Union Pacific
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6.7One 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?
Released: 1939-05-05135 minDir: Cecil B. DeMilleDrama, Western
Cast
- Barbara Stanwyck as Mollie Monahan
- Joel McCrea as Jeff Butler
- Akim Tamiroff as Fiesta
- Robert Preston as Dick Allen
- Lynne Overman as Leach Overmile
- Brian Donlevy as Sid Campeau
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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1939
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- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- Western film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Screenwriter
- Jesse Louis Lasky Jr.
- Cast member
- Emory Parnell
- Composer
- John Leipold
- Producer
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
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1939 American films1939 drama films1939 English-language films1939 films1939 Western (genre) filmsAmerican black-and-white filmsAmerican Western (genre) filmsEnglish-language Western (genre) filmsFilms about railway accidents and incidentsFilms directed by Cecil B. DeMilleFilms scored by Gerard CarbonaraFilms scored by John Leipold