Westward Ho, the Wagons! (1956)
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- 1h 30min
- Family, Western
- 20 Dec 1956 (USA)
- Movie
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Cast verified as complete
Fess Parker | ... |
John 'Doc' Grayson
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Kathleen Crowley | ... |
Laura Thompson
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Jeff York | ... |
Hank Breckenridge
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David Stollery | ... |
Dan Thompson
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Sebastian Cabot | ... |
Bissonette
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George Reeves | ... |
James Stephen
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Doreen Tracey | ... |
Bobo Stephen
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Barbara Wooddell | ... |
Mrs. Stephen
(as Barbara Woodell)
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John War Eagle | ... |
Wolf's Brother
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Cubby O'Brien | ... |
Jerry Stephen
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Tommy Cole | ... |
Jim Stephen
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Leslie Bradley | ... |
Spencer Armitage
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Morgan Woodward | ... |
Obie Foster
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Iron Eyes Cody | ... |
Many Stars
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Anthony Numkena | ... |
Little Thunder
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Karen Pendleton | ... |
Myra Thompson
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Jane Liddell | ... |
Ruth Benjamin
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Jon Locke | ... |
Ed Benjamin
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Beulah Archuletta | ... |
White Antelope (uncredited)
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Gertrude Astor | ... |
Wagon Woman (uncredited)
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Kathy Beaudine | ... |
Child (uncredited)
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Ray Berwick | ... |
Wagon Man (uncredited)
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Chris Willow Bird | ... |
Indian (uncredited)
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John Bose | ... |
Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
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Rudy Bowman | ... |
Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
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Buff Brady | ... |
Wagon Man (uncredited)
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Buck Bucko | ... |
Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
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Ben Corbett | ... |
Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
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Chuck Courtney | ... |
Wagon Man (uncredited)
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Dorothy Crider | ... |
Wagon Woman (uncredited)
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Dewey Drapeau | ... |
Pawnee Chief (uncredited)
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Grey Eagle | ... |
Indian (uncredited)
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Foster Hood | ... |
Indian (uncredited)
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Whitey Hughes | ... |
Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
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Clancy Hurrell | ... |
Child (uncredited)
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Pete Kellett | ... |
Wagon Man (uncredited)
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Eddie Little Sky | ... |
Pawnee Brave (uncredited)
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Carl Mathews | ... |
Indian (uncredited)
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Frank Mills | ... |
Suttler (uncredited)
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Kansas Moehring | ... |
Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
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George Ross | ... |
Wagon Man (uncredited)
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Sandy Sanders | ... |
Wagon Man (uncredited)
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Tom Smith | ... |
Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
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Brand Stirling | ... |
Tom Foster (uncredited)
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Max Wagner | ... |
Wagon Man (uncredited)
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Directed by
William Beaudine |
Written by
Thomas W. Blackburn | ... | (screenplay) (as Tom Blackburn) |
Mary Jane Carr | ... | (novel "Children of the Covered Wagon") |
Produced by
Walt Disney | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Bill Walsh | ... | associate producer |
Music by
George Bruns |
Cinematography by
Charles P. Boyle | ... | (photographed by) |
Editing by
Cotton Warburton |
Art Direction by
Marvin Aubrey Davis |
Set Decoration by
Bertram C. Granger | ... | (as Bertram Granger) |
Emile Kuri |
Costume Design by
Gertrude Casey | ||
Chuck Keehne |
Makeup Department
Lois Murray | ... | hair stylist |
David Newell | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
Ben Chapman | ... | unit production manager |
Bill Anderson | ... | production manager (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William Beaudine Jr. | ... | assistant director |
Yakima Canutt | ... | second unit director |
Jack Cunningham | ... | second assistant director (uncredited) |
Vincent McEveety | ... | second assistant director (uncredited) |
Ted Schilz | ... | second assistant director (uncredited) |
