
Union Pacific
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?
Release Date: 1939-05-05
Drama
Western
★★★★★★★★★★ (75 votes)
Casts

Barbara Stanwyck
as Mollie Monahan

Joel McCrea
as Jeff Butler

Akim Tamiroff
as Fiesta

Robert Preston
as Dick Allen

Lynne Overman
as Leach Overmile

Brian Donlevy
as Sid Campeau

Robert Barrat
as Duke Ring

Anthony Quinn
as Cordray

Stanley Ridges
as Gen. Casement

Henry Kolker
as Asa M. Barrows