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How the West Was Won (TV series)
American TV series or program
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 Cinerama film of the same name, it began with a two-hour television film, The Macahans, in , followed by a mini-series in , and a regular series in and [1]
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, Norway and Sweden, and has built a cult following.[2] It was released on DVD in Europe in November
A sequence of paintings by Charles Marion Russell is shown during the end credits.
Episodes
[edit]Main article: List of How the West Was Won episodes
Plot
[edit]Zebulon Macahan is a well-known mountain man and scout working for
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Classic Hollywood: For Bruce Boxleitner, a personal code shaped by Marshal Dillon
You might say Bruce Boxleitner owes his career to Marshal Dillon.
As a young actor in Hollywood, Boxleitner was taken under the wing of TV superstar James Arness, who had played the heroic marshal on “Gunsmoke.”
“He changed my life,” said Boxleitner. “He was my biggest influence.”
But Boxleitner, 64, really didn’t know the extent of Arness’ influence until decades later. In fact, it wasn’t until after Arness died in that Boxleitner learned the actor has been instrumental in having him cast as his nephew Luke Macahan in the ABC western movie “The Macahans.”
“Jim Arness had the final say on who was going to play his nephew,” noted Boxleitner, who had had a small part in a episode of “Gunsmoke.” “ABC was pushing another actor. But he saw my screen test.”
“The Macahans” led to the spinoff miniseries “How the West Was Won” and a TV series. Boxleitner would later team with Arness on the remake of
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In , the unthinkable happened: Gunsmoke was canceled after twenty seasons and more than episodes. It was a shock to viewers, but far more so to cast and crew. “The network never told anyone they were thinking of canceling,” star James Arness said. ”We all expected to go on for another season, or two, or three.”
CBS’s loss was ABC’s gain, as the cancellation allowed Arness and key members of the behind-the-scenes team to pursue another project: a TV reboot of the epic MGM Western How The West Was Won () for ABC. Producer Albert S. Ruddy (an Oscar winner for The Godfather) hired Gunsmoke writer Jim Byrnes to write the pilot and Gunsmoke producer John Mantley to run the show. Bernard McEveety, who had helmed 32 episodes of the series between and , signed on to direct the pilot. And it was only a matter of