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Union Pacific

1939 · 135 min

A sweeping, old-fashioned spectacle that mixes rugged frontier action with earnest romance and moral conflict.

Tagline
"Union Pacific" is coming!
Overview
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?

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • betrayal
  • loyalty
  • survival
  • love
Places
  • wilderness
  • countryside
  • road trip
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, western
Directed by
Cecil B. DeMille
Written by
Jesse Lasky Jr., Walter DeLeon, C. Gardner Sullivan
Starring
Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Akim Tamiroff, Robert Preston, Lynne Overman, Brian Donlevy, Robert Barrat, Anthony Quinn
Music
John Leipold, Sigmund Krumgold
Cinematography
Victor Milner
Runtime
135 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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