Union Pacific
May 05, 1939 | IMDB 6.5
135 min Watch NowDrama, Western
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?
MOVIE COMMENTS
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Raiders of San Joaquin
Pather Panchali
The Great Train Robbery
It's Winter
Wild Wild West
Powderkeg
Six Gun Gospel
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Night Passage
Emperor of the North
Arizona Round-Up
The Great Locomotive Chase
Pickup
Other Men's Women
Train Brain Express
Coyote
Closely Watched Trains
The Last Bandit
Blazing Saddles
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