Union Pacific

1939 · 135 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 3,531 VOTES · DIR. Cecil B. DeMille

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Overview

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?

Dialogue Timeline — 2,063 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:03 (man #1) Building a railroad that long is somebody's crazy dream.
00:06:13 (Ames) Thank you.
00:10:47 Where's my drink?
00:16:00 ##[whistling]
00:20:19 No. It's not that, I...
00:25:23 She belongs to the railroad.
00:29:53 $1 a couple and there's sweet music on the house.
00:35:44 (man #1) Doctor! Somebody get that doctor!
00:40:34 Well, upon my soul.
00:47:53 Get along with you! Any trouble, Dusky?
00:53:03 (all) No.
00:58:36 as quick as he'd plug me.
01:05:39 [gun firing]
01:12:06 Dick, wait.
01:17:53 Sure, that explains it.
01:21:44 Come on back. You've got visitors.
01:27:24 [laughing]
01:35:09 Keep down. It's a big war party.
01:44:31 [speaking Sioux]
01:51:02 Dick! Not all of them!
01:56:25 You never seen the like.
02:02:55 You and us are going to walk over every inch of that 27 mile of track...
02:08:29 And the last spike...
200:00:00 want most of it back.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed2,063
Dialogue density15.3 lines / min
First line00:02:03
Final line200:00:00

Production Record

DirectorCecil B. DeMille
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,531