| Kansas Pacific | |
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| Directed by | Ray Nazarro |
| Written by | Daniel B. Ullman |
| Produced by | Walter Wanger Edward Morey Jr. |
| Starring | Sterling Hayden Eve Miller |
| Cinematography | Harry Neumann |
| Edited by | William Austin Walter Hannemann |
| Music by | Albert Sendrey |
Production company | Walter Wanger Productions |
| Distributed by | Allied Artists Pictures Corporation |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Kansas Pacific is a 1953 American Cinecolor Western film released by Allied Artists Pictures and directed by Ray Nazarro. It stars Sterling Hayden and Eve Miller. While the film was released in 1953, the title screen clearly states "Copyright MCMLII" (1952). The film offers a fictionalized account of the struggle to build the Kansas Pacific Railway in the early 1860s just prior to the American Civil War. In the film the building of the railroad in Kansas is opposed by sympathizers of the South before it forms the Confederacy.
General-in-Chief of the United States Army Winfield Scott sends a Corps of Engineers captain (Hayden) incognito to complete the railroad in order to supply western Union outposts when the anticipated war starts. Opposing the railway is Confederate William Quantrill (Reed Hadley), whose mission is to stop or delay the railway from being completed.
Miller plays the only female character within the entire movie. This film also features Clayton Moore. Andrew V. McLaglen is credited as assistant director in the opening credits of this movie.
The rights to the film are currently in the public domain.