Directed by:
Cecil B. DeMilleCinematography:
Victor MilnerCast:
Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Akim Tamiroff, Robert Preston, Lynne Overman, Brian Donlevy, Robert Barrat, Anthony Quinn, Henry Kolker, Francis McDonald (more)Plots(1)
The story of the building of America's first transcontinental railroad. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Richard Denning](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792699_41121e.jpg)
Richard Denning
USA
Best movies:
Union Pacific (1939)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
An Affair to Remember (1957)
![Will Geer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871937_d84b05.jpg)
Will Geer
USA
Best movies:
Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Winchester '73 (1950)
![Ward Bond](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496837_676b1d.jpg)
Ward Bond
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Fury (1936)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
![Louis Natheaux](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/382/160382196_70b044.jpg)
Louis Natheaux
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Modern Times (1936)
After the Thin Man (1936)
John Power
Australia
Best movies:
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
![Iron Eyes Cody](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496912_bc6346.jpg)
Iron Eyes Cody
USA
Best movies:
Ace in the Hole (1951)
The Big Trail (1930)
Union Pacific (1939)
![Maude Fealy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/033/880/33880015_3703a8.jpg)
Maude Fealy
USA
Best movies:
Gaslight (1944)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Union Pacific (1939)
![Richard Alexander](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886701_57630c.jpg)
Richard Alexander
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Modern Times (1936)
The Mysterious Lady (1928)
![Ernie Adams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886814_8df218.jpg)
Ernie Adams
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
![Walter Long](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886405_25e17c.jpg)
Walter Long
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
Union Pacific (1939)
![Lane Chandler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/779/158779807_e6a2b4.jpg)
Lane Chandler
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Laura (1944)
![Emory Parnell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000040_e29276.jpg)
Emory Parnell
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Sabrina (1954)
![Byron Foulger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000086_3c7dff.jpg)
Byron Foulger
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Russell Hicks](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000093_e450a1.jpg)
Russell Hicks
USA
Best movies:
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Little Foxes (1941)
![Don Beddoe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000144_c69b10.jpg)
Don Beddoe
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
Caged (1950)
![Joe Sawyer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000152_0b2744.jpg)
Joe Sawyer
Canada
Best movies:
The Killing (1956)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Gilda (1946)
![Stanley Ridges](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000160_48dc63.jpg)
Stanley Ridges
UK
Best movies:
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
If I Were King (1938)
Union Pacific (1939)
![James Flavin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000167_c82328.jpg)
James Flavin
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
![Monte Blue](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/421/421420_17c187.jpg)
Monte Blue
USA
Best movies:
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
Sam McDaniel
USA
Best movies:
Double Indemnity (1944)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Union Pacific (1939)