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Kansas Pacific
“Built by bullets, dynamite, and blood-stained spikes!”
5.0 / 10• 1953• 1h 13m•NR• English
WesternAction
Storyline
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 & Crew
Sterling Hayden
Capt. John Nelson
Lead
Eve Miller
Barbara Bruce
Barton MacLane
Cal Bruce
Harry Shannon
Smokestack the Train Engineer
Tom Fadden
Gus Gustavson the Train Fireman
Reed Hadley
Bill Quantrill
Douglas Fowley
Max Janus
Robert Keys
Lt. Stanton (as Bob Keys)
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ray Nazarro's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Kansas Pacific is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
