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Union Pacific: Directed by Cecil B. DeMille. With Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Akim Tamiroff, Robert Preston. In 1862, Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads compete westward across the wilderness toward California.
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- Drama, Western
- Cecil B. DeMille
- 1939-05-05
1939, Union Pacific, Cecil B. De Mille, Western Films, Feature Films. Language. English. In the year 1862, President Lincoln signed the Pacific Railroad Act, which authorized the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad that would stretch all the way westward to California.
- 135 min
Bank president Asa M. Barrows stands to make a fortune if the Central Pacific Railroad reaches Ogden, Utah before the Union Pacific. Consequently, to prevent the Union Pacific from reaching Ogden first, Barrows hires gambler Sid Campeau to sabotage the railraod.
- Cecil B. De Mille
- Barbara Stanwyck
Union Pacific is a 1939 American Western drama directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea and Robert Preston. Based on the 1936 novel Trouble Shooter by Western fiction author Ernest Haycox, the film is about the building of the eponymous railroad across the American West.
Union Pacific (1939) With America building two railways destined to meet in the middle, corrupt banker Asa Barrows stands to gain an advantage if the Central Pacific Railway is finished first—and sets out to sabotage the Union Pacific Railway by any means.
Union Pacific is a classic western film directed by Cecil B. DeMille in 1939. The movie is set in the late 1860s, a time where the Union Pacific Railroad Company is making its way through the American frontier, connecting the East to the West.
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Directed by Cecil B. DeMille. “Union Pacific” is coming! 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.
