Westward Ho the Wagons!

Westward Ho the Wagons!
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWilliam Beaudine
Screenplay byTom Blackburn
Based onChildren of the Covered Wagon by Mary Jane Carr
Produced byBill Walsh
StarringFess Parker
Kathleen Crowley
Jeff York
Sebastian Cabot
George Reeves
David Stollery
CinematographyCharles P. Boyle, A.S.C.
Edited byCotton Warburton, A.C.E.
Music byGeorge Bruns
Production
company
Distributed byBuena Vista Distribution
Release date
  • December 20, 1956 (1956-12-20)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2.75 million (US)[1]

Westward Ho the Wagons! is a 1956 American Western film starring Fess Parker and Kathleen Crowley and produced by Walt Disney Productions. Based on Mary Jane Carr's novel Children of the Covered Wagon, the film was produced by Bill Walsh, directed by William Beaudine, and released to theatres on December 20, 1956 by Buena Vista Distribution Company. The supporting cast features Mouseketeer Cubby O'Brien, Jeff York, Sebastian Cabot (in his first film role for Disney), David Stollery, and George Reeves (his final feature film appearance).

  1. ^ "Top Grosses of 1957", Variety, 8 January 1958: 30