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Union Pacific

1939
Drama
Western
2h 15m
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? (imdb)
Directed by:
Cecil B. DeMille Cecil B. DeMille
Written by:
Jack Cunningham Ernest Haycox
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Starring:
Lon Chaney Jr. Lon Chaney Jr. Barbara Stanwyck Barbara Stanwyck Akim Tamiroff Akim Tamiroff Joel McCrea Joel McCrea Robert Preston Robert Preston Brian Donlevy Brian Donlevy Lynne Overman Lynne Overman
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Genres:
Drama, Western
Country:
USA
Language:
English
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Union Pacific

1939
Drama
Western
2h 15m
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cerebrusCerebrus
Rated 01 Jun 2008
60
41st
Cliched as anything, and with boring stretches, but there are some great quiet moments, a few expert touches, and two great action sequences to round it out
Rated 01 Jun 2008
wetwillieswetwillies
Rated 21 Jan 2022
70
19th
Viewed December 30, 2021. In what seems to be a running theme for DeMille, this is a mixed bag by definition, throwing together some hack comedy, giant action setpieces and moments of destruction (in this one, a superb train derailment scene), and moments of romance in a haphazard fashion and occasionally hitting on a thrilling idea. This one benefits immensely from its great cast and the fact that trains are inherently cinematic no matter what else is going on screen around them.
Rated 21 Jan 2022
billkerwinbillkerwin
Rated 01 Feb 2010
72
19th
Labored DeMille epic featuring Barbara Stanwyck with the worst Irish accent you've ever heard.
Rated 01 Feb 2010
timon88Timon88
Rated 10 Sep 2022
48
43rd
3 years earlier, in "The Plough and the Stars", it was determined that Barbara Stanwyck not attempt an Irish accent. Sadly, wiser heads did not prevail here. Akim Tamiroff's "Mexican" accent is amusing, too--it often sounds half French. Entertaining enough saga of America's push west building railroads. The Cheyenne sequence has every Western cliché in the book...but before they were clichés, I guess. DeMille sure was a size queen--read up on the premier sometime.
Rated 10 Sep 2022
punqPUNQ
Rated 17 May 2015
60
89th
Cecil B. DeMille joins the western revival with this epic attempt - Union Pacific (1939)! This is a ambitious undertaking, and is in many ways similar to Dodge City (1939).... which almost puts DeMille's attempt to shame. Union Pacific has all the wild west clichés, but feels like it's taking shortcuts in establishing it's emotional directive. The romance dynamic however creates a interesting dilemma. Will Stanwyck fall for the hero, or the tweener? That carried the film fine.
Rated 17 May 2015

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