Robert G. Shannon | ... | second assistant director (uncredited) |
Bill Sheehan | ... | second assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Jack Golconda | ... | props (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Robert O. Cook | ... | sound supervisor |
Dean Thomas | ... | sound recordist |
Ben Hendricks | ... | sound editor (uncredited) |
Albert E. Kennedy | ... | sound editor (uncredited) |
Malcolm Rennings | ... | cable man (uncredited) |
Lou Skelton | ... | sound recordist (uncredited) |
Visual Effects by
Peter Ellenshaw | ... | matte artist |
Ub Iwerks | ... | special processes |
Albert Whitlock | ... | assistant matte artist |
Stunts
Jerry Brown | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Forest Burns | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Joe Canutt | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Tap Canutt | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Chuck Courtney | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Chloy Cunnington | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
John Epper | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Bob Folkerson | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Don Happy | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Robert 'Buzz' Henry | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Ace Hudkins | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
John Hudkins | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Whitey Hughes | ... | stunt double: Kathleen Crowley/David Stollery (uncredited) |
Leroy Johnson | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Eddie Juaregui | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Cliff Lyons | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Boyd 'Red' Morgan | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Sandy Sanders | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Rocky Shahan | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
George Steele | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Boyd Stockman | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Eugene White | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Bob Woodward | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Al Wyatt Sr. | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Joe Yrigoyen | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Garry Lambrecht | ... | first grip (uncredited) |
Jack Whitman | ... | camera operator (uncredited) |
Music Department
Edward H. Plumb | ... | orchestrator (as Edward Plumb) |
Bill Lee | ... | singing voice: George Reeves (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Fred Hartsook | ... | script clerk (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Walt Disney | ... | presenter |
Iron Eyes Cody | ... | technical advisor (uncredited) |
Rolly Harper | ... | caterer (uncredited) |
Ralph Maxheimer | ... | dance director (uncredited) / dialogue director (uncredited) |
Leonard Shannon | ... | publicist (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Buena Vista Distribution Company (1956) (United States) (theatrical) (as Buena Vista Film Distribution Co., Inc.)
- Cinédis (1957) (France) (theatrical)
- Triangel Produksjon A/S (1957) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Wivefilm (1957) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1961) (United States) (tv) (original airing)
- Disney Channel (1985) (United States) (tv) (as The Disney Channel)
- Walt Disney Home Video (West Germany) (VHS)
- Walt Disney Home Video (Netherlands) (VHS)
- Walt Disney Home Video (1997) (United States) (VHS)
- Cargo Records (2018) (Germany) (DVD)
- Nine Dragon Films (2018) (Germany) (DVD) (label)
- Weltbild Verlag (2019) (Germany) (DVD) (Die grosse Komantschen Box)
- Mr. Banker Films (2019) (Germany) (DVD) (Die grosse Komantschen Box)
- Cargo Records (2019) (Germany) (DVD) (Die grosse Komantschen Box)
- 375 Media (2019) (Germany) (DVD) (Die grosse Komantschen Box)
- 375 Media (2019) (Germany) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Wagon master James Stephen leads a wagon train of settlers, including his wife and children, across the vast plains. Prominent among the settlers is Doc Grayson, who though not really a doctor provides what medical care he can to the travelers. The wagon train is beset by Pawnees, determined to make off with the horses. A later encounter with presumably friendly Sioux takes a dark turn when the son of the chief appears to be dying, and only Doc Grayson can help.
Written by Jim Beaver |
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Taglines | Walt Disney tells the real story of the fighting families who won the West ! See more » |
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Trivia | The script called for an Indian attack on a wagon train, but producer Walt Disney told second-unit director Yakima Canutt that he didn't want it to be a typical Indian attack, as children would be watching the film and he didn't want them to see anyone killed or injured. Canutt objected, saying that in real life people were killed during Indian attacks and one in which no one gets hurt was so unrealistic that it shouldn't be filmed at all. Disney overruled his objection and told Canutt to shoot the attack as ordered. After screening the finished sequence, however, Disney told Canutt that he had been right and the attack looked too phony and unrealistic and ordered it to be re-shot in a more realistic manner. Canutt said that it would add at least a week's extra time and several hundred thousand dollars to the budget, but Disney told him to re-shoot for as long as he needed in order to get it right. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into Along the Oregon Trail (1956). See more » |
Soundtracks | Westward Ho the Wagons! See more » |