Kansas Pacific

Kansas Pacific

73 mins | Action, Western | Feb. 22, 1953

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.

Kansas Pacific

73 mins | Action, Western | Feb. 22, 1953

Kansas Pacific
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.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Allied Artists, Walter Wanger Productions
Original title Kansas Pacific
Directors Ray Nazarro
Writers Daniel B. Ullman

Cast

Sterling Hayden

as Capt. John Nelson

Eve Miller

as Barbara Bruce

Barton MacLane

as Cal Bruce

Harry Shannon

as Smokestack the Train Engineer

Tom Fadden

as Gus Gustavson the Train Fireman

Reed Hadley

as Bill Quantrill

Douglas Fowley

as Max Janus

Robert Keys

as Lt. Stanton (as Bob Keys)

Irving Bacon

as Casey

Myron Healey

as Morey

James Griffith

as Joe Farley

Clayton Moore

as Henchman Stone

Jonathan Hale

as Sherman Johnson