Western Union (1941)

Western Union (1941)

“Western Union” is a 1941 Western film directed by Fritz Lang. The screenplay by Robert Carson is based on 1941 novel “Western Union“ by Zane Grey.

When Edward Creighton leads the construction of the Western Union to unite east with west, he hires a reformed Western outlaw and a tenderfoot Eastern surveyor.

Cast:

• Robert Young – Richard Blake
• Randolph Scott – Vance Shaw
• Dean Jagger – Edward Creighton
• Virginia Gilmore – Sue Creighton
• John Carradine – Doc Murdoch
• Barton MacLane – Jack Slade
• Russell Hicks – Governor
• Slim Summerville – Cookie
• Chill Wills – Homer Kettle
• 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 – Capt. Harlow
• Irving Bacon – Joe the Barber
• Hank Bell – Telegraph Worker
• Tom London – Henchman
• Charles Middleton – Stagecoach Rider

„Western Union – Der Überfall der Ogalalla“  (Western Union) ist ein Western aus dem Jahr 1941 unter der Regie von Fritz Lang. Das Drehbuch von Robert Carson basiert auf dem gleichnamigen Roman „Western Union“ von Zane Grey aus dem Jahr 1941.