Union Pacific

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Union Pacific (1939)

NR 05/05/1939 (US) Drama, Western 2h 15m

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"Union Pacific" is coming!

Synopsis

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?

Cecil B. DeMille

Director
C. Gardner Sullivan

Screenplay
Jesse Lasky Jr.

Screenplay
Walter DeLeon

Screenplay
Ernest Haycox

Story

Têtes d'affiche

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

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Une critique de John Chard

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Rédigée par John Chard le 4 juin 2019

There's nothing like hearing an engine whistle in the still night.

Union Pacific is directed by Cecil B. DeMille (aided by others due to illness) and based upon the novel Trouble Shooter, written by Ernest Haycox. It stars Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy, Akim Tamiroff and Lynne Overman. Story is a fictionalised account of the building of the railroad across the American West, encompassing the trials, tribulations and rivalries that formed as history was being made.

"The legend of Union Pacific is the drama of a nation, young, tough, prodigal and invincible,... lire la suite.

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