Sterling Hayden
Capt. John Nelson
Kansas Pacific
“Built by bullets, dynamite, and blood-stained spikes!”
1953
1h 13m
Director: Ray Nazarro
Writer: Daniel B. Ullman
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
13 people
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