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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1941-02-21
Languageen
Runtime1h 35m
Production

20th Century Fox

6.0(88)
•1941•1h 35m

Western Union

"A 20th Century-Fox Encore Hit !"

Western

Overview

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.

Director
Fritz Lang
Writing & Screenplay
George BruceRobert Carson
Cinematography
Edward Cronjager

Principal Cast

66 credited
Robert Young
Robert YoungRichard Blake
Randolph Scott
Randolph ScottVance Shaw
Dean Jagger
Dean JaggerEdward Creighton
Virginia Gilmore
Virginia GilmoreSue Creighton
John Carradine
John CarradineDoc Murdoch
Chill Wills
Chill WillsHomer Kettle
Slim Summerville
Slim SummervilleHerman, called "Cookie"
Barton MacLane
Barton MacLaneJack Slade
Russell Hicks
Russell HicksProvisional Governor
Victor Kilian
Victor KilianCharlie

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Western Union (1941) | Cinelio