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
SIMILAR MOVIES
Wild Wild West
Six Gun Gospel
The Great Train Robbery
Raiders of San Joaquin
Pather Panchali
The Last Bandit
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
A Canterbury Tale
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It's Winter
Kansas Pacific
Hamburg Altona
Blazing Saddles
Powderkeg
Central Station
Squatters Rights
Other Men's Women
The Long Island Incident
Tycoon
North West Frontier
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IMDB 7 | Dec , 1903
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IMDB 8 | Apr , 1971
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IMDB 8.1 | Apr , 1998
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 1919
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IMDB 6.8 | Oct , 1959
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