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The West

TV series / 1996

The West

Episode directors Stephen Ives

Documentary

★ 8.4/10Audience rating

The West, sometimes marketed as Ken Burns Presents: The West, is a documentary film about the American Old West. It was directed by Stephen Ives and the executive producer was Ken Burns. The film originally aired on PBS in September 1996.

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The West, sometimes marketed as Ken Burns Presents: The West, is a documentary film about the American Old West. It was directed by Stephen Ives and the executive producer was Ken Burns. The film originally aired on PBS in September 1996.

Cast

Peter CoyoteSelf - Narrator N. Scott MomadaySelf - Writer Murphy GuyerSelf John TrudellSelf Eli WallachSelf Arthur MillerSelf Gary SiniseT. P. Eagan Jimmy SmitsSelf Adam ArkinSelf Matthew BroderickSelf - William Swain Jason RobardsSelf - Brigham Young John LithgowSelf · Self / Uriah Oblinger (voice)

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Keith CarradineSelf · Self (voice) Ossie DavisSelf / John R. Gills (voice) · Self Derek JacobiSelf (voice) George PlimptonSelf (voice) Ralph WaiteSelf (voice) M. Emmet WalshSelf (voice) Fred WardSelf / Charles Goodnight (voice)

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