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.
没有想象的好看，本来是冲着演员阵容看的，到头来悬疑感也不够，紧张感也不够。故事的落点居然是这样的情感，我更希望就是排外自封扭曲到底，前半段那样不是蛮好的，哎
故事一般，结尾有点拉胯。可就凭L和月的同框，就值得一看就，而且对手戏还很多……
@@@（2021-11-12）攻殻機動隊 SAC_2045 持続可能戦争（攻壳机动队：SAC_2045 剧场版）
剧情就是流水账，一枪一个，连姆尼森老而弥坚，强撑硬汉，好辛苦，加颗星！
结局确实有些令人失望，全程没有推理过程，主观感受大于一切。没有最后自爆环节，想必很难结案吧。
尼森老头已经打不动了，还要坚持演动作片，精神可歌可泣。这片子想表达的就是警匪一家，最后还得靠稍微有点正义感的警察来私刑。
还是熟悉的味道，而且塔奇克马很可爱；电影世界里的混乱源于米国的贸易战，也点出了日本被米国控制的问题。
连姆尼森真的是永远的神，世界上最酷的杀手，最正义的杀手。虽老矣，仍最有味道
这个就是第一季的全部剧集接在一起，加上来自第二季的一点剧透，然后换了个顺序，确实没必要专门看
比较老套了，明显是老了，动作场面都没啥了，而且也拍得太长了点。
那啥，演员名单里随便拎一个出来演技都是能打的吧，太白瞎这个阵容了。（松ken、饼、神木dd表示这点事算啥，我们什么场面没见过啊哈哈哈哈哈哈哈wwww）
我还比较喜欢这种故事 有很多意外发生 结尾有点牵强 最后男主那一幕没看懂 不像监狱 带着手铐要去干嘛也不交代一下……另外片长没必要这么长 近几年日本的剧情片十有八九都超两小时 这不需要跟风吧
这个系列倒是适合拍真人。配乐虽然流水线但也还不错。林原惠美。奥浩哉。卡司。全部系列看下来就觉得真人电影那版爆米花感了。太烦这里的一些人物，痣男，遮发男，渣子。那个勇敢站出来被渣子QJ，被霸凌死掉的女孩
挺好啊，就是结局反转没亮点。饼哥演农民太合适了！shi体扔海里不好吗？拿简历不怕留下指纹吗？
連恩尼遜這便當領的好讓人無語🙃（還我地表最強老爸😤
不是很好看，看得我想睡觉，剧情好无聊，讲了贩卖人口，还有杀手
剧情很简单，是小岛人民愚钝的拯救意识，反向迫害了小岛的生存。发小的反水，是能预见的，如果是妻子反水，更有看点。
快进看了一下剪辑逻辑，然后又看了眼新画面和第二季预告。给个和第一季一样的分吧。
很久没看文艺片了，这片的节奏让我想到了电影节的展映影片，影片中无花果是希望也是绝望的果实，小岛上如果那天老伯与小伙没有一起出现，那么“噪音”究竟是谁？这座薛定谔的小岛好似抽屉里有一把枪，是的，我打开了抽屉枪确实在抽屉里，那么我永远不打开那个抽屉是不是枪永远不会在抽屉里？饼哥最后10分钟演技真的无人能敌，情绪太到位了！ 另外我太爱这张的构图了 ！！
不好不坏 结局到底想说啥 是人性的扭曲还是道德的沦丧？
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