The read
A Balasaur Score of 73 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 83%. Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
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?
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
82 audience votes
Key crew
- Cecil B. DeMilleDirector
- C. Gardner SullivanScreenplay
- Walter DeLeonScreenplay
- Jesse Lasky Jr.Screenplay
- Gerard CarbonaraOriginal Music Composer
- Leo ShukenOriginal Music Composer
- John LeipoldOriginal Music Composer
- Victor YoungOriginal Music Composer
- Sigmund KrumgoldOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Barbara StanwyckMollie Monahan
- Joel McCreaJeff Butler
- Akim TamiroffFiesta
- Robert PrestonDick Allen
- Lynne OvermanLeach Overmile
- Brian DonlevySid Campeau
- Robert BarratDuke Ring
- Anthony QuinnCordray
- Stanley RidgesGen. Casement
- Henry KolkerAsa M. Barrows
- Francis McDonaldGen. Dodge
- Willard RobertsonOakes Ames
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Themes
railroad