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Western Union

1941 · 95 min

A sturdy, old-fashioned frontier yarn with sweeping Technicolor vistas, moral wrestling, and a quietly tragic undertow beneath the adventure.

Tagline
A 20th Century-Fox Encore Hit !
Overview
When Edward Creighton leads the construction of the Western Union to unite East with West, he hires a Western reformed outlaw and a tenderfoot Eastern surveyor.

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • loyalty
  • redemption
  • betrayal
  • family
  • survival
Places
  • countryside
  • wilderness
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
western
Directed by
Fritz Lang
Written by
Robert Carson, George Bruce
Starring
Robert Young, Randolph Scott, Dean Jagger, Virginia Gilmore, John Carradine, Chill Wills, Slim Summerville, Barton MacLane
Music
David Buttolph
Cinematography
Edward Cronjager, Allen M. Davey
Runtime
95 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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