Movies and TvShows featuring "railroad-construction" theme.

The Big Valley is a TV show set in the Reconstruction era, specifically the 1870s, in California. It revolves around the Barkley family, particularly Victoria Barkley, a strong and independent rancher. She faces various challenges and battles against greedy businessmen, land-grabbers, and dangerous outlaws. With her resourcefulness and determination, Victoria fights for justice and protects her family and their valuable land in the San Joaquin Valley.

In the Old West, a mysterious stranger named Harmonica teams up with a notorious outlaw to protect a widow from a ruthless assassin. As they face off against the railroad, their pasts are revealed and their loyalties are tested. With epic gunfights and intense confrontations, this spaghetti western is a thrilling tale of revenge, greed, and justice.

In 1898, the British Empire is building a railway bridge in Kenya when a pair of man-eating lions start attacking the workers. The bridge engineer, John Patterson, recruits a skilled hunter, Charles Remington, to help him stop the lions. They face numerous challenges and clashes with local tribes as they race against time to kill the predators and ensure the safety of the workers.

Duel in the Sun is an epic Western film set in Texas, featuring a dramatic story of love, betrayal, and family conflicts. It explores the relationship between a biracial woman and two brothers, who are fighting for her affections. The film delves into themes of land rights, interracial romance, and the tragic consequences of forbidden love.

The young farmhand Veit Kolb from Hausberg in Bavaria loses his job at the farmer Kriele, who emigrates to America with his family.

Railway workers from both Canada and the United States joined together to give birth to the world's first Black union.

A combination of documentary and dramatic reconstructions, depicting the conception and construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the late 19th century.

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid is a gripping western movie that takes place in 1876. It tells the story of the infamous Jesse James and his gang as they plan and execute a daring bank robbery in Northfield, while being pursued by Pinkerton detectives and facing various challenges along the way. The movie is filled with action, suspense, and a touch of vigilante justice.

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is a movie set in the backwoods of Kentucky. It revolves around a romantic rivalry between two men, both involved in railroad construction. The plot also explores themes of family feud, regional politics, and the discovery of coal deposits in the area. The story centers around a mountain girl and her cousin who get caught up in the conflict.

Susannah, an orphan girl, is adopted by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and becomes their key figure in establishing peace between the Native Americans and the authorities. She faces various challenges, including battling racial stereotypes and bringing justice to the Canadian frontier.

Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill and Calamity Jane help a Texas rancher against the railroad.

To increase profits for his shipping company, Lynch has goaded the Indians to attack both the telegraph line and the new railroad. When Lynch sells rifles to the Indians, Rod Farrell captures Lynch and his gang. But Lynch's Indian friends free him and this time Farrell finds himself the prisoner.

Columbia Pictures elevated stunt man Jock O'Mahoney to stardom in this 15 chapter western serial about the building of the transcontinental railroad. O'Mahoney played a railroad agent who uncovers the master criminal behind a series of sabotage attempts on the construction site.

A Royal Canadian Mounted Police sergeant must mediate a land rights dispute between an advancing railroad construction gang and French Canadian trappers in the rugged Northwest Territory of Canada.

Buck Roberts is leading a wagon train of railroad supplies and Jim Corkle and his henchman Loder are out to stop them by using white men dressed as Indians for the attacks.

Paul Hudson, leads a group of desert bandits against some Nazis, who want to use them as cheap labor for their railroad.

Black Wind is a melodrama based on a novel. The story follows a railroad engineer and his son in a rural area, who face death and sacrifice when they get lost in the desert. The film explores themes of father-son relationships, sacrifice, and the struggles of life in a harsh environment.

After the death of his brother, a US Marshal investigates a payroll robbery in Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory. He forms a posse and goes after the gang responsible, facing various challenges along the way.

Outlaws of the Pandhandle was the last of Charles Starrett's "formula" westerns for Columbia: hereafter, Starrett would be seen only in the guise of frontier medico Steven Monroe or masked do-gooder The Durango Kid. For the moment, however, the star is cast as Jim Endicott, bound and determined to put an end to the underhanded activities of gin-mill operator Faro Jack Vaughn (Norman Willis). The villain's strategy is to get the local cowpunchers tanked up on rotgut that they'll prove to be easy pickings for a gang of rustlers-and will be unable to complete work on a railroad spur which will bypass the outlaws' hideaway.

Ken Williams is determined to discover the identity of the mysterious Rattler, who preys upon railroads and transportation companies like that owned by Jane Corwin. The Rattler is especially difficult to catch because of his skill at disguising himself as other people.