominated
1978	Emmy	Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series	Won
1977	Emmy	Outstanding Achievement in Special Musical Material	Nominated
1977	Emmy	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series	Nominated