Kansas Pacific

Kansas Pacific

Built by bullets, dynamite, and blood-stained spikes!

NR 1953 · 73 min · ★ 5.0 · Western, Action

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.

Directed by Ray Nazarro · Written by Daniel B. Ullman

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