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Western Union
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Western Union is a 1941 American Western film produced by 20th Century Studios. Directed by Fritz Lang, Darryl F. Zanuck, Harry Joe Brown, and Otto Brower, the movie features a cast including Robert Young, Randolph Scott, Dean Jagger, and John Carradine. The screenplay was written by Robert Carson, Zane Grey, and Horace McCoy. David Buttolph composed the score, while Gene Fowler Jr. served as film editor. Edward Cronjager and Allen M. Davey handled the cinematography.
The film has a runtime of 95 minutes and was originally released in English. It was distributed on video on demand. The story involves themes of loyalty, engineers, outlaws, and doctors. Critical reception includes a review score of 6.6 out of 10 with 75 percent approval, an average vote of 5.976, and an IMDb rating of 6.7. The production is also categorized under the History genre.
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6.0When Edward Creighton leads the construction of the Western Union to unite East with West, he hires a Western reformed outlaw and a tenderfoot Eastern surveyor. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2000.
Cast
- Robert Young as Richard Blake
- Randolph Scott as Vance Shaw
- Dean Jagger as Edward Creighton
- Virginia Gilmore as Sue Creighton
- John Carradine as Doc Murdoch
- Chill Wills as Homer Kettle
Themes
- loyalty
- engineer
- outlaw
- doctor
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- Western film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Otto Brower
- Screenwriter
- Zane Grey
- Cast member
- Kermit Maynard
- Composer
- David Buttolph
- Producer
- Harry Joe Brown
- Production company
- 20th Century Studios
- Cinematographer
- Allen M. Davey
- Duration
- 96
- FilmAffinity ID
- 474757
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Virginia Gilmore in Western Union.jpg
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- Commons category
- Western Union (film)
- publication date
- 1941-02-21
- film editor
- Gene Fowler Jr.
- executive producer
- Darryl F. Zanuck
- title
- Western Union
- different from
- Western Union
- review score
- 75%
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