The saints forgive me for taking human life. The red devils.

Description: In 1862, Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads compete westward across the wilderness toward California.

Cast:
Mollie Monahan: Barbara Stanwyck
Jeff Butler: Joel McCrea
Fiesta: Akim Tamiroff
Dick Allen: Robert Preston
Leach Overmile: Lynne Overman
Sid Campeau: Brian Donlevy
Duke Ring: Robert Barrat
Cordray: Anthony Quinn
General Casement: Stanley Ridges
Asa M. Barrows: Henry Kolker
General Dodge: Francis McDonald
Oakes Ames: Willard Robertson
Calvin: Harold Goodwin
Mrs. Calvin: Evelyn Keyes
Sam Reed: Richard Lane
Dusky Clayton: William Haade
Paddy O'Rourke: Regis Toomey
Monahan: J.M. Kerrigan
Cookie: Fuzzy Knight
Al Brett: Harry Woods
Dollarhide: Lon Chaney Jr.
General Ulysses S. Grant: Joseph Crehan
Mame: Julia Faye
Rose: Sheila Darcy
General Philip Sheridan: Ernie Adams
Card Player: James Pierce
Railwayman: Duke York
Doctor Harkness: Stanley Andrews
Bluett: Earl Askam
Senator: George B. French
Mrs. Hogan: May Beatty
Reporter: David Newell
Kate: Genevieve Bell
Indian: Greg Whitespear
Bit Part: Ward Bond
Indian with Accordion: Dick Botiller
Bartender: Jack Rube Clifford
Laborer: Lew Short
Old Irishman: A.S. 'Pop' Byron
Major: E.H. Calvert
Telegrapher: Joe Gilbert
Snoring Woman on Train: Nora Cecil
Businessman: Wheaton Chambers
Train Conductor: Lane Chandler
Fireman: Buddy Roosevelt
Doctor: Davison Clark
Irishman: David Thursby
Senate Secretary: James Conaty
Townsman: Tex Cooper
Cassidy: Hal Craig
Man: John M. Sullivan
Draftsman: Alfonso De Cruz
Denny: Mike Driscoll
Rev. Dr. Todd: Paul Everton
Laborer-Grader: Jim Farley
Woman: Florence Lake
Paddy: James Flavin
Andrew Whipple: Byron Foulger
Official: John J. Richardson
Foreman: Emory Parnell
Workman: William Gillis
Boy: Wesley Giraud
Governor Stafford: Gus Glassmire
Savage: Wylie Grant
One-Armed Reporter: John Harmon
Belle: Beth Hartman
Sergeant: Edward Hearn
Irishman at Bar: Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
Mr. Sargent: Russell Hicks
Vendor: Russ Powell
Jerome: Selmer Jackson
Old Prospector: Si Jenks
Indian-Shooting Piano: Noble Johnson
Official's Wife: Mary MacLaren
Gentleman at Golden Spike Ceremony: Bob Kortman
Washwoman: Anne Kunde
Fanny: Bobby LaSalle
Father Ryan: Edward LeSaint
Lil: Viola Louie
Lulu: Evelyn Luckey
Gambler: Hugh MacDonald
Jake: Wilbur Mack
Surveyor: Cyril Ring
Durant: John Marston
Goldie: Ida May
St. Louis Waiter: Sam McDaniel
Mr. Mills: James McNamara
Mike: Pat Moriarity
Terry: Jack Murphy
Canadian Pacific Conductor: Nestor Paiva
Ruby: Doreen Pastor
Dinty: William Pawley
Harmonicist: Jack Pennick
Watercolorist: Albert Petit
Official's Daughter: Frances Rather
Indian Hearing Mollie's Telegraphy: George Regas
Violet: Margaret Roach
Indian Chief: Richard Robles
Shamus: Joe Sawyer
Barker: Syd Saylor
Shrimp: Ynez Seabury
Old Man: Frank Shannon
Townsman in Saloon: Douglas Spencer
Businessman at Financiers' Meeting: Edwin Stanley
Indian Shooting Mollie: Charles Stevens
Connors: Mark Strong
Secretary: Stanhope Wheatcroft
Leland Stanford: Guy Usher
Senator Smith: Morgan Wallace
Maggie: Calla Waltz
Mrs. Cassidy: Ruth Warren
Irishman on Dance Floor: Blackie Whiteford
Oliver Ames: William Worthington
Saloon Gambler: Frank Yaconelli
Indian Finding Cigar Store Indian:

Written by: Walter DeLeon, C. Gardner Sullivan, Jesse Lasky Jr.

Director: Cecil B. DeMille

Production: Paramount Pictures

Release date: 05 May 1939