Union Pacific

“"Union Pacific" is coming!”

6.6(78)19392h 15m

DramaWestern

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?

Director

Cecil B. DeMille

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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

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1 review

John Chard

6y ago

7.0

There's nothing like hearing an engine whistle in the still night. Union Pacific is directed by Cecil B. DeMille (aided by others due to illness) and based upon the novel Trouble Shooter, written by Ernest Haycox. It stars Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy, Akim Tamiroff and Lynne Overman. Story is a fictionalised account of the building of the railroad across the A...