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One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opp...(read more...) ortunist 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?

Director: Cecil B. DeMille

MPAA: Unrated

Running Time: 135 min.

Release Date: May 05, 1939

Cast: Akim Tamiroff, Anthony Quinn, Barbara Stanwyck, Brian Donlevy, Evelyn Keyes, Francis McDonald, Harold Goodwin, Henry Kolker, Joel McCrea, Lynne Overman, Richard Lane, Robert Barrat, Robert Preston, Stanley Ridges, Willard Robertson