Union Pacific
Release Date: 1939-05-05
Rating : 6.5/10
Duration : 135 minutes
Genres : Drama, Western
Director : Cecil B. DeMille
Writer : C. Gardner Sullivan, Walter DeLeon, Jesse Lasky Jr.
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?
Cast
Barbara Stanwyck
Joel McCrea
Akim Tamiroff
Robert Preston
Lynne Overman
Brian Donlevy