Drama Western
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?
Directed by
Cecil B. DeMille
Lon Chaney Jr.
Dollarhide
Robert Preston
Dick Allen
Anthony Quinn
Cordray
Ward Bond
Tracklayer (uncredited)
Richard Denning
Reporter (uncredited)
Will Geer
Foreman (uncredited)
Barbara Stanwyck
Mollie Monahan
Joel McCrea
Jeff Butler
Brian Donlevy
Sid Campeau
Evelyn Keyes
Mrs. Calvin
James Flavin
Paddy (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Andrew Whipple (uncredited)
Emory Parnell
Foreman (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews
Dr. Harkness (uncredited)
Akim Tamiroff
Fiesta
Joe Sawyer
Shamus (uncredited)
Fuzzy Knight
Cookie
Lane Chandler
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Walter Long
Irishman (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
Calvin
Richard Alexander
Card Player (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Card Player (uncredited)
Henry Kolker
Asa M. Barrows
Wilbur Mack
Jake (uncredited)
Noble Johnson
Native American Shooting Piano (uncredited)
Francis McDonald
Gen. Dodge
Richard Lane
Sam Reed
Lynne Overman
Leach Overmile
Jack Pennick
Harmonicist (uncredited)
Iron Eyes Cody
Indian (uncredited)
Charles Stevens
Indian Shooting Mollie (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Irishman (uncredited)
Regis Toomey
Paddy O'Rourke
Ethan Laidlaw
Irishman (uncredited)
Julia Faye
Mame
Buddy Roosevelt
Fireman (uncredited)
Edward Peil Sr.
Laborer (uncredited)
Edwin Stanley
Businessman at Financiers' Meeting
John Merton
Laborer (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint
Fr. Ryan (uncredited)
Willard Robertson
Oakes Ames
Horace Murphy
Irishman (uncredited)
George Regas
Indian Hearing Mollie's Telegraphy (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
Jerome (uncredited)
Robert Barrat
Duke Ring
Steve Carruthers
Telegrapher (uncredited)
Nora Cecil
Snoring Woman on Train (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
Surveyor (uncredited)
Morgan Wallace
Sen. Smith (uncredited)
Nestor Paiva
Canadian Pacific Conductor (uncredited)
J.M. Kerrigan
Monahan
Si Jenks
Old Prospector (uncredited)
John Harmon
One-Armed Reporter (uncredited)
Edward Keane
Man (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
Ulysses S. Grant
Davison Clark
Doctor (uncredited)
Syd Saylor
Barker (uncredited)
Russ Powell
Vendor (uncredited)
David Newell
Reporter (uncredited)
Hal Price
Surveyor (uncredited)
Frank Lackteen
Indian (uncredited)
Jane Keckley
Official's Wife (uncredited)
Ruth Warren
Mrs. Cassidy (uncredited)
Edward Hearn
Sergeant (uncredited)
Harry Woods
Al Brett
Max Davidson
Card Player (uncredited)
Guy Usher
Leland Stanford (uncredited)
George Magrill
Surveyor (uncredited)
Don Beddoe
Reporter (uncredited)
Robert Homans
Man (uncredited)
Ernie Adams
Gen. Philip Sheridan (uncredited)
Bob Kortman
Gentleman at Golden Spike Ceremony (uncredited)
Russell Hicks
Sergeant (uncredited)
Stanley Ridges
Gen. Casement
Frank Shannon
Old Man (uncredited)
Jim Farley
Laborer-Grader (uncredited)
Duke York
Railwayman (uncredited)
Florence Lake
Woman (uncredited)
Louis Natheaux
Card Player (uncredited)
William Pawley
Dinty (uncredited)
Archie Twitchell
Secretary (uncredited)
E.H. Calvert
Major (uncredited)
William Worthington
Oliver Ames (uncredited)
Mary MacLaren
Official's Wife (uncredited)
Tex Driscoll
Man (uncredited)
Ed Brady
Bartender (uncredited)
Adrian Morris
Railwayman (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell
James Pierce
Card Player (uncredited)
George Burton
Laborer (uncredited)
Sam Ash
Railwayman (uncredited)
