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The American West

  • Watchlist
  • 2016-2016
  • 1 Season
  • AMC
  • Drama, Documentary, Action & Adventure
  • TV-14
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This series will provide unprecedented access to the wilderness, frontier lawlessness, and bloodshed of the 40 years between the end of the American Civil War and after the turn of the 20th Century, when the west was won. From Jesse James and Crazy Horse, to Wyatt Earp and Buffalo Bill, the characters at the center of this violent, blood-soaked period in American history are explored as each episode follows the stories and struggles of the West's most infamous outlaws as they fight for their land and identity.

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Cast & Crew See All

Mark Lee Gardner
Self - Author, Shot All to Hell
Bert Thomas Morris
Narrator
David H. Stevens
Jesse James

Season 1 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

America Divided

Sat, Jun 11, 201642 mins

In order to ensure the survival of his family Jesse James forms a gang; Custer seeks glory in the Indian Wars; Crazy Horse fights against the U.S.

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Awards

  • 2017 - Artisan - Best Special Makeup Effects - Television Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television - nominated

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