Union Pacific
S01E10: The Bridge at Devil's Canyon
Overview
Union Pacific is a Western television series starring Jeff Morrow, Judson Pratt and Susan Cummings that aired in syndication from 1958 until 1959. This show was inspired by the 1939 film also named Union Pacific, starring Joel McCrea, Barbara Stanwyck, and Robert Preston.
The series follows the exploits of Bart McClelland, played by Morrow, as he supervises the construction and extension of the Union Pacific Railroad west of Omaha, Nebraska, to Promontory, northwest of Salt Lake City, Utah. McClelland was mostly concerned with right-of-way issues, which could be affected by stubborn landowners, ranchers, Indians, outlaws, and other factors. Helping McClelland with his work was surveyor Billy Kincaid, played by Pratt. Susan Cummings rounded out the cast as Georgia, proprietor of the Golden Nugget Saloon, the rolling bar that followed the railroad workers along the tracks. Union Pacific never developed a following and was cancelled after a single season.
Union Pacific was filmed by California National Productions at the Iverson's Movie Ranch in Chatsworth in Los Angeles County, California. Other offerings were the syndicated Boots and Saddles and Pony Express and the NBC anthology series, Frontier, which aired from 1955-1956.
Episodes
S01E02 The Challenge
S01E03 The Dale Incident
S01E04 Payroll to Cheyenne
S01E05 Indian Territory
S01E06 Pawnee Bill
S01E07 Yesterday's Killer
S01E08 DeKett Territory
S01E09 The End of the Track
S01E10 The Bridge at Devil's Canyon
S01E11 Patterns for Revenge
S01E12 19 to Cheyenne
S01E13 Lost Boy
S01E14 The Charming Rustler
S01E15 The Surveyor
S01E16 Supply Train
S01E17 The Choice
S01E18 The Bullock Incident
S01E19 The Impractical Joker
S01E20 Incident at Bitter Creek
S01E21 Medicine Show
S01E22 The Cheyenne Incident
S01E23 Ten-to-a-Rail
S01E24 The Roadblock
S01E25 Cave-In
S01E26 Railroad Doctor
S01E27 Prison Camp
S01E28 Ring of Iron
S01E29 The Glass Bullet
S01E30 Help Wanted
S01E31 Runaway
S01E32 The Wedding
Cast
Jeff Morrow
Susan Cummings
Judson Pratt
