Western Union

Nan
1h 35m
1941
5.974 /10 (77)

A 20th Century-Fox Encore Hit !

Overview

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.

Country : United States of America
Genre : Western
Languages : English
Released Date: 1941-02-21

Top Billed Cast

Robert Young

Richard Blake

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

Russell Hicks

Provisional Governor

Victor Kilian

Charlie

Minor Watson

Pat Grogan

George Chandler

Herb

Chief John Big Tree

Chief Spotted Horse

Chief Thundercloud

Indian Leader

Dick Rich

Porky

Addison Richards

Captain Harlow

Similar Movies

poster
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968-12-21 8.28

Once Upon a Time in the West

As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life. ...
Genre :Western
poster
Rough Riders' Round-up
1939-03-13 4

Rough Riders' Round-up

Roy Rogers is a cowboy who joins the Border Patrol, only to have his buddy Tommy get killed at a local saloon. Determined to get revenge at any cost, Roy and Rusty cross the border in search of Arizon ...
Genre :Western
poster
Sagebrush Trail
1933-12-15 5.2

Sagebrush Trail

Imprisoned for a murder he did not commit, John Brant escapes and ends up out west where, after giving the local lawmen the slip, he joins up with an outlaw gang. Brant finds out that 'Jones', one of ...
Genre :Western
poster
Big Muddy
2014-09-04 4.9

Big Muddy

Martha Barlow, a modern day outlaw, must reconcile her dark past after her teenage son commits a horrible crime. ...
Genre :Western
poster
Randy Rides Alone
1934-06-05 4.844

Randy Rides Alone

Bandits lead by Matt the Mute enter a bar and kill multiple people. Randy Bowers comes to town and is framed by Matt the Mute, who is working with the sheriff (who doesn't know Matt is really a crimin ...
Genre :Western
poster
My Outlaw Brother
1951-08-22 5.5

My Outlaw Brother

Danny, a greenhorn from New York comes to the Mexican border in search for his older brother whom he has always looked up to. A Texas Ranger charged with bringing in, El Tigre and his gang of bandits ...
Genre :Western
poster
The Cowboy Way
1994-06-03 5.6

The Cowboy Way

Two championship rodeo partners travel to New York to find their missing friend, Nacho Salazar who went missing there. ...
Genre :Western
poster
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie
1999-05-22 8.2

Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie

As Colorado Springs' Commisioner, Sully opposes a deal to mine for copper to make electricity. In order to sway Sully's decision, Mr. Garrick threatens Sully. Sully and Michaela's daugther, Katie, is ...
Genre :Western
poster
Hud
1963-05-28 7.264

Hud

Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out for kicks with no regard for the consequences. There ...
Genre :Western
poster
South of Heaven, West of Hell
2000-01-28 4.81

South of Heaven, West of Hell

Valentine Casey is a Marshal in the desolate Tucson territory of the early 1900s. On Christmas Eve, his outlaw family pays him a disturbing visit. He must confront the sins of his past. He and his par ...
Genre :Western
poster
Captain Thunder
1930-12-27 3.8

Captain Thunder

A notorious Mexican bandit goes all soft and mushy when he falls for a beautiful senorita. Warner Bros.' Captain Thunder contains some of the darndest Mexican accents you've ever heard in your life. ...
Genre :Western
poster
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962-04-13 7.81

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed ...
Genre :Western
poster
How the West Was Won
1962-11-02 6.987

How the West Was Won

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family. ...
Genre :Western
poster
High Plains Drifter
1973-04-19 7.325

High Plains Drifter

A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off three outlaws who are on thei ...
Genre :Western
poster
Sunset Pass
1946-07-08 4.8

Sunset Pass

A young outlaw gets involved with a gang of crooks. When he tells them he is breaking away, they threaten to pin a false murder charge on him. But he is rescued and reformed by his sister, and an unde ...
Genre :Western
poster
Sunset Pass
1933-05-26 6

Sunset Pass

A US marshal goes undercover to bust up a bunch of rustlers. ...
Genre :Western
poster
The Big Country
1958-09-30 7.6

The Big Country

Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys over a valuabl ...
Genre :Western
poster
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966-12-22 8.463

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing ...
Genre :Western
poster
Renegade
2004-02-09 4.833

Renegade

U.S Marshal Mike Donovan has dark memories of the death of his first love. He keeps peace between the Americans and the natives who had temporarily adopted and taken care of him. The evil actions of a ...
Genre :Western
poster
Legends of the Fall
1994-12-23 7.383

Legends of the Fall

In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow lives on a ranch in the wilderness with his sons, Alfred, Tristan, and Samuel. Eventually, the unconventional but close-knit family are bound by loya ...
Genre :Western

Check These Out

poster
The Decline
2020-02-27 6.146

The Decline

Anticipating a disaster, Antoine, a father, attends a survivalist training given by Alain in his autonomous hideout. In fear of a natural, economic or social crisis, the group trains to face the diffe ...
Genre :Western
poster
The Mind Benders
1963-02-01 6.16

The Mind Benders

A British scientist is discovered to have been passing information to the Communists, then kills himself. Another scientist decides that they might have brainwashed him by a sensory deprivation techni ...
Genre :Western
poster
The Detective
1968-05-28 5.9

The Detective

Police detective Joe Leland investigates the murder of a gay man. ...
Genre :Western
poster
Cyclone on Horseback
1941-06-13 5.8

Cyclone on Horseback

Whopper, Stan Bradford, and Smokey are delivering a herd of pack horses to telegraph lineman Jeff Corbin when intercepted by smooth-talking Cobb Wayne, who is in a deadly competition with Corbin. ...
Genre :Western
poster
Brazil
1985-02-20 7.669

Brazil

Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wr ...
Genre :Western
poster
Gangs of New York
2002-12-14 7.314

Gangs of New York

In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigran ...
Genre :Western
poster
Olympus Has Fallen
2013-03-20 6.412

Olympus Has Fallen

When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped withi ...
Genre :Western
poster
Oppenheimer
2023-07-19 8.045

Oppenheimer

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II. ...
Genre :Western
poster
PK
2014-12-18 7.701

PK

A stranger in the city asks questions no one has asked before. Known only by his initials, the man's innocent questions and childlike curiosity take him on a journey of love, laughter and letting go. ...
Genre :Western
poster
Ex Machina
2014-12-16 7.571

Ex Machina

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives a ...
Genre :Western
poster
Pulp Fiction
1994-09-10 8.488

Pulp Fiction

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that i ...
Genre :Western
poster
Inside Out
2015-06-17 7.91

Inside Out

When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness get lost, they must j ...
Genre :Western
poster
12 Angry Men
1957-04-10 8.549

12 Angry Men

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and sh ...
Genre :Western
poster
The Shawshank Redemption
1994-09-23 8.711

The Shawshank Redemption

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an a ...
Genre :Western
poster
Julieta
2016-04-08 7

Julieta

The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madness. ...
Genre :Western
poster
Inception
2010-07-15 8.4

Inception

Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inc ...
Genre :Western
poster
Parasite
2019-05-30 8.496

Parasite

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident. ...
Genre :Western
poster
Django Unchained
2012-12-25 8.185

Django Unchained

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. ...
Genre :Western
poster
Despicable Me 2
2013-06-26 6.936

Despicable Me 2

Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal. ...
Genre :Western
poster
Joker
2019-10-01 8.131

Joker

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure. ...
Genre :Western