Overland Pacific (1954)
1h 13m | PG-13
A railroad investigator discovers that there's more than meets the eye to a series of reported Indian attacks against the railroad.
Director: Fred F. Sears
Studio: United Artists
Genre: Western
Video: 720p
Cast
Jock Mahoney
as Ross Granger
Peggie Castle
as Ann Dennison
Adele Jergens
as Jessie Loraine
William Bishop
as Del Stewart
Chubby Johnson
as Sheriff Blaney
Walter Sande
as Mr. Dennison
Reviews
This might have packed a bit more punch had the assembled acting talent had a bit more to them, but as it is it is really just a rather routine cowboy and indian western centring around the expanding railroad after the end of the American civil war. "Granger" (Jock Mahoney) is, ostensibly, a telegrapher sent in by the railway company but is soon embroiled in some gun-running that is providing the hostile Comanches with the wherewithal to hold up construction and cause mayhem amongst the workforce. It soon becomes clear that there is something more to this harassment - and evidence of bribery and corruption in order to have the line diverted quickly emerges. Can he get to the bottom of it? It takes it's time to get going this, but after about twenty minutes it becomes a predictable, but perfectly watchable, afternoon filler. There are some gunfights, fisticuffs and, of course, the obligatory romance before a denouement that we've all seen loads of times before. Nothing at all new, but it's not bad.