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
![Barbara Stanwyck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/423/162423656_154a6e.png)
Barbara Stanwyck
USA
Best movies:
Double Indemnity (1944)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Ball of Fire (1941)
![Joel McCrea](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268051_d94b8f.jpg)
Joel McCrea
USA
Best movies:
Union Pacific (1939)
These Three (1936)
Colorado Territory (1949)
![Akim Tamiroff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272389_d5fa40.jpg)
Akim Tamiroff
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Reluctant Saint (1962)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Touch of Evil (1958)
![Robert Preston](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268082_01ed2d.jpg)
Robert Preston
USA
Best movies:
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Victor/Victoria (1982)
Union Pacific (1939)
![Lynne Overman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886311_e82632.jpg)
Lynne Overman
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Union Pacific (1939)
![Brian Donlevy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505261_8d5236.jpg)
Brian Donlevy
Ireland
Best movies:
Destry Rides Again (1939)
Union Pacific (1939)
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
![Robert Barrat](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/741/158741974_e1bd06.jpg)
Robert Barrat
USA
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
Captain Blood (1935)
![Anthony Quinn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/361/164361452_f325e1.png)
Anthony Quinn
Mexico
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Road (1954)
Lust for Life (1956)
![Henry Kolker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/279/158279910_6b3d4f.jpg)
Henry Kolker
USA
Best movies:
The Power and the Glory (1933)
Holiday (1938)
Union Pacific (1939)
![Francis McDonald](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/263/158263971_a1f5eb.jpg)
Francis McDonald
USA
Best movies:
The Sea Hawk (1940)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
![Willard Robertson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/948/159948641_3d46a4.jpg)
Willard Robertson
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
To Each His Own (1946)
![Evelyn Keyes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/713/161713107_04aa2c.jpg)
Evelyn Keyes
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Union Pacific (1939)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
![Richard Lane](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/194/160194076_fa222d.jpg)
Richard Lane
USA
Best movies:
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Carefree (1938)
![Regis Toomey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/587/162587337_59d49f.jpg)
Regis Toomey
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Phantom Creeps (1949) (TV movie) - a.f.
![Fuzzy Knight](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319187_e32f89.jpg)
Fuzzy Knight
USA
Best movies:
Union Pacific (1939)
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
The Plainsman (1936)
![Harry Woods](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792725_afc459.jpg)
Harry Woods
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
![Lon Chaney Jr.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/612/162612083_76508c.jpg)
Lon Chaney Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Of Mice and Men (1939)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Love Is News (1937)
![Joseph Crehan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000321_652af3.jpg)
Joseph Crehan
USA
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Love Crazy (1941)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
![May Beatty](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505229_a8396e.jpg)
May Beatty
New Zealand
Best movies:
If I Were King (1938)
Union Pacific (1939)
Show Boat (1936)
![Elmo Lincoln](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270333_9a3208.jpg)
Elmo Lincoln
USA
Best movies:
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
Union Pacific (1939)