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?
Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Akim Tamiroff, Robert Preston, Lynne Overman, Brian Donlevy
Crew: Cecil B. DeMille (Director), C. Gardner Sullivan (Screenplay), Walter DeLeon (Screenplay), Jesse Lasky Jr. (Screenplay), Cecil B. DeMille (Producer), Gerard Carbonara (Original Music Composer)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Runtime: 135 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: May 05, 1939
IMDb: 4.472
Keywords:railroad, ulysses s. grant
