Union Pacific (1939)

6.7/10 135 min Drama Western

Overview

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

Mollie Monahan

Joel McCrea

Jeff Butler

Akim Tamiroff

Fiesta

Robert Preston

Dick Allen

Lynne Overman

Leach Overmile

Brian Donlevy

Sid Campeau

Robert Barrat

Duke Ring

Anthony Quinn

Cordray

Stanley Ridges

Gen. Casement

Henry Kolker

Asa M. Barrows

Francis McDonald

Gen. Dodge

Willard Robertson

Oakes Ames

Harold Goodwin

Calvin

Evelyn Keyes

Mrs. Calvin

Richard Lane

Sam Reed

William Haade

Dusky Clayton

Regis Toomey

Paddy O'Rourke

J.M. Kerrigan

Monahan

Fuzzy Knight

Cookie

Harry Woods

Al Brett

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