Emmy Nomination TV Documentary

Director: Kieth Merrill

Air Date: March 22, 1993 (USA)

Genre: Documentary

Plot Synopsis: Wild West is a ten-hour documentary that showcases the diverse groups that settled the American frontier. Volume five, Wild West: Mythmakers, profiles the creation of larger-than-life figures through popular literature. Annie Oakley and "Wild" Bill Hickok are just two examples of the East's fascination with all things western.

Runtime: 834 min

Cast
Mary Kay Bergman ... Mattie/Eliza/May (voice)
Bo Brundin ... (voice)
Larry Cedar ... (voice)
Tim Curry ... Oscar Wilde (voice)
Richard Farnsworth ... Teddy Blue Abbott (voice)
Conchata Ferrell ... Calamity Jane (voice)
Laurence Fishburne ... Nat Love (voice)
Edan Gross ... (voice)
Helen Hunt ... Abbie Bright (voice)
Brian Keith ... Buffalo Bill Cody (voice)
Lance LeGault ... (voice)
Jack Lemmon ... Narrator
Marianne Muellerleile

Produced by: John Copeland .... producer
Fabian .... co-executive producer
Chris Harty .... producer (two hours)
Ray Herbeck Jr. .... segment producer
Kieth Merrill .... producer
Douglas Netter .... producer
Jamie Smith .... co-producer