While surveying a telegraph line in 1861, Western Union engineer Edward Creighton (Dean Jagger) is severely injured in an accident. He is discovered by Vance Shaw (Randolph Scott), an outlaw on the run from a posse. Forced to travel on foot after his horse was hurt, Shaw at first considers stealing Creighton's horse, but changes his mind and takes the man with him, saving his life.
Sometime later, following his recovery, Creighton returns to Omaha, Nebraska and plans the construction of a telegraph line from Omaha to Salt Lake City, Utah. Facing considerable opposition to the line from Confederate soldiers, Indians, and outlaws, Creighton elicits the help of his sister Sue (Virginia Gilmore), foreman Pat Grogan (Minor Watson), and assistant Homer Kettle (Chill Wills).
Looking to put his outlaw past behind him, Shaw arrives at Creighton's Western Union office looking for honest work and is hired as a scout by Grogan who is unaware of his past. Creighton recognizes him among the men and allows him to stay despite his suspicions. Creighton also hires tenderfoot Richard Blake (Robert Young), a Harvard-educated engineer as a favor to Blake's father. Shaw and Blake are both attracted to Sue and vie for her attention, but their romantic rivalry is cut short when construction of the telegraph line starts on July 4, 1861.
After work commences on the line, one of the men is killed apparently by a mysterious band of cattle-rustling Indians. Unconvinced that Indians are to blame, Shaw rides out to investigate and follows the rustlers' trail to the camp of Jack Slade, a former friend and cohort, whose gang committed the killing disguised as Indians—the gang Shaw left following his last bank robbery. Slade reveals that they are working for the Confederacy to disrupt Western Union because they believe the telegraph service will help the Union. Shaw rides away and returns to the line. Not wanting to turn in his former friends, Shaw tells Creighton that a large band of Dakota Indians stole the cattle, and recommends that they simply replace the herd and not risk a fight with the Indians.
Sometime later, a confrontation takes place between men working on the forward line and a band of drunken Indians. When one of the Indians tries to steal some equipment, a nervous Blake shoots him, ignoring Shaw's order to remain calm. After word arrives that the main camp is under attack by other Indians, the Western Union men rush back to help with the defense. At the main camp, Slade's men, who are again disguised as Indians, steal the Western Union horses. The company discover the ruse when one of the wounded Indians turns out to be a white man. Forced to buy back their stolen horses from Slade, Creighton becomes suspicious of Shaw's involvement, especially when he admits to knowing the gang.
Soon the U.S. Army arrives and announces the Indians have now refused to allow the telegraph lines to go through their territory in response to Blake's shooting of the drunken Indian. Creighton, Shaw, and Blake ride out to convince Chief Spotted Horse to allow them to build the line through Indian territory, even though the man Blake wounded was Spotted Horse's son. Creighton is finally able to persuade the Indians to allow them passage, and work continues until the company approaches Salt Lake City.
Sometime later, Shaw receives word that Jack Slade wants to meet with him. On the way to see Slade, Shaw is captured and bound by Slade's men. Slade says his group is going to burn down the Western Union camp and they don't want Shaw to interfere. After Slade and his men ride off, Shaw escapes from his ropes but arrives back too late to prevent the fire. He helps rescue some of the Western Union men from the flames and burns his hands in the process.
After the fire, Creighton confronts Shaw for an explanation, but Shaw does not reveal what he knows and is fired by Creighton. As Shaw leaves the camp, he tells Blake that Slade is actually Shaw's brother and that he, Shaw, will find Slade's gang and stop them from interfering with the telegraph project. Shaw rides off and finds Slade and his men in a nearby town. At the barber shop, Shaw confronts his brother, whose gun is concealed under the barber's sheet. Slade shoots Shaw through the sheet. Shaw fights back in spite of his wound, killing some of the gang members, and then dies. Blake arrives and continues the fight with Slade who dies from his wounds. Soon after, the Western Union line is completed and the workers celebrate. When Sue laments the absence of Shaw, Creighton tells her that Shaw can hear them.
