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.
刻板情节，男主角真的，让我替MaggieQ可惜。
3星，动作戏相当不错， 马Q这些年发展的不错啊。
故事性一般。喜欢电影里加入的越南元素，景色以及人文。结尾有点儿仓储。不明白为什么两人在老房子内，只能留有一人，而枪响之后，Ann离开。两人之间的感情线也不太清晰。不推荐影片。但，Maggie Q 是真美。
虽然是类似女版John Wick , 但是女主的人生并没有看起来潇洒，背后是个十分悲惨的故事。
迷惑，这异性恋情够尴尬的哪来的火花，你们对异性恋火花要求这么低的吗，男编剧会写个屁的异性恋plot尴尬得我直快进，但是Maggie Q真的好美，打戏好看，剧情还行吧，作为一部亚裔女主电影白男的戏份还是太多了🤷♀️
看这类电影前一般会把脑子扔了结果这部愣是没看懂，基顿一会被同伙锤爆一会又跟对手上床这都什么鬼啊？
动作设计还挺酷炫！fuck侠和赤裸特工主演！哈哈。故事老套传统。
MaggieQ就是很飒 没有她这也好意思叫电影啊
女性暴力犯罪的片子，一直不理解那个老人为啥权势滔天
虽然看了预告剧情应该不咋滴，但还是想看MaggieQ的打戏
一星给Q颜值，一星给她组枪展现的聪慧，一星给结局
姐姐好飒！我爱姐姐。kill me or fuck me？嘎嘎嘎嘎😂
你一个40来岁的女杀手打不过一个70岁的大爷，还被F了有啥意思。
狗屁不通，逻辑混乱，看两个完全不来电也不登对的人谈恋爱真太煎熬了！第一次感觉床戏是如此的多余
真的很难得还能看到MaggieQ主演的电影了，不过剧情真的一言难尽，非常混乱，前一秒还你死我活，下一秒上床做爱。
我的天呐，懵懵的看完，完全不知道讲了个啥。
出于私心来说，这真的是我心中的圆梦电影，Q是我初中看的第一部英美剧的女主，当时超喜欢的，迈克尔基顿还是我心中《七君子》里面的将军（好帅），他俩搭一起，出于私心，我狠狠的喜欢了。虽然但是，这俩人是怎么能发展到“Kill me or fuck me”这样的段落的…
男保镖属于拔且无情的渣男，原以为他会影中放女主一马，谁知道是个渣男。
Maggie Q 还是美的，打斗戏也有当年《尼基塔》中的风采。但是模仿《史密斯夫妇》的那场从打斗演化出来的性爱，真的是大跌眼镜，违和感十足。反派好猜，人物设置也僵硬，最后还是玩假死的老套戏码。集齐了 Maggie Q、基顿和塞缪尔，剧情却还是如此乏味，Maggie Q算是唯一看点了
囚牢里Q的那段打戏真的太酷了，当时心想“崽子们，让你们欺负Nikita，挨揍了吧”
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