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The American West is a limited-event American television docu-series detailing the period 1865 to 1890 in the United States. The series was executive-produced by Robert Redford, Stephen David and Laura Michalchyshyn with Sundance Productions and aired for eight episodes on AMC from June 11 to July 30, 2016.
Original Release
06/11/2016 on AMC
US Release
06/11/2016
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Mark Lee Gardner | Self - Author, Shot All to Hell / Self / Self - Author, 'Shot All to Hell' |
| Bert Thomas Morris | Narrator / Narrator (voice) |
| David H. Stevens | Jesse James |
| Will Strongheart | Crazy Horse / Crazyhorse |
| Mo Brings Plenty | Sitting Bull |
| Morgan Lund | Ulysses S. Grant / Gen. Ulysses S. Grant |
| John C. Bailey | Gen. George Armstrong Custer / George Custer |
| Jonathan C. Stewart | Wyatt Earp |
| Derek Chariton | Billy the Kid |
| Eric Rolland | Thomas Durant / Thomas 'Doc' Durant |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | America Divided | Saturday, 11 June 2016 |
| 2 | Two Front War | Saturday, 18 June 2016 |
| 3 | Blood & Gold | Saturday, 25 June 2016 |
| 4 | Showdown | Saturday, 02 July 2016 |
| 5 | Outlaw Rising | Saturday, 09 July 2016 |
| 6 | The Big Killing | Saturday, 16 July 2016 |
| 7 | Frontier Justice | Saturday, 23 July 2016 |
| 8 | The Last Vendetta | Saturday, 30 July 2016 |
Directors
Writers
Steve Loh, Zachary Herrmann, Jordan Rosenblum, John Ealer, Brian Burstein, David Schaye, Jeremiah Murphy
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Mark Lee Gardner | Self - Author, Shot All to Hell / Self / Self - Author, 'Shot All to Hell' |
| Bert Thomas Morris | Narrator / Narrator (voice) |
| David H. Stevens | Jesse James |
| Will Strongheart | Crazy Horse / Crazyhorse |
| Mo Brings Plenty | Sitting Bull |
| Morgan Lund | Ulysses S. Grant / Gen. Ulysses S. Grant |
| John C. Bailey | Gen. George Armstrong Custer / George Custer |
| Jonathan C. Stewart | Wyatt Earp |
| Derek Chariton | Billy the Kid |
| Eric Rolland | Thomas Durant / Thomas 'Doc' Durant |
| Ric Maddox | Pat Garrett |
| Kera O'Bryon | Zerelda James |
| Jim Jackman | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Hugh Scully | Allan Pinkerton |
| David Eisenbach | Self - Historian / Self |
| Robert Redford | Self - Actor, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid / Self - Actor, 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' / Self |
| Paul A. Hutton | Self - Historian, University of New Mexico / Self |
| Karl Jacoby | Self - Historian, Columbia University / Self |
| Joseph Carlson | Frank James |
| Benny Gibson | Outlaw horseman |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Laura Michalchyshyn | Executive Producer |
| Stephen David | Executive Producer |
| Robert Redford | Executive Producer |
| Tim W. Kelly | Executive Producer |
| Shirley Escott | Executive Producer |
| Christie McConnell | Executive Producer |
| Carlos Aníbal Vázquez | Producer |
| Sunday Mensah | Producer |
| Petra Hoebel | Producer |
| Matias Alvarez | Producer |
| Zachary Herrmann | Producer |
| Jordan Rosenblum | Producer |
| Ronald K. Fried | Producer |
| Brian Burstein | Producer |
| Carter Figueroa | Producer |
| Avery Fox | Producer |
| Jonathan Soule | Producer |
| David Schaye | Producer |
| Paige Ferrari | Producer |
| Peter Sherman | Producer |
| Matthew Horovitz | Producer |
| Chelsea Coates | Producer |
| Jim Rapsas | Producer |
| Jose Gilberto Molinari-Rosaly | Producer |
| John Ealer | Producer |
| Steven A. Lee | Producer |
Editors
Tim W. Kelly, Jonathan Soule, Joe Headrick, Emmanuel Nomikos, Wyatt Rogowski, John Kilgour, Christopher Martini, Gordon Grinberg, Neal Usatin, Jamie Kirkpatrick
