Movies
TV Shows
People
21/02/1941 Western 1h 35m
60
User score

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. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2000.

  1. Fritz Lang

    Director

  2. George Bruce

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Robert Young

    Richard Blake

  2. Randolph Scott

    Vance Shaw

  3. Dean Jagger

    Edward Creighton

  4. Virginia Gilmore

    Sue Creighton

  5. John Carradine

    Doc Murdoch

  6. Chill Wills

    Homer Kettle

  7. Slim Summerville

    Herman, called "Cookie"

  8. Barton MacLane

    Jack Slade

  9. Russell Hicks

    Provisional Governor

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2020-11-22
_**Adventures while setting up the telegraph line on the Great Plains**_

As the Civil War breaks out in 1861, a former outlaw (Randolph Scott) joins the team wiring what is now Nebraska and Wyoming for telegraph service. Dean Jagger plays the executive of the project while Robert Young is on hand as a “tenderfoot” from back East. Meanwhile Virginia Gilmore plays the potential romantic interest of the good-badman (Scott) and the heroic newcomer (Young).

Directed by Fritz Lang and based on the Zane Grey book, "Western Union" (1941) was a pretty big Western in its day and effectively mi...read the rest
Read All Reviews

Recommendations

  1. Return of the Bad Men63%
  2. Gunless64%
  3. Run for Cover67%
  4. Union Pacific67%
  5. Support Your Local Gunfighter66%
  6. Destry Rides Again72%
  7. Canyon Passage67%
  8. Ramrod65%
  9. True Grit73%
  10. Rancho Notorious64%
  11. The Proud Rebel61%
  12. The Five59%
  13. Lonely are the Brave73%
  14. The Iron Horse67%
  15. 3 Bad Men68%
  16. Man in the Shadow67%
  17. Go West65%
  18. No Name on the Bullet66%
  19. Spirit Untamed72%
  20. The Law and Jake Wade66%

Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords