Union Pacific
"Union Pacific" is coming!
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5/5/1939Runtime
135 minsOverview
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?
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A sweeping frontier epic about the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad, pitting idealistic progress against greed and sabotage. The film moves with the purposeful momentum of steel rails being laid across untamed wilderness, anchored by personal conflicts that complicate the grand enterprise.
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