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 Provost Marshal is the first episode of the first season of How the West Was Won. It first aired on February 6, 1977. 

Plot[]

After watching his father die in his arms, Luke runs from the violence of the Union Army, only to get shot while trying to help a woman in distress. A sect called Simonites take Luke in and care for him while Zeb comes looking for his nephew. - Source: tv.com

Cast[]

Starring[]

The Family Macahan[]

  • James Arness as Zeb
  • Eva Marie Saint as Kate
  • Bruce Boxleitner as Luke
  • Kathryn Holcomb as Laura
  • William Kirby Cullen as Josh
  • Vicki Schreck as Jessie

Guest starring[]

  • Anthony Zerbe as Martin Grey
  • Don Murray as Anderson
  • Britt Lind as Erika Hanks
  • Royal Dano as Elam Hanks
  • John Dehner as Bishop Benjamin
  • Richard Angarola as Chier Claw
  • David Huddleston as Christy Judson

Co-starring[]

The Judsons[]

  • John Lisbon Wood as Willy
  • Herman Poppe as Jake
  • Sander Johnson as Charlie

The Soldiers[]

  • Howard McGillin as Lt. Cartwright
  • Peter Hansen as Major Drake
  • John Pickard as Colonel Caine
  • Roy Jenson as Sergeant Macklin


  • Todd Lookinland as Joshua Hanks
  • Robert Padilla as Mountain-Is-Long
  • Med Flory as Sheriff Rose

Supporting cast[]

  • Eddie Firestone as Louie
  • Peggy Rea as Mother Tice
  • David Clarke as Mr. Jones
  • Dan Ferrone as Micah Sloane
  • Ned Wertimer as Elias Kul
  • Roberta Carol Brahm as Delilah
  • Laura Hippe as Alice
  • David Wiley as The Bartender

Crew (and other credits)[]

Closing credits:[]

  • Directed by: Burt Kennedy
  • Directed by: Daniel Mann
  • Written by: Jim Byrnes
  • Written by: William Kelley
  • Written by: John Mantley
  • Written by: Earl W. Wallace
  • Written by: Ron Bishop
  • Produced by: Jeffrey Hayden
  • Produced by: John G. Stephens
  • Executive Producer: John Mantley
  • Director of Photography: Jack Woolf
  • Art Director: Arch Bacon
  • Film Editors: Henry Batista, John A. Fegan, Jr. & William B. Gulick, A.C.E.
  • Developed for Television by: Albert S. Ruddy and Jim Byrnes
  • Music by: Jerrold Immel
  • Music Supervisor: Harry V. Lojewski
  • Set Decorator: Herman N. Schoenbrun
  • Music Editor: Joe Tuley
  • Sound Editor: Lloyd V. Friedgen, Sr.
  • Property Master: Dean Wilson
  • Unit Production Manager: Kurt Neumann
  • Assistant Directors: Michael Daves & William McGarry
  • Script Supervisor: John C. Dutton
  • Sound: Barry Dean Thomas & Hal Watkins, C.A.S.
  • Men's Wardrobe: Chad M. Harwood & Ed Sunley
  • Women's Wardrobe: Yvonne Kubis
  • Makeup: Al Fleming & Bob Westmoreland
  • Hairdressers: Marlene D. Williams & Lola M. Kemp
  • Lead Wrangler: Richard A. Lundin
  • Stunt Coordinator: Jerry Gatlin
  • Special Effects: Chuck Schulthies
  • Casting: Gary Shaffer
"The Producers gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of: U.S. Forest Service, Dixie National Forest & Ron R. Kinsey, Southwest Museum"

"Filmed in METROCOLOR | Titles and Opticals MGM | Lenses and Panaflex Cameras by PANAVISION"

"An Albert S. Ruddy Production"

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