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Kansas Pacific
Kansas Pacific

Kansas Pacific

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

Genres

WesternAction

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

73 mins

Rating

4.8/10

Release Date

22 February 1953

Country

United States of America

Cast

Sterling Hayden

Sterling Hayden

Capt. John Nelson

Eve Miller

Eve Miller

Barbara Bruce

Barton MacLane

Barton MacLane

Cal Bruce

Harry Shannon

Harry Shannon

Smokestack the Train Engineer

Tom Fadden

Tom Fadden

Gus Gustavson the Train Fireman

Reed Hadley

Reed Hadley

Bill Quantrill

Douglas Fowley

Douglas Fowley

Max Janus

Robert Keys

Robert Keys

Lt. Stanton (as Bob Keys)

Irving Bacon

Irving Bacon

Casey

Myron Healey

Myron Healey

Morey

James Griffith

James Griffith

Joe Farley

Clayton Moore

Clayton Moore

Henchman Stone

Jonathan Hale

Jonathan Hale

Sherman Johnson

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