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.
看之前预设过不怎么样，但没想到难看成这个样子……
尺度好大我甚至感觉自己在看pxrn
不为爱情倾尽所有的女孩，不因为爱情迷失自己的女孩最棒。
哈哈哈哈小甜片。剧情真的很无聊诶就单纯看脸看身材。寸头浓眉猛男我可！短发女主整个造型好像伯德小姐，好看捏。
太难看了，不但没有爽到，三观还碎了一地，想打一星的，但是看在女主好看的份上勉强二星吧
网飞拍do戏越来越烂 你们欧美现在都热衷拍pua小言了么
听说颜值很高来看的，感觉也就那样么…苏也没感觉出来苏…没啥意思…
看来卖拷贝是要把狂轰乱炸这条老路一直走到黑了 我盗版狗两个多小时看下来都真的很累 进影院的可以考虑出来上个大号放松下
都是自家人我就不端着了 男主请你给我口 谢谢二位的床上演出 其他只能说白人真的很傻白甜
乍一看放飞自我，好像要搞点新意思，定睛一看还是三板斧，实在没多大意思。解放摄影机不是不行，但如此放肆地上天入地属实是魔怔了，毫无节制的感官刺激会让人迅速厌倦，滥用无人机的“过山车视角”则是黔驴技穷的表现。失控的状态体现在文戏上，全是行为逻辑的断裂。——能犯下惊天大案，但拿不出成熟的脱身计划；明明是被逼上绝路的亡命之徒，为了电影节奏要故意装出闲庭信步的片刻；拼死要救活车里的警察，却可以无所顾忌地干掉路上的警察。最要命的是根本看不到两个主角的兄弟情，却偏要硬卯出两次无趣的反转。要知道只有准备齐其他所有要素，观众才能享受纯粹动作带来的快感。
虽然这俩主角剧里表现得像小朋友过家家，年龄加起来没我鞋码大，但谁能拒绝美男呢，男主真的太帅太性感了9命，这种片请多多来一点
无意看到的视频剪辑，还以为电影有多好看😓还tm熬夜看的 浪费时间😑
还可以啊 就无脑甜剧麻 何必讲究那么多 看颜就好啦
剧情弱智算什么呢，这年头还能看到养眼的BG真的谢天谢地了
全世界都爱玛丽苏哈哈哈哈，因为男主太是我的胃口加了一颗星
台词好差劲，为什么大多数片子都是这样，男主身经百战，女主却是个处女😅男主的腰扭得很带劲，但是剧情人设真的很傻逼
剧情比暮光之城更中二，架不住男女主颜值真的好高
西语片真的看一眼就知道是西语片，热烈直球，西班牙男人好帅！想起小时候迷恋的皇家马德里哈哈哈哈
男孩的富豪父亲告诉他们兄弟三，男和女可以随便玩，爱情无益；女孩的妈妈鼓励内向酷爱写作的女儿出去派对，相信自己。很欣赏女孩妈妈的教育方式，片尾女孩发言说是男孩鼓励的，我倒是觉得妈妈鼓励的比较贴切。
很可惜迈克尔贝并没有在老套的叙事当中创造出新的东西，当炫目的光圈衬托杰哈的废话连篇的时候，我的耐心在被一点点消耗掉。2.5.
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