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Union Pacific

(1939)

May 5, 1939 2h 15m
66%
TMDB Score

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?

Cecil B. DeMille

Director

Top Billed Cast

BS

Barbara Stanwyck

Mollie Monahan

JM

Joel McCrea

Jeff Butler

AT

Akim Tamiroff

Fiesta

RP

Robert Preston

Dick Allen

LO

Lynne Overman

Leach Overmile

BD

Brian Donlevy

Sid Campeau

RB

Robert Barrat

Duke Ring

AQ

Anthony Quinn

Cordray

SR

Stanley Ridges

Gen. Casement

HK

Henry Kolker

Asa M. Barrows

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