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Overland Pacific

  • 1954
  • Approved
  • 1h 13m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
256
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Peggie Castle, Adele Jergens, and Jock Mahoney in Overland Pacific (1954)
DramaWestern

A railroad agent takes an assumed identity to investigate several Indian raids.A railroad agent takes an assumed identity to investigate several Indian raids.A railroad agent takes an assumed identity to investigate several Indian raids.

  • Director
    • Fred F. Sears
  • Writers
    • J. Robert Bren
    • Gladys Atwater
    • Martin Goldsmith
  • Stars
    • Jock Mahoney
    • Peggie Castle
    • Adele Jergens
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    256
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Fred F. Sears
    • Writers
      • J. Robert Bren
      • Gladys Atwater
      • Martin Goldsmith
    • Stars
      • Jock Mahoney
      • Peggie Castle
      • Adele Jergens
    • 12User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Jock Mahoney
    Jock Mahoney
    • Ross Granger
    • (as Jack Mahoney)
    Peggie Castle
    Peggie Castle
    • Ann Dennison
    Adele Jergens
    Adele Jergens
    • Jessie Loraine
    William Bishop
    William Bishop
    • Del Stewart
    Chubby Johnson
    Chubby Johnson
    • Sheriff Blaney
    Walter Sande
    Walter Sande
    • Mr. Dennison
    Pat Hogan
    Pat Hogan
    • Dark Thunder
    Chris Alcaide
    Chris Alcaide
    • Jason
    Fred Graham
    Fred Graham
    • Jenks - Stage Driver
    Arthur Berkeley
    • Railroad Worker
    • (uncredited)
    Chet Brandenburg
    Chet Brandenburg
    • Railroad Worker
    • (uncredited)
    X Brands
    X Brands
    • Railroad Worker
    • (uncredited)
    Phil Chambers
    Phil Chambers
    • Weeks
    • (uncredited)
    Martin Cichy
    Martin Cichy
    • Railroad Worker
    • (uncredited)
    G. Pat Collins
    G. Pat Collins
    • Connors
    • (uncredited)
    George Eldredge
    George Eldredge
    • Broden
    • (uncredited)
    Fred Fisher
    Fred Fisher
    • Indian
    • (uncredited)
    Robert Foulk
    Robert Foulk
    • Railroad Worker
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Fred F. Sears
    • Writers
      • J. Robert Bren
      • Gladys Atwater
      • Martin Goldsmith
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews12

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    jarrodmcdonald-1

    Windex and pledge

    The B-western Overland Pacific documents the struggle to build a railroad and how the whites are just as brutal as the natives. It seems like an early try at political correctness, and you can't fault the filmmakers for having the best of intentions.

    Jock Mahoney headlines this frontier drama. Despite Mr. Mahoney's average amount of talent in the acting department, he does help bring subtle touches of realism to this picture. For example, when there is a brawl on the street and he brushes up against a building or a railing, we actually see dust fly. A lot of westerns are too clean; but the reality is that these old west towns are dirty and dusty.
    8searchanddestroy-1

    Not the worst of Sears

    I caught this rare item from a 16mm print, not very good, but I don't care. It is a good time waster without any surprises, with Jock Mahoney in a predictable role. A western as you have seen a thousand times before, with plenty of action, a bit romance and that's all. It was not produced by Columbia Pictures and their infamous Sam Katzman, Columbia where Sears made most of his career. He was not a bad director, but the producers whith whom he had to deal over the years prevented him to show better skills. He made many westerns and thrillers but only EARTH VS FLYING SAUCERS - a science fiction film - brought him fame.
    6coltras35

    Overland Pacific

    Ross Granger is an railroad agent, going undercover as a telegrapher, looking into a series of raids by the Comanches on railroad construction near the town of Oaktown. He quickly discovers that the raids are sponsored by Del Stewart, a local businessman, and his associate Broden. Their goal is to force the railroad to run through land that they own.

    Overland Pacific is a decent western with some fine fisticuffs, shoot em up action featuring Comanches vs railroaders, dry quips, friendship going sour and political machinations, however I found Jock Mahoney a little too passive when it came to investigating and not too determined. His friendship with William Bishop is explored more - speaking of which, Bishop steals the scene as the charming heel whose greed makes him murderous. Adele Jergens plays the saloon gal who still loves him, despite setting his cap for Peggy Castle. Predictably Castle falls for Mahoney - especially when she learns that Bishop was involved in her father's murder. Not a bad railroad western to settle down to enjoy. The finale is a cracker with attacking Comanches and dynamite. Good action.
    6richardchatten

    I've Been Working on the Railroad

    People are shooting at each other almost nonstop (but usually miss) throughout this tough little western about building a railroad in the face of opposition from local Apaches directed with his usual terse efficiency by Fred Sears and full of cynical one-liners like "The sheriff caught me in the middle of a fascinating autopsy" and "You're sick, and the only cure for that is hanging".

    Jock Mahoney was then billed as 'Jack', while perennial 'B' picture bad girl Peggie Castle is cast against type as feisty good girl in blouse and tight trousers described by saloon gal Adele Jergens as "the little princess".
    5jjwolverine

    It seems like I've seen story this before

    This is an all right Western from 1954. The acting wasn't bad. I don't mind B & W films, so no problem there. One scene sticks with me. Jock Mahoney is in a gun battle with a rifleman a ways off. We see Mahoney take a bullet in the chest--right in his heart. There's not much blood on his shirt, but he deals with the injury by taking a handkerchief out of his pocket and sticking it under his shirt over the wound. The gunman approaches, and Mahoney gets into a fight with the guy and beats him using one hand after taking a bullet in the heart! Realistically, he'd have been dead after the shot. I didn't laugh, but I did find this to be the most memorable scene in the film.

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    • Trivia
      Italian censorship visa # 16777 delivered on 22 July 1954.
    • Goofs
      At approx. 19:38, the telegraph line was referred to as a telephone line. This was supposed to have taken place shortly after the end of the civil war, which was 1865. The telephone was not invented until 1875 and the first telephone was not installed until 1878. The golden spike connecting east to west was driven in May of 1869 in Promontory, Utah.
    • Quotes

      Weeks: Well, that's my hotel over there. It's usually full up, but I can take care of you now that Mr. Holly is changing his room.

      Ross Grainger: Wrong. Holly isn't changing his room. He checked out.

      Weeks: No, he'll be occupying the downstairs rear. You see, I'm also the Oaktown's undertaker. And having my establishment on the premises, well, it saves so many steps.

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    • Release date
      • February 27, 1954 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Silver Dollar
    • Filming locations
      • Burro Flats, Simi Hills, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • World Films
      • Superior Pictures
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 13m(73 min)

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