Union Pacific

Union Pacific

1939 · 2 hr 15 min · Approved

Drama, Western

Directors

Cecil B. DeMille

Actors

  • Barbara Stanwyck
  • Joel McCrea
  • Akim Tamiroff

Credits: 3

Summary

In 1862, Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads compete westward across the wilderness toward California.

More about this movie

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?