Kansas Pacific 1953

Just before the Civil War (but after the South has seceded), Southern saboteurs try to prevent railroad construction from crossing Kansas to the frontier; army captain Nelson is sent out to oppose them. As the tracks push westward, Nelson must contend with increasingly violent sabotage, while trying to romance the foreman's pretty daughter Barbara.

Cast:

Sterling Hayden
Capt. John Nelson 

Eve Miller
Barbara Bruce 

Barton MacLane
Cal Bruce 

Harry Shannon
Smokestack the Train Engineer 

Tom Fadden
Gus Gustavson the Train Fireman 

Reed Hadley
Bill Quantrill