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Western Union

The construction of the overland telegraph in 1861 is embellished here by western mythology. The dark undertones in the conflict between two brothers points the way to the psychological western. Lang's distinctive interest in the balance between opposing forces and the overriding hand of fate centres on the Scott figure, a reformed outlaw opposing his brother, the leader of an outlaw gang.

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  • "Twentieth Century-Fox presents Zane Grey's Western Union"@en
  • "Zane Grey's Western Union"@en
  • "Zane Grey's Western Union"
  • "Pionniers de la Western Union"

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  • "Fiction. Western. Chargé de diriger les travaux d'installation de la première ligne téléphonique à travers les territoires de l'Ouest vers la Californie, Edward Creighton voit son travail compromis par des politiciens et des escrocs. Avec Robert Young, Randolph Scott, Dean Jagger, Virginia Gilmore."
  • "The construction of the overland telegraph in 1861 is embellished here by western mythology. The dark undertones in the conflict between two brothers points the way to the psychological western. Lang's distinctive interest in the balance between opposing forces and the overriding hand of fate centres on the Scott figure, a reformed outlaw opposing his brother, the leader of an outlaw gang."@en
  • "While surveying a telegraph line in 1861, Western Union engineer Edward Creighton (Dean Jagger) is severely injured in an accident. He is discovered by Vance Shaw (Randolph Scott), an outlaw on the run from a posse. Forced to travel on foot after his horse was hurt, Shaw at first considers stealing Creighton's horse, but changes his mind and takes the man with him, saving his life."
  • "Western focusing on renegade attempts to thwart Western Union on the last leg of its westward expansion in the 1860's."@en
  • ""...Western Union tells the story of Vance Shaw, an outlaw on the run who is anxious to shed his criminal past. He gets his chance when Edward Creighton, the Chief Engineer in charge of constructing telegraph poles from Omaha to Salt Lake City, offers him a job protecting the workers against attacks from gangs of bandits. However Vance's dark past comes back to haunt him when his rebellious brother, Jack Slade, leads an attack on the construction line, pitting brother against brother in the Wild West of America" --Container."
  • "This historical epic faithfully captures the story of the telegraph and traces the monumental effort that brought communication to a vast western wilderness."@en
  • "Dramatic story of the difficulties encountered when the first transcontinental telegraph lines were strung."

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  • "Action and adventure films"
  • "Drama"
  • "Drama"@en
  • "History"@en
  • "Fiction films"@en
  • "Westerns"@en
  • "Western films"
  • "Western films"@en
  • "Features"@en
  • "Feature films"@en
  • "western (fiction)"

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  • "Western Union"
  • "Western Union"@en
  • "Western union"
  • "Western Union (Motion picture)"@en
  • "Western Union (film)"

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