Brigid Bazlen as Dora Hawkins Lee Van Cleef as river pirate (uncredited) Introduced in "The Plains" Gregory Peck as Cleve Van Valen 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 Gen. Ulysses S. Grant John Wayne as Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman Russ Tamblyn as Confederate deserter Raymond Massey as 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 as a member of Gant's gang (uncredited) 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 and the stage adaptation of John Brown's Body), on screen (Abe Lincoln in Illinois) and on television (The Day Lincoln Was Shot, and two more productions of Abe Lincoln in Illinois). Production Development MGM had enjoyed a great success with the big screen remake of Ben-Hur (1959) and initiated a number of spectacles, including remakes of Cimarron, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and Mutiny on the Bounty. In 1960, MGM struck a deal to produce four films in the Cinerama process, and Bing Crosby approached the studio with a proposition. He was developing a television spectacular called How the West Was Won based on photographs of the Old West in Life, with profits earmarked for St. John's Hospital, along with an album inspired by the same article recorded with Rosemary Clooney. MGM purchased the film rights from Crosby. MGM announced the project in June 1960, originally titled The Great Western Story. The plan was to film a story of six segments featuring 12 stars, with a cohesive overall storyline. Among the historical figures to be featured were Buffalo Bill, the James brothers and Billy the Kid. St. John's Hospital president Irene Dunne and others persuaded the film's stars to accept less than their usual fees. However, the hospital later sued for a share of the film's profits. Bernard Smith