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The Wednesday Western: Western Union

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

starring
Robert Young
Randolph Scott
The year is 1861, and the Western Union are constructing the Omaha-Salt Lake City stretch of what is to be the first trans-continental telegraph system in the US. Opposition to the telegraph comes not only from Sioux
Indians, but also from a group of renegade Southerners.
Richard Blake. ROBERT YOUNG Vance Shaw. RANDOLPH SCOTT
Screenplay by ROBERT CARSON Associate producer HARRY JOE BROWN
Directed by FRITZ LANG
9 FILMS: page 16

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Young
Unknown:
Randolph Scott
Unknown:
Richard Blake.
Unknown:
Vance Shaw.
Unknown:
Randolph Scott
Unknown:
Robert Carson
Producer:
Harry Joe Brown
Directed By:
Fritz Lang
Edward Creighton:
Dean Jagger
Sue Creighton:
Virginia Gilmore
Doc Murdoch:
John Carradine
Herman:
Slim Summerville
Homer:
Chill Wills
Jack Slade:
Barton MacLane
Governor:
Russell Hicks
Charlie:
Victor Kilian
Pat Grogan:
Minor Watson
Herb:
George Chandler
Source: Radio Times

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