poster

1953

NR (02/22/1953) (US)

Western, Action,

1h 13m

48

User Score

Built by bullets, dynamite, and blood-stained spikes!

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.

1953

48

User Score

NR (02/22/1953) (US)

Western, Action,

1h 13m

Built by bullets, dynamite, and blood-stained spikes!

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 Hayden

Sterling Hayden

Capt. John Nelson

Eve Miller

Eve Miller

Barbara Bruce

Harry Shannon

Harry Shannon

Smokestack the Train Engineer

Tom Fadden

Tom Fadden

Gus Gustavson the Train Fireman

Reed Hadley

Reed Hadley

Bill Quantrill

Robert Keys

Robert Keys

Lt. Stanton (as Bob Keys)

James Griffith

James Griffith

Joe Farley

Clayton Moore

Clayton Moore

Henchman Stone

Jonathan Hale

Jonathan Hale

Sherman Johnson