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| Year: | 1953 |
| Rating: | 5.9(195) |
| Listed in: | Romance, Western |
| Directed by: | Ray Nazarro |
| Actors: | Sterling Hayden Barton MacLane Harry Shannon Tom Fadden Reed Hadley Eve Miller |
| "Built by bullets, dynamite, and blood-stained spikes!" | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Ray Nazarro | |
| Actors | |
| Sterling Hayden | as Capt. John Nelson |
| Barton MacLane | as Cal Bruce |
| Harry Shannon | as Smokestack, Train Engineer |
| Tom Fadden | as Gus Gustavson, Train Fireman |
| Reed Hadley | as Bill Quantrill |
| Douglas Fowley | as Max Janus |
| Robert Keys | as Lt. Sam Stanton |
| Irving Bacon | as Telegrapher Casey |
| Myron Healey | as Morey |
| James Griffith | as Joe Farley - Railroad Guard |
| Clayton Moore | as Henchman Stone |
| Jonathan Hale | as Railroad President Sherman Johnson |
| Lane Bradford | as Henchman |
| Bill Coontz | as Henchman |
| Roy Gordon | as Gen. Winfield Scott |
| Fred Graham | as Corvin, Railroad Construction Boss |
| Frank Hagney | as Railroad Workman |
| Carol Henry | as Henchman |
| Riley Hill | as Henchman |
| I. Stanford Jolley | as Railroad Workman Recruit/Poker Player |
| Lee Roberts | as Railroad Workman |
| Actresses | |
| Eve Miller | as Barbara Bruce |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Plot: | In 1860, Captain John Nelson, a U. S. Army officer working undercover as a civilian, is assigned to aid in the construction of the vital east-to-west Kansas-Pacific Railroad, on which the work is being continually delayed by sabotage from an unknown group of sympathizer with the Southern cause. He finally succeeds in weeding out the infiltrating souther-workers, but the latter then wage a small-scale war against the railroad builders, which climaxes in a last desperate attack on an armed-train. |
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DATE: The film is set in late 1860/early 1861 shortly before the outbreak of the American Civil War. The crew building the Kansas Pacific railroad is using dynamite for blasting. Dynamite was invented by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel in 1866. DATE: Though the film is set in late 1860/early 1861, firearms used in the film appear to be from 1870s and later. They include lever-action rifles and Peacemaker revolvers. These weapons use modern metallic cartridges. Most weapons of 1860 and 1861 were percussion arms. DATE: In an establishing shot of the U.S. Capitol building, the dome is shown as completed. The dome was not finished until 1863, several years after the time of the movie. Continuity: When railroad boss Cal Bruce in riding in the train cab and they have to make an emergency stop, the background, from the cab, shows the land is wide open plains, however when the step off the train is up against hills, boulders and trees. Continuity: We Captain John Nelson is chasing and shooting at the crooks who stole the dynamite, he passes the same stretch of road twice, with the dead tree on his left, and so do the crooks. |
Quotes
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Cal Bruce: Someday, I'm going to take a ten pound sledge to that pipe... and I hope it's in your mouth when I do. Smokestack: I've been waiting for you to try that for twenty-two years, you miserable Irish polecat. Cal Bruce: You're fired! Smokestack: Ha! Smokestack, Barbara Bruce: You can't fire me, I quit two hours ago! Barbara Bruce: [resignedly] You're staying. Cal Bruce: I guess old Smokestack's right this time. We've handled these diploma boys before, you know. He'll learn soon enough to stay out of our way. Barbara Bruce: Well... alright. But you've got to promise me one thing. If this man turns out to be impossible, we're leaving. I'm not go to let anyone push you around. Cal Bruce: Have you ever seen anyone push me around... except you and your mother? Bill Quantrill: Any trouble? Max Janus: Yeah, with the sheriff. They need a new one now. Smokestack: It looks like we're already in the war everybody keeps talking about. Capt. John Nelson: No, this is worse than war. In a war, at least you know who you're fighting. Barbara Bruce: What's the sense in worrying about something that might not happen? Cal Bruce: Well, if we worry enough maybe it won't happen. |
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