Product Description

Studio: Gotham (dba Alpha) Release Date: 06/07/2005

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #83540 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-03-29
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 90 minutes

Customer Reviews

Make this part of your trio!
Kansas Pacific is a surprising little film--about an hour and a half of modest production values and modest plot that comes off surprisingly well, despite some print damage marring the quality of the on-screen experience. Sterling Hayden (The Godfather, Dr. Stangelove) plays an Army captain sent out on the QT on the eve of the civil war. His mission to get the Kansas Pacific built to supply Union forts in the west is vital but brings him into conflict with KP boss Barton MacLane and daughter Eve Miller. The three must eventually team up to fight Quantrell's raiders, determined to stop the KP at all costs.

The acting is great, not only from the stars but from the small supporting roles like engineer 'Smokestack' and the KP police scout.

There's a trio of great 'build the American railroad' films out there and this is one. It lacks the awesome cast and direction of Union Pacific or the technicolor Randolph Scott in Santa Fe, but it holds its own. Indeed. Worth more than one watch.