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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: 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.
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.
1939 Union Pacific. 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.
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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.
Union Pacific. The transcontinental railroad connects East and West, courtesy of epic-maker Cecil B. DeMille. Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Robert Preston. 403 IMDb 7.1 2 h 15 min 1939.
