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Kansas Pacific

  • 1953
  • TMDB 5.0/10
  • 1h 13m

Just before the Civil War (but after the South has seceded), Southern saboteurs try to prevent railroad construction from crossing Kansas to the frontier; army captain Nelson is sent out to oppose them. As the tracks push westward, Nelson must contend with increasingly violent sabotage, while trying to romance the foreman's pretty daughter Barbara.

Overview

Just before the Civil War (but after the South has seceded), Southern saboteurs try to prevent railroad construction from crossing Kansas to the frontier; army captain Nelson is sent out to oppose them. As the tracks push westward, Nelson must contend with increasingly violent sabotage, while trying to romance the foreman's pretty daughter Barbara.

Cast

  • Sterling HaydenCapt. John Nelson
  • Eve MillerBarbara Bruce
  • Barton MacLaneCal Bruce
  • Harry ShannonSmokestack the Train Engineer
  • Tom FaddenGus Gustavson the Train Fireman
  • Reed HadleyBill Quantrill
  • Douglas FowleyMax Janus
  • Robert KeysLt. Stanton (as Bob Keys)

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