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Western Union

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Western, concluding today's Saturday Matinee double bill and the second of three films by Fritz Lang.
Starring Robert Young, Randolph Scott

1861: Western Union are building a part of what is to be the first transcontinental telegraph system constructed in the US. Opposition to the telegraph comes not only from Sioux Indians but also from a group of renegade Southerners.
(1941) (Subtitled)

(The Testament of Dr Mabuse concludes the Fritz Lang triple bill tonight at 12.50am)
See Films: pages 46-51 ***

Contributors

Director:
Fritz Lang
Richard Blake:
Robert Young
Vance Shaw:
Randolph Scott
Edward Creighton:
Dean Jagger
Sue Creighton:
Virginia Gilmore
Doc Murdoch:
John Carradine
Herman:
Slim Summerville
Homer:
Chill Wills
Source: Radio Times

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