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60% Critic Match
Western Union
“A 20th Century-Fox Encore Hit !”
6.0 / 10• 1941• 1h 35m•NR• English
Western
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Robert Young
Richard Blake
Lead
Randolph Scott
Vance Shaw
Dean Jagger
Edward Creighton
Virginia Gilmore
Sue Creighton
John Carradine
Doc Murdoch
Chill Wills
Homer Kettle
Slim Summerville
Herman, called "Cookie"
Barton MacLane
Jack Slade
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Fritz Lang's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Western Union is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
