Union Pacific

IMDb link: 0032080
IMDb rating: 7 (3,875 votes)
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Western, Romance
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Robert Preston, Joel McCrea, Barbara Stanwyck, Akim Tamiroff and others

Release date: 5 May 1939
Release year: 1939
Runtime: 135 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: 1860s, railroad, alcohol, revolver, bar, promontory point utah, ambush, partner, classical western, cigar smoking

Plot:

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?

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