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?
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
railroad
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.4 / 5
Cast
Barbara Stanwyck
Mollie Monahan
Joel McCrea
Jeff Butler
Akim Tamiroff
Fiesta
Robert Preston
Dick Allen
Lynne Overman
Leach Overmile
Brian Donlevy
Sid Campeau
Robert Barrat
Duke Ring
Anthony Quinn
Cordray
Stanley Ridges
Gen. Casement
Henry Kolker
Asa M. Barrows
Francis McDonald
Gen. Dodge
Willard Robertson
Oakes Ames
Crew
Cecil B. DeMille
Director
C. Gardner Sullivan
Screenplay
Jesse Lasky Jr.
Screenplay
John Leipold
Original Music Composer
Victor Young
Original Music Composer
Anne Bauchens
Editor
Cecil B. DeMille
Producer
William LeBaron
Executive Producer
William H. Pine
Associate Producer
Edwin Maxwell
Dialogue Coach
Loren L. Ryder
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Popular Reviews
4 reviews
Torren
5.0★ · 01/06/26
how hard is it to hit the nail
how hard is it to hit the nail
Adam
2.4★ · 02/03/21
The first Palme D’Or winner is...quite bad!!! The award was given retrospectively in 2002 and I am just baffled that this was chosen. Fun fact: Union Pacific features one of the worst accents in the annals of film history from Barbra Stanwyck. Ireland, I am truly sorry.
The first Palme D’Or winner is...quite bad!!! The award was given retrospectively in 2002 and I am just baffled that this was chosen. Fun fact: Union Pacific features one of the worst accents in the annals of film history from Barbra Stanwyck. Ireland, I am truly sorry.
