Union Pacific

May. 05,1939      NR
Rating:
7.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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?

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
Robert Barrat as  Duke Ring
Anthony Quinn as  Cordray
Stanley Ridges as  Gen. Casement
Henry Kolker as  Asa M. Barrows

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