Union Pacific
1939 · Movie · 133 min. · United States
This is Cecil B. De Mille's version of the trouble and hardships involved in the building of the famous transcontinental railroad. Jeff Butler is hired to insure that the Union Pacific is completed and arrives at its destination in Ogden on time. He faces enormous odds including derailments, a banker who will stop at nothing to sabotage the project, an old Civil War army buddy who is working for the bad guys, and hostile Indians.
Direction Cecil B. DeMille
Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Joel McCrea · Akim Tamiroff · Robert Preston · Brian Donlevy · Anthony Quinn · Lynne Overman · Robert Barrat · Stanley Ridges · Henry Kolker · Francis McDonald · Willard Robertson · Harold Goodwin · Evelyn Keyes · Richard Lane · Regis Toomey · Lon Chaney Jr. · Julia Faye · Ward Bond
Soundtrack John Leipold · Sigmund Krumgold
Screenplay Walter DeLeon · C. Gardner Sullivan · Jesse Lasky Jr. · Jack Cunningham · Ernest Haycox
Cinematography Victor Milner
Original title Union Pacific
6.9
659 votes (FilmAffinity)
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