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.
最近很喜欢看这种方言的电影，合口味，拍的到位
我们对墙外世界国际性新潮运动的兴盛没有准确的概念，只能接收到一些支离破碎的二手信息，才惊讶于印度某些思想已经如此先进及具有颠覆性。文化开放才是真正的开放。
把背景换成中国大陆，剧情完全照搬也基本上成立，当然除了游行那段。
印度这样的背景下，拍出一部这样的片子，很有意义。很多事情会有局限让人无法按照内心，还是希望能发自内心的勇敢爱❤️
电影源自生活，又总是在美化生活，前半段充满烟火气，妈妈形象很真实，克服偏见接纳外省给了电影一个美满结尾，或许这就是有别于生活之处吧
可是拍出来的确实很不错，或许这就是拍电影真正的意义吧！
3影片主创都是潮汕人，音乐总监李奕瀚自南澳岛云澳镇。
很难相信，一个大环境下还靠硬件匹配程度来由家里人匹配结婚对象并指婚的国家能时不时的拍出几部这样题材的电影。更难理解的是，我们一边嘲笑人家一边固步自封（退回封建）。
很可爱，节奏内容都克制，印象中的印度跟这里呈现出来的真的很不一样，国外对于中国的眼光应该也类似吧，所以要多看看世界，电影和想象，都不是真实的世界。
蓝导这次明显比上一部电影有进步，质感更好了。有几个镜头有将角色的情绪恰当地渲染开。妈妈若有所思的镜头很好地击中我。
结局女主爸爸让瑞杰姆去坐到女主身边，让我想哭。如果说警察局局长代表国家的法律的象征的话，那无疑这一行为，就是让法律也为自由，为天性，为爱情让步。从来不觉得我们的国家落后，只是这一切都也同样藏在法律之下，藏在现实之下，我们无法做到真正的平等和自由吧。
最后希望世界越来越好，中国也一样，不要再有这么多偏见和戾气，爱本身就没有错，love is love
略长 还算是很轻松的把这个题材展示了出来 印度电影真是一次次的刷新我对这个国家的认知
爱情好甜蜜，剧情好好看，喜欢，虽然我是冲着爱情来的，但是真的是一部很有深度的电影，唉，以后不能叫阿三，要改口叫三哥了
电影源自生活，又总是在美化生活，前半段充满烟火气，妈妈形象很真实，克服偏见接纳外省给了电影一个美满结尾，或许这就是有别于生活之处吧
之前对潮汕的印象只有潮汕牛肉丸/奶奶好好玩儿/真的是纯方言，普通话对白都没有二十句，完全听不懂，全靠看字幕
看的真的太舒服了，尽管都是一些家庭琐碎，但是能感受到弄弄的烟火味，也能趁机了解一下潮汕，有熟悉又新奇。
笑死了，看自己熟悉的方言、习俗的潮汕剧。细节捕捉到位，不能说有点像，简直一模一样。千万不要被我妈看到这部。前喜后泪，写满了“可惜”两个字，有被触动到。影片拍摄可见比前作《爸》成熟，也专业了许多。★★★☆/7.5
8.0水准，没有一秒是浪费！！现实和浪漫交杂，太棒了！！
故事节奏再快点比较好，歌舞占的时间挺长的，还是很具有现实意义的
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