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Union Pacific

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Original title

Union Pacific

Year

1939

Running time

133 min.

Country

United States

Director

Cecil B. DeMille

Screenwriter

Walter DeLeon, C. Gardner Sullivan, Jesse Lasky Jr., Jack Cunningham. Story: Ernest Haycox

Cast

Music

John Leipold, Sigmund Krumgold

Cinematography

Victor Milner (B&W)

Producer

Paramount Pictures

Genre

Western. Drama | Trains / Subways. 19th Century

Movie Groups

Ernest Haycox Adaptations

Synopsis

In 1862, during the Civil War, two rival companies begin construction of the first transcontinental railroad line linking the Atlantic to the Pacific. At the same time, it narrates the love affair between the daughter of one of the engineers, Mollie Monahan (Barbara Stanwyck), the government agent in charge of the security of the project for the Union Pacific, Jeff Butler (Joel McCrea), and the main saboteur Dick Allen (Robert Preston).

Rankings Position

#109 Best Westerns in the history of film

Awards: 1939: Nominated for Oscar: Best Special Effects

1939: Cannes Film Festival: Grand Prize of the Festival (Best Film)

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Union Pacific

1939

Cecil B. DeMille

6.9

(846)