Movie Information
Overall Rank: 2265
Average Rating: 3/4
# of Ratings: 18
Theatrical Release Date: 04/27/1939
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Brian Donlevy, Anthony Quinn, Joel McCrea, Robert Preston, Lynne Overman
Plot: 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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Essi Suomela - wrote on 05/30/2009
An epic tale about building the great railroad. Absolutely brilliant!
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