垃圾电影，无病呻吟，矫揉造作，不会拍爱情就不要拍爱情。好不好
连吐槽都无处下嘴。一点点优点都找不到！还不如第一炉香呢！！！
动作场面真的是拳拳到肉，故事还行，属于网大电影的上乘之作，网络上映可惜了，其实完全可以院线上映，强过一般电影
看的时候总觉得各种电影的影子，各种混合元素👀
从一夜情到一年之痒发生的太快，后两年的自我沉浸又过于悬浮。镜头拍的比故事讲得要好一点，勉勉强强及格。私心因为自己写了片名所以多加一颗星嘻嘻！
看得出导演好挺有野心的，包括这个剧情有点向《×××贪狼》靠拢了，很多场面“借鉴”成分太多，以至于融合的比较生硬，大BUG层出不穷。三星给动作场面。
星星都给的病娇杀手夫妇 略有浮夸 但整体比较突破中国此类电影刻板形象 比小丑和小丑女的情感描述多一点 但还是看不够吧 其实这个杀手夫妇的点和病娇感个人还是很吃这一套的。个人觉得电影里硬转比较多 感觉在刻意用“猎人小屋里墙上的一把枪”
挺现实主义，不难看，不狗血，没啥新意和深度，但也算诚意之作。第一幕美好，流畅度最好，第二幕心累，也还OK，第三幕大可不必。如果是CP-BE我能给五星。其实纵观故事，感觉男女主都没什么问题，就只是错误的时间不能妥善处理爱情，评论里骂渣男的是不是有点厌男了。
看了头尾，和闹着玩似的，增强了我做一个编剧的信心。
很好看很现实很甜炸！结局扣一星！！毛晓彤演技炸裂！！！！
看了10分钟，实在看不下去了，这动作设计是真的真的超级烂啊……
毛晓彤演技slay，国产剧本真是配不上这些好演员的演技，希望能有好剧本演
和目中无人差了10条大道，建议先把盲人演好
剧情一般般，女主如果是模仿哈莉奎茵真的有点儿东施效颦了甚至有点儿用力过猛。
看国产糖水片不用带脑子，剧情至少是没大尬点，当然也没出彩，甚至分手后的故事开始逐渐离谱，这种先炮后爱的关系真的可以分手几年后还在等待吗？我是不信的
毛晓彤真的好美好美。依然是美好的人才能拥有爱情，依然是很搞笑的爱情电影，依然是想吃火锅，依然是刻画不足台词来凑，但是毛晓彤怎么会那么美啊，大吼脸部肌肉都那么美那么美。
以年为单位的恋爱还是为是长线，结果是以一年为单位的快餐式恋爱。男女主还算搭，但气质不是那种适合演大荧幕爱情片的大男女主，做个配角挺合适。故事其实就是一个都市快餐爱情，按男女主的年纪，第一次见面就干柴烈火也说的过去，但后面恋爱戏的表现方式完全是青春爱情片的模式，装嫩装的略显尴尬。因为感情的时间跨度只有一年，不同于《花束般的恋爱》表现出的那种因时间慢慢消磨的感觉，分手的过于短平快让人没有共情感。影片里的女主虽然内心感觉没有错，但是想鱼与熊掌（钱与时间）兼得的强硬态度不像成年人，嘴上说不为了钱却没有说服力，而且一年之内还霍霍了一只狗，显得这只狗被他们领养也是倒了霉的可怜。最后结局又走向了缘分未尽的狗血套路。一切的一切让这部片显得毫无看点。PS：从配角名单看，选角导演应该是综艺《演员请就位》的粉丝。
国产电影的经典，影片效果很好哟，电影院看完全不会觉得亏欠，欠这部电影一张电影票啊🤔
这种爱情片cp感绝对是首位的，毛晓彤和杨玏绝对做到了，2020年看《三十而已》的时候就喜欢他俩，情节上没有可惜的狗血，讲的只是情侣之间很容易发生的矛盾，争吵。主要冲演员看的毛晓彤杨玏还有孙千，意外听到了杨丞琳的主题曲，也很好听。盘点2019～2022看的新年档电影，2019《地球最后的夜晚》，2020《美丽人生》，2021《缉魂》，2022《以年为单位的恋爱》，2022质量略次了些＃院线01，评分:6.5/10
2个男女的兜兜转转。有时候，爱一个人啊，只是以自己的方式，并不能得到最好的回应。
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