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
Hal Price
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
It Happened One Night (1934)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Edward Keane
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Edison, the Man (1940)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
![Edward Hearn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/254/160254725_f78671.jpg)
Edward Hearn
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
The General (1926)
Love Crazy (1941)
![Edward LeSaint](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/232/161232017_b9d74f.jpg)
Edward LeSaint
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Modern Times (1936)
![John Harmon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/399/160399308_db4335.jpg)
John Harmon
USA
Best movies:
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Conflict (1945)
Union Pacific (1939)
![Russ Powell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/411/160411815_6c86c4.jpg)
Russ Powell
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
The Mysterious Lady (1928)
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
![Jimmie Dundee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/417/160417421_ce919a.jpg)
Jimmie Dundee
USA
Best movies:
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
To Each His Own (1946)
Sidney D'Albrook
USA
Best movies:
The Power and the Glory (1933)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
![Blackie Whiteford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/484/160484515_0aa708.jpg)
Blackie Whiteford
USA
Best movies:
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
King Kong (1933)
Captain Blood (1935)
![Edward Peil Sr.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/589/160589573_1bd565.gif)
Edward Peil Sr.
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Storm Warning (1951)
![Harold Goodwin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/219/161219224_18de09.jpg)
Harold Goodwin
USA
Best movies:
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
The Cameraman (1928)
Spartacus (1960)
J. C. Fowler
USA
Best movies:
The Gold Rush (1925)
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
![Nora Cecil](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/985/160985605_33864a.jpg)
Nora Cecil
UK
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
It Started with Eve (1941)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
![Bob Kortman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/231/161231898_3b4fd1.jpg)
Bob Kortman
USA
Best movies:
Sunrise (1927)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Union Pacific (1939)
![Charles McAvoy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/242/161242632_e1fb85.jpg)
Charles McAvoy
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Union Pacific (1939)
![Morgan Wallace](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/896/160896232_5167b5.jpg)
Morgan Wallace
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Gaslight (1944)
Union Pacific (1939)
![George Regas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/896/160896236_c1002a.jpg)
George Regas
Greece
Best movies:
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
The Rains Came (1939)
Union Pacific (1939)
![J.M. Kerrigan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/478/161478496_216c18.jpg)
J.M. Kerrigan
Ireland
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Dick Rush
Australia
Best movies:
Double Indemnity (1944)
After the Thin Man (1936)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
![David Newell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/458/160458007_44d5b4.jpg)
David Newell
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
History Is Made at Night (1937)
Union Pacific (1939)