The read
Scores higher than 73% of the 101 1940s western movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2000.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes75%
88 audience votes
Key crew
- Fritz LangDirector
- George BruceWriter
- Robert CarsonScreenplay
- David ButtolphOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Robert YoungRichard Blake
- Randolph ScottVance Shaw
- Dean JaggerEdward Creighton
- Virginia GilmoreSue Creighton
- John CarradineDoc Murdoch
- Chill WillsHomer Kettle
- Slim SummervilleHerman, called "Cookie"
- Barton MacLaneJack Slade
- Russell HicksProvisional Governor
- Victor KilianCharlie
- Minor WatsonPat Grogan
- George ChandlerHerb
