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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.
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- Drama, Western
- Cecil B. DeMille
- 1939-05-05
Synopsis. 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. Three years later, as the first engine, piloted by engineer Monahan ...
- Cecil B. De Mille
- Barbara Stanwyck
Veteran Dick Allen (Robert Preston) and gambler Sid Campeau (Brian Donlevy) plot to derail the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad at the behest of crooked banker Asa M. Barrows, a major...
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- Barbara Stanwyck
- Cecil B. Demille
- Western
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Summaries. In 1862, Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads compete westward across the wilderness toward California. 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.
Aug 3, 2021 · BY FRED BLOSSER. In “Union Pacific†(1939), an epic Western produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille for Paramount Pictures in flavorful black-and-white, Union Army veteran Jeff Butler (Joel McCrea) is hired as a troubleshooter by the fledgling Union Pacific Railroad just after the end of the Civil War.
