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?
Title | Union Pacific |
---|---|
Year | 1939 |
Genre | Drama, Western |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | Paramount Pictures |
Cast | Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Akim Tamiroff, Robert Preston, Lynne Overman, Brian Donlevy |
Crew | Cecil B. DeMille (Director), C. Gardner Sullivan (Screenplay), Jesse Lasky Jr. (Screenplay), Walter DeLeon (Screenplay), Hans Dreier (Art Direction), John Leipold (Original Music Composer) |
Keyword | railroad, ulysses s. grant |
Release | May 05, 1939 |
Runtime | 135 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 6.53 / 10 by 71 users |