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.


The West (1996)
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John Lithgow
Self (9 episodes)Self / Uriah Oblinger (voice) (1 episode)

Keith Carradine
Self (9 episodes)Self (voice) (1 episode)

Ossie Davis
Self (9 episodes)Self / John R. Gills (voice) (1 episode)

Peter Coyote
Self - Narrator (9 episodes)

N. Scott Momaday
Self - Writer (9 episodes)

Murphy Guyer
Self (9 episodes)

John Trudell
Self (9 episodes)

Eli Wallach
Self (9 episodes)

Arthur Miller
Self (9 episodes)