Monte Blue
Indian (uncredited)
Eddie Fetherston
Reporter (uncredited)
Stanhope Wheatcroft
Secretary (uncredited)
Jack Rube Clifford
Bartender (uncredited)
Jack W. Johnston
Man (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel
St. Louis Waiter (uncredited)
Maude Fealy
Woman (uncredited)
Sidney D'Albrook
Man (uncredited)
Charles McAvoy
Railwayman (uncredited)
Paul Everton
Rev. Dr. Todd (uncredited)
John Marston
Durant (uncredited)
Martin Faust
Railwayman (uncredited)
Frank Yaconelli
Saloon Gambler (uncredited)
George Guhl
Irishman (uncredited)
Jack Murphy
Terry (uncredited)
William Haade
Dusky Clayton
Mala
Indian Finding Cigar Store Indian (uncredited)
David Clyde
Irishman (uncredited)
Chief Thundercloud
Indian (uncredited)
Blackie Whiteford
Irishman on Dance Floor (uncredited)
Dick Botiller
Indian with Accordion (uncredited)
Ynez Seabury
Shrimp (uncredited)
John J. Richardson
Official (uncredited)
George B. French
Senator (uncredited)
May Beatty
Mrs. Hogan (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers
Businessman (uncredited)
Elmo Lincoln
Card Player (uncredited)
Mitchell Ingraham
Official (uncredited)
Douglas Gordon
Irishman (uncredited)
Ida May
Goldie (uncredited)
Sheila Darcy
Rose
George Anderson
Railwayman (uncredited)
Earl Askam
Bluett (uncredited)
Harry A. Bailey
Senator (uncredited)
Genevieve Bell
Kate (uncredited)
Tom Burke
Laborer (uncredited)
A.S. Byron
Old Irishman (uncredited)
Jack Chapin
Fireman (uncredited)
Sonny Chorre
Indian (uncredited)
Allen Connor
Laborer (uncredited)
Hal Craig
Cassidy (uncredited)
Alfonso De Cruz
Draftsman (uncredited)
Victor De Linsky
Card Player (uncredited)
Mike Driscoll
Denny (uncredited)
Peter Du Rey
Reporter (uncredited)
Jimmie Dundee
Laborer (uncredited)
J. C. Fowler
Official (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson
Card Player (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert
Telegrapher (uncredited)
William Gillis
(uncredited)
Wesley Giraud
Boy (uncredited)
Gus Glassmire
Gov. Stafford (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
Reporter (uncredited)
Wylie Grant
Savage (uncredited)
Pat Hartigan
Irishman (uncredited)
Beth Hartman
Belle (uncredited)
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
Irishman at Bar (uncredited)
Leon Holmes
Vendor (uncredited)
T.C. Jack
Irishman (uncredited)
Jim Kelso
Railwayman (uncredited)
Jack Kennedy
Man (uncredited)
Bobby LaSalle
Fanny (uncredited)
Alexander Leftwich
Official (uncredited)
Viola Louie
Lil (uncredited)
Evelyn Luckey
Lulu (uncredited)
Hugh MacDonald
Gambler (uncredited)
Tom Mahoney
Irishman (uncredited)
Charles McMurphy
Irishman (uncredited)
James McNamara
Mr. Mills (uncredited)
Ray Miller
Laborer (uncredited)
Pat Moriarity
Mike (uncredited)
Doreen Pastor
Ruby (uncredited)
Albert Petit
Watercolorist (uncredited)
John Power
Irishman (uncredited)
Frances Rather
Official's Daughter (uncredited)
Margaret Roach
Violet (uncredited)
Dick Rush
Irishman (uncredited)
Francis Sayles
Railwayman (uncredited)
Ed Schaefer
Irishman (uncredited)
Michael Slade
Irishman (uncredited)
Lew Short
Laborer (uncredited)
James P. Spencer
Indian (uncredited)
Robert R. Stephenson
Irishman (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Man (uncredited)
Mark Strong
Connors (uncredited)
John M. Sullivan
Man (uncredited)
Albert Taylor
Irishman (uncredited)
Nick Thompson
Indian (uncredited)
David Thursby
Irishman (uncredited)
Tony Urchel
Indian (uncredited)
Calla Waltz
Maggie (uncredited)
Greg Whitespear
Indian (uncredited)

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