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Union Pacific (1939)
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
“"Union Pacific" is coming!”
Drama, Western · 2h 15m
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
Crew
- Director
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Screenplay
- Walter DeLeon, C. Gardner Sullivan, Jesse Lasky Jr.
- Director of Photography
- Victor Milner
- Original Music Composer
- Sigmund Krumgold, John Leipold, Gerard Carbonara, Leo Shuken, Victor Young
- Editor
- Anne Bauchens
- Producer
- Cecil B. DeMille
Details
- Release date
- 1939-05-05
- Runtime
- 2h 15m
- Genres
- Drama, Western
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Paramount Pictures