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Western Union

Year:

1941

Duration:

95 min

Genres:

History | Western

IMDB rate:

6.9

Director:

Fritz Lang

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1941-02-21

Filming Locations: 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Chief John Big Tree

Western Union

Robert Young

Richard Blake

Randolph Scott

Vance Shaw

Dean Jagger

Edward Creighton

Virginia Gilmore

Sue Creighton

John Carradine

Doc Murdoch

Slim Summerville

Herman

Chill Wills

Homer

Barton MacLane

Jack Slade

Russell Hicks

Governor

Victor Kilian

Charlie

Minor Watson

Pat Grogan

George Chandler

Herb

Chief Thundercloud

Indian Leader

Dick Rich

Porky

Addison Richards

Captain Harlow

Irving Bacon

Barber

C.E. Anderson

Old Timer (uncredited)

Arthur Aylesworth

Woody (uncredited)

Bill Beauman

Minor Role (uncredited)

Hank Bell

Telegraph Worker (uncredited)

Esther Brodelet

Dancer (uncredited)

Paul E. Burns

Stagecoach Depot Master (uncredited)

Clarence Chorre

Indian (uncredited)

Sonny Chorre

Indian (uncredited)

Bob Clark

Telegraph Worker (uncredited)

Cliff Clark

Sheriff (uncredited)

Russ Clark

Businessman (uncredited)

Tommy Coats

Henchman (uncredited)

Iron Eyes Cody

Indian Who Drinks Chemical Solution (uncredited)

J.W. Cody

Indian (uncredited)

Bahe Denetdeel

Indian (uncredited)

Earl Dobbins

Telegraph Worker (uncredited)

Larry Dods

Posse Rider (uncredited)

Ralph Dunn

Work Seeker (uncredited)

Frank Ellis

Camp Defender (uncredited)

John Epper

Indian (uncredited)

James Flavin

Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

Francis Ford

Eastbound Stagecoach Driver (uncredited)

Tom B. Forman

Posse Rider (uncredited)

Jack Henry Fritz

Minor Role (uncredited)

Boone Hazlett

Indian (uncredited)

Reed Howes

Slade Henchman #2 (uncredited)

Sid Jordan

Posse Rider (uncredited)

Cecil Kellogg

Henchman (uncredited)

Tom London

Slade Henchman #3 (uncredited)

Harold A. Malendez

Minor Role (uncredited)

Kermit Maynard

Posse Rider (uncredited)

Frank McGrath

Posse Rider (uncredited)

Charles Middleton

Stagecoach Rider (uncredited)

Lucille Miller

Dancer (uncredited)

Frank Mills

Work Seeker (uncredited)

Joe Molina

Indian (uncredited)

Merlyn Nelson

Posse Rider (uncredited)

Herman Nowlin

Posse Rider (uncredited)

Steve O'Brien

Office Boy (uncredited)

George Plues

Stagecoach Driver (uncredited)

Clint Sharp

Henchman (uncredited)

Jay Silverheels

Indian (uncredited)

Joe P. Smith

Indian (uncredited)

James P. Spencer

Indian (uncredited)

Harry Strang

Henchman (uncredited)

Tony Urchel

Indian (uncredited)

Eddy Waller

Stagecoach Driver #1 (uncredited)

Ed Warren

Henchman (uncredited)

Blackie Whiteford

Posse Rider (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Studio publicity noted that Fox contract star Henry Fonda had served as technical adviser on the film, due to his experience as a young man working as a lineman. Fonda's "technical advisory" capacity was most certainly a publicity fiction, and in any event Fonda was not credited on the film itself.

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Originally, Laird Cregar was cast in this film in an undetermined role (possibly that of Doc Murdoch), but was unable to do the film due to an unfinished other project. He was replaced by George 'Gabby' Hayes, but Hayes then became ill and was himself replaced.

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Goofs

In the opening sequence showing the buffalo herd there is a shot that appears to show a car driving along a road in the far background.

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The Jack Slade character refers to "General Mosby." Mosby reached the rank of colonel, and fought in Virginia, not Missouri or the Nebraska Territory.

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During the speeches before they start stringing the telegraph wires, all the flags are 48-star flags. There were only 35 states in the Union in 1861.

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Quotes

Doc Murdoch: Can you cook lamb?

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Richard Blake: Makes a nice sound, doesn't it, coming across a continent.

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Vance Shaw: He says you come in peace today, but there won't be any peace if you try to take the singing wire through the Oglala nation.

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