Union Pacific | 
| Director: Cecil B. Demille
Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Joel Mccrea, Akim Tamiroff, Robert Preston, Lynne Overman
Studio: Universal Studios
List Price: $14.98
Buy Used: $9.75
You Save: $5.23 (35%)
New (5) Used (19) Collectible (6) from $9.75
Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 10215
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Hifi Sound, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 136 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6303382983
UPC: 096898121439
EAN: 9786303382982
ASIN: 6303382983
Theatrical Release Date: May 5, 1939
Release Date: March 28, 1995
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: has a different picture on cover and says renewed 1966 by emka Good Condition. This item has been TESTED & PLAYS FINE. 100% guaranteed against defects. Contact us within 7 days if there is any defect, and we will gladly replace or refund your purchase. Your satisfaction is our goal. We look forward to helping you! 100% guaranteed against defects. Contact us within 7 dayse is any defect and we will gladly replace or refund your purchase. Your satisfaction is our goal. e look forward to helping you!
| |
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
"The legend of Union Pacific is the drama of a nation, young, tough, prodigal and invincible, conquering with an iron highroad the endless reaches of the West." This stemwinder of a foreword strikes the pseudo-biblical/American Empire keynote for Cecil B. DeMille's "history" of building the transcontinent railroad. Only the bombast--and Arthur Rosson's second-unit direction--rises to the film's epic mission. The mustache-twirling villainy is right out of 19th-century melodrama, and the romantic triangle of Joel McCrea's railroad troubleshooter, Barbara Stanwyck's aggressively "Oirish" postmistress-on-wheels, and their black-sheep chum played by newcomer Robert Preston is a feeble distraction. Worse, the stars do their stuff on studio sets, in sterile isolation from the locomotives, Indians, and buffalo hovering slightly out of scale on process screens behind them. There's not one but two train wrecks (always a DeMille favorite); in every other department, John Ford had C.B. beat 15 years earlier with The Iron Horse. --Richard T. Jameson
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 A Better Than Average De Mille Film November 17, 2001
James L. (Toronto, Canada)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
If it's directed by Cecil B. de Mille, you know there's going to be plenty of spectacle, and this film is no exception. Joel McCrea stars as a man hired by the Union Pacific railroad to be a troubleshooter as the build the railroad across the country. Not everyone wants to see it built, so sabotage causes lots of delays. Things get even more complicated for McCrea because his old pal Robert Preston is partnered with Brian Donlevy, one of the men trying to delay the construction. To add to it, Preston and McCrea are both in love with the same woman, an Irish lass named Molly played by Barbara Stanwyck. Train wrecks, Indian attacks, brawls, and other De Mille touches enliven the story. The actors aren't given much to work with, as in most De Mille spectacles, but they do well enough, although Stanwyck's accent is a little hard to swallow. Akim Tamiroff and Lynne Overman, as men hired to protect McCrea, add a lot of humour to the film with their knowing performances. The story moves along at a good pace, and although I like to make fun of Cecil B. De Mille movies, I must admit that I enjoyed this one more than some of the others I have seen. I like the time period and the trains, and in De Mille's hands, it's certainly not boring.
MOLLIE MONAHAN November 18, 2001
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Cecil B. DeMille's contribution for that sterling movie year of 1939 was, of all things, a Western; but it's a brawling, two-fisted, action-packed Western. It is the story of the Union Pacific Railway, which was destined to link two oceans and open up the West. It's like a rough-and-tumble heavyweight slugfest-exciting, thrilling, gory and cumbersome. Stanwyck is excellent as the Irish Molly Monahan and as Jeff, Joel McCrea is first-rate - as Dick Allen, Robert Preston is terrific. DeMille's first choice for Molly was Jean Arthur; when she was unavailable, her turned his favourite, Barbara Stanwyck - they had worked together many times on the LUX RADIO THEATRE. The exterior shots were filmed in Iron Springs, Utah and Canoga Park, California (to double for Promontory Point). Interestingly enough, the golden spike used in the movie was the actual one used at Promontory Point. DeMille had it exhumed from the vault of Wells Fargo in San Francisco! Joel McCrea commented that Stanwyck was "Absolutely fearless and has more guts than most men". Also: "I have never worked with an actress who was more cooperative, less temperamental and a better workman, to use my term of highest compliment, than Barbara Stanwyck". - Cecil B. DeMille.
The race to Promitory Point... Molly and the Union Pacific! July 27, 2000
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This film epitomizes the building of America, by heros and heroines. If you love steam engines, train wrecks, romance, dirty politics, and Indian fights, go for this classic. A complicated love triangle interweaves with the race to Ogden, Utah by the first intercontinental railroads. Barbara Stanwyck plays Molly, a "take-charge" Irish woman of highest integrity, forced to balance her romantic life with her dedication to the Union Pacific railroad. Implausable, but fun, including some good comedic bits. It's a "John Wayne" type of story, only without Mr. Wayne.
 An epic huge-scale western April 9, 2004
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I hate the way people look at a black and white classic film and automatically think that the movie has to be bad. People only see the poor special effects and the absense of color but never judge a book by it's cover. " Union Pacific " is has a great western backed by a terrific director, great actors, and a large scale plot. Definently a great movie and a true classic.
deMille at his best! August 11, 2002
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This movie takes place during the wild-west era and the Union Pacific Railroad is under construction.Joel Mcrea plays Jeff Butler who's "the Trouble-shooter" for the U.P.R.R. and Robert Preston plays Dick Allen who's being paid by Sid Campeau
(Brian Donlevy),to help sabotage the efforts of the
ever-struggling Union Pacific.He meets his old freind Jeff
Butler and falls in love with an engineer's daughter,Mollie Monahan (Barbara Stanwyck).But the freindship between Dick and Jeff is broken when campeau tells Jeff about the robbing of the payroll which was lead by Dick.Although there are other causes that are stopping the railroad.There are Indian attacks,train wrecks and the distraction of wiskey and liquor in this Cecil B. deMille classic.
|
|
|
