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Union Pacific

Name: Union Pacific
Released: 1939-05-05T00:00:00.000000Z
Rating: 6.7

"Union Pacific" is coming!

1939 • 135 min • ★ 6.7 (79) • Released

Drama Western

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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Original title: Union Pacific
Language: EN
Country: US
Budget: —
Revenue: —

Reviews & Ratings 1

John Chard

Jun 4, 2019 · via TMDB

★ 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 American West, encompassing the trials, tribulations and rivalries that formed as history was being made. "The legend of Union Pacific is the drama of a nation, young, tough, prodigal and invincible, conquering with an iron highroad the endless reaches of the West. For the West is America's Empire, and only yesterday Union Pacific was the West". A big production that went down a storm at the box office upon release, Union Pacific, in spite of its overt patriotic bluster, is an entertaining and important part of the Western movie story. Alongside John Ford's Stagecoach, which was released a couple of months previously, DeMille's movie helped take the Western to a new and more adult level. It wouldn't be until the 50's that the Western truly found its mojo, but the influence of both Stagecoach and Union Pacific was firmly felt through each passing decade. Film manages to be literate whilst puncturing the plot with doses of action, the story underpinned by a love triangle between McCrea, Stanwyck and Preston. The former as the stoic troubleshooter brought in to keep order, the latter as the charming villain with a heart. Cast all work well with the material to hand, and if one is not bothered by the historical tampering involved in the story? Then it's an easy film to recommend to Western movie seekers. 7/10

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Keywords 1

railroad

Cast 120

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

Harold Goodwin

Calvin

Evelyn Keyes

Mrs. Calvin

Richard Lane

Sam Reed

William Haade

Dusky Clayton

Regis Toomey

Paddy O'Rourke

J.M. Kerrigan

Monahan

Fuzzy Knight

Harry Woods

Al Brett

Lon Chaney Jr.

Dollarhide

Joseph Crehan

Ulysses S. Grant

Julia Faye

Mame

Ernie Adams

Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited)

Stanley Andrews

Dr. Harkness (uncredited)

Richard Alexander

Card Player (uncredited)

Sam Ash

Railwayman (uncredited)

May Beatty

Mrs. Hogan (uncredited)

Don Beddoe

Reporter (uncredited)

Monte Blue

Indian (uncredited)

Ward Bond

Tracklayer (uncredited)

Dick Botiller

Indian with Accordion (uncredited)

Ed Brady

Bartender (uncredited)

George Burton

Laborer (uncredited)

E.H. Calvert

Major (uncredited)

Steve Carruthers

Telegrapher (uncredited)

Nora Cecil

Snoring Woman on Train (uncredited)

Wheaton Chambers

Businessman (uncredited)

Lane Chandler

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Davison Clark

Doctor (uncredited)

Jack Rube Clifford

Bartender (uncredited)

David Clyde

Irishman (uncredited)

Iron Eyes Cody

Indian (uncredited)

Sidney D'Albrook

Man (uncredited)

Max Davidson

Card Player (uncredited)

Richard Denning

Reporter (uncredited)

Tex Driscoll

Man (uncredited)

Paul Everton

Rev. Dr. Todd (uncredited)

Jim Farley

Laborer-Grader (uncredited)

Martin Faust

Railwayman (uncredited)

Maude Fealy

Woman (uncredited)

Eddie Fetherston

Reporter (uncredited)

James Flavin

Paddy (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Andrew Whipple (uncredited)

George B. French

Senator (uncredited)

Will Geer

Foreman (uncredited)

Douglas Gordon

Irishman (uncredited)

George Guhl

Irishman (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

Card Player (uncredited)

John Harmon

One-Armed Reporter (uncredited)

Edward Hearn

Sergeant (uncredited)

Russell Hicks

Sergeant (uncredited)

Robert Homans

Man (uncredited)

Mitchell Ingraham

Official (uncredited)

Selmer Jackson

Jerome (uncredited)

Si Jenks

Old Prospector (uncredited)

Noble Johnson

Native American Shooting Piano (uncredited)

Jack W. Johnston

Man (uncredited)

Edward Keane

Man (uncredited)

Jane Keckley

Official's Wife (uncredited)

Bob Kortman

Gentleman at Golden Spike Ceremony (uncredited)

Frank Lackteen

Indian (uncredited)

Ethan Laidlaw

Irishman (uncredited)

Florence Lake

Woman (uncredited)

Edward LeSaint

Fr. Ryan (uncredited)

Elmo Lincoln

Card Player (uncredited)

Walter Long

Irishman (uncredited)

Wilbur Mack

Jake (uncredited)

Mary MacLaren

Official's Wife (uncredited)

George Magrill

Surveyor (uncredited)

Mala

Indian Finding Cigar Store Indian (uncredited)

John Marston

Durant (uncredited)

Ida May

Goldie (uncredited)

Charles McAvoy

Railwayman (uncredited)

Sam McDaniel

St. Louis Waiter (uncredited)

John Merton

Laborer (uncredited)

Frank Mills

Irishman (uncredited)

Adrian Morris

Railwayman (uncredited)

Horace Murphy

Irishman (uncredited)

Jack Murphy

Terry (uncredited)

Louis Natheaux

Card Player (uncredited)

David Newell

Reporter (uncredited)

Nestor Paiva

Canadian Pacific Conductor (uncredited)

Emory Parnell

Foreman (uncredited)

William Pawley

Dinty (uncredited)

Edward Peil Sr.

Laborer (uncredited)

Jack Pennick

Harmonicist (uncredited)

James Pierce

Card Player (uncredited)

Russ Powell

Vendor (uncredited)

Hal Price

Surveyor (uncredited)

George Regas

Indian Hearing Mollie's Telegraphy (uncredited)

John J. Richardson

Official (uncredited)

Cyril Ring

Surveyor (uncredited)

Buddy Roosevelt

Fireman (uncredited)

Joe Sawyer

Shamus (uncredited)

Syd Saylor

Barker (uncredited)

Ynez Seabury

Shrimp (uncredited)

Frank Shannon

Old Man (uncredited)

Edwin Stanley

Businessman at Financiers' Meeting

Charles Stevens

Indian Shooting Mollie (uncredited)

Chief Thundercloud

Indian (uncredited)

Archie Twitchell

Secretary (uncredited)

Guy Usher

Leland Stanford (uncredited)

Morgan Wallace

Sen. Smith (uncredited)

Ruth Warren

Mrs. Cassidy (uncredited)

Stanhope Wheatcroft

Secretary (uncredited)

Blackie Whiteford

Irishman on Dance Floor (uncredited)

William Worthington

Oliver Ames (uncredited)

Frank Yaconelli

Saloon Gambler (uncredited)

Duke York

Railwayman (uncredited)

Crew 11

Edwin Maxwell

Dialogue Coach

Cecil B. DeMille

Director

Anne Bauchens

Editor

William H. Pine

Associate Producer

William LeBaron

Executive Producer

Cecil B. DeMille

Producer

John Leipold

Original Music Composer

Victor Young

Original Music Composer

Loren L. Ryder

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

C. Gardner Sullivan

Screenplay

Jesse Lasky Jr.

Screenplay

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US Release Dates 2

Apr 26, 1939

Omaha, Nebraska

NR Premiere

May 5, 1939

Theatrical