
About
When Edward Creighton leads the construction of the Western Union to unite East with West, he hires a Western reformed outlaw and a tenderfoot Eastern surveyor. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2000.
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6/10

CinemaSerf
I wonder if Fritz Lang had these three imposed on him by the studio system or whether he chose them? Anyway, sadly the folks we have leading this interesting, pioneering, adventure don't really manage... read more
about 2 years ago

Wuchak
_**Adventures while setting up the telegraph line on the Great Plains**_ As the Civil War breaks out in 1861, a former outlaw (Randolph Scott) joins the team wiring what is now Nebraska and Wyoming... read more
over 4 years ago
People
Cast

Robert Young
Richard Blake

Randolph Scott
Vance Shaw

Dean Jagger
Edward Creighton

Virginia Gilmore
Sue Creighton

John Carradine
Doc Murdoch

Chill Wills
Homer Kettle

Slim Summerville
Herman, called "Cookie"

Barton MacLane
Jack Slade

Russell Hicks
Provisional Governor

Victor Kilian
Charlie

Minor Watson
Pat Grogan

George Chandler
Herb

Chief John Big Tree
Chief Spotted Horse

Chief Thundercloud
Indian Leader

Dick Rich
Porky

Addison Richards
Captain Harlow

Irving Bacon
Barber

C.E. Anderson
Old Timer

Arthur Aylesworth
Woody
Bill Beauman
Minor Role

Hank Bell
Telegraph Worker
Esther Brodelet
Dancer

Paul E. Burns
Stagecoach Depot Master
Clarence Chorre
Indian
Sonny Chorre
Indian
Bob Clark
Telegraph Worker

Cliff Clark
Sheriff
Russ Clark
Businessman
Tommy Coats
Henchman

Iron Eyes Cody
Indian Who Drinks Chemical Solution
J.W. Cody
Indian
Bahe Denetdeel
Indian
Earl Dobbins
Telegraph Worker
Larry Dods
Posse Rider

Ralph Dunn
Work Seeker

Frank Ellis
Camp Defender
John Epper
Indian

James Flavin
Deputy Sheriff

Francis Ford
Eastbound Stagecoach Driver
Tom B. Forman
Posse Rider
Jack Henry Fritz
Minor Role
Boone Hazlett
Indian

Reed Howes
Slade Henchman #2

Sid Jordan
Posse Rider
Cecil Kellogg
Henchman

Tom London
Slade Henchman #3
Harold A. Malendez
Minor Role

Kermit Maynard
Posse Rider

Frank McGrath
Posse Rider

Charles Middleton
Stagecoach Rider
Lucille Miller
Dancer

Frank Mills
Work Seeker
Joe Molina
Indian
Merlyn Nelson
Posse Rider
Herman Nowlin
Posse Rider
Steve O'Brien
Office Boy
George Plues
Stagecoach Driver
Clint Sharp
Henchman

Jay Silverheels
Indian
Joe P. Smith
Indian
James P. Spencer
Indian

Harry Strang
Henchman
Tony Urchel
Indian

Eddy Waller
Stagecoach Driver #1
Ed Warren
Henchman

Blackie Whiteford
Posse Rider
Director

Fritz Lang
Director
Otto Brower
Second Unit Director
Hal Herman
Assistant Director
Lynn Shores
Second Unit Director
Henry Weinberger
Second Assistant Director
Saul Wurtzel
Assistant Director
Creator
Zane Grey
Novel
Jack Andrews
Dialogue
Robert Carson
Screenplay
George Bruce
Writer
Horace McCoy
Dialogue