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?
Union Pacific has generally received positive reviews.
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Union Pacific was released in 1939 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 15 reviews, giving Union Pacific (1939) an average rating of 67%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 83%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 68%. Professional critics were more impressed with Union Pacific than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 67%, Union Pacific is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1939, which stands at 61%.
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