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.
看了之后，更加不想社交date了，其实男变态线因为看过类似的，心里有一定的承受能力了，就是他老婆是被变态折磨这样的，还要帮他，这个就更恶心了。。。。
3.5分，强行尬哭，隔靴搔痒。
疫情，太现实。发生在身边的事，终究是电影很难再引起共鸣的。
可能十年之后就会成经典吧。那个时候的世界会更平和吗？
政治非常正确的一部电影。挺好看的，反杀部分很爽，尤其是杀女反派的时候说，就是因为有你这种人，我们才这么艰难。girls help girls. 然后男酒保逃跑是想说明男的都靠不住么，哈哈，导演还蛮女权的
现在食人和外科医生都挂钩真的有点毛骨悚然了bro（）
2021年的最后一天看了这样的一部电影还是很值的，希望2022年大家都能很好。
遇到这种吃人的bastard，直接叫特种部队来一次净空行动，他们不配活在世上。
Et voilà，2022年第3部新片。
我去 笑了哭了，哭了再哭了，好久没看到这样催泪的电影了，英雄都是小人物里诞生的是真的，一个这样伟大的国家，一个这样众志成城的民族，我坚信，任何风雨与困难都不会把我们摧毁，感谢导演，感谢所有主创，感谢我的国家
刚开始的时候就知道选错电影了，这种感觉在电影开始5-10分钟就会感受到，这个不是故事情节的问题，而是整体的运镜，剪辑，叙事手法，人物的刻画，全方位乏善可陈，没有任何亮点，人物没有一个能立得住，煽情也是硬煽情，第一次遇到这么尴尬的煽情。看到还有一个小时就想走。垃圾片中的垃圾片。要不是抗疫的电影，就直接给一星了。绝对不要看这种垃圾片。评分会在4.5-5分是合理水平。中途居然有几个人走，这种情况绝对罕见，可想而知电影差到什么程度。
一星半。其实并没有那么无聊，我对这种恐怖或者惊悚片就算极其套路极其模式我也看的挺乐呵。可能因为这些类型的片对于我才是打发时间的🍿片的缘故。
谈恋爱这么可怕的吗？和cannibal约会的几率有多大？可怕的是这种事情在世界的某些角落是真实发生的。最后的反杀真是爽啊，不过小黑哥有点不厚道，直接闪人了。P.S.硬把黑白黄凑一起真的有够政治正确
意外得不错，最后咬diao 的路子，想想女主也只有这一条路了
一整个莫名其妙。两个小时的电影结束得也太潦草了，那个开车过来的黑人就这么消失了，和妻子说话的黑衣服壮汉也消失了，妻子跑去赶紧送了个人头，电影就这么结束了。
对于我这种阅惊悚片无数的影变迷态来说，很一般，好的惊悚片都是恶人胜利收场的。导演你个变态拍给主流社会看的吗
一般般的片子，斗智斗勇的环节太过简单，男主遇见女主闺蜜的设定泰国生硬，总体没啥亮点
终于没有最后还是靠男人/场外来救。最后砍她老婆’Bitches like you are the fucking problem ‘爽到了！
别相信任何约会软件。
最后拥抱了自己的老公，这一年，都不容易。
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