Union Pacific

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1939-05-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

135 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (1572 Reviews)

Director:

Cecil B. DeMille

Genres:

Drama Western

Cast:

Barbara Stanwyck Joel McCrea Akim Tamiroff Robert Preston

Writer:

Walter DeLeon (screen play)

C. Gardner Sullivan (screen play)

Jesse Lasky Jr. (screen play)

Jack Cunningham (adaptation)

Ernest Haycox (story)

Fullplot:

One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?

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