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.
像是文艺片，那个头发凌乱的疯子，果然是大佬
真的不好的电影几分钟是可以判断的，快进拉完之后，确实不行啊。
想用家庭关系的瓦解来塑造恐怖意向，但是表现手法和人物塑造单薄的让人摸不着头脑
《新世界》低配黑帮版……勉强6分吧！
总感觉差点啥，仔细想想应该是冲突和气场不够！
2.5，除了特效以外其他哪里像个21世纪的片子？
如果加半个小时给这部电影为观众疏理清楚脉络，那值得10/10
一开始以为是泰剧，芬兰话和泰国话好像，剧情老套牵强
北欧遗传厄运 女儿对于虎妈的反抗 怪物代表阴暗面的自己
再严肃一点精致一点冷峻一点就可以称为《釜山往事》了。心软是做不了老大的，《新世界》李子成已经说明了这点。
一部看似平淡无奇的电影，讲述两人一鸟为爱迷失的故事。
莱托怎么DC漫威都混这么差，长得帅也不顶用啊。有没有一种可能我们想看莱托演吸血鬼不是演这种。
家庭环境中生出来的怪物。想要抛弃掉的那部分的令人恐惧的我，实在是跟母亲更像，其实是同一个我，只是在最后这形式和比例更加精妙，也铸造了更“完美”更能让母亲满意的我。
跟着男主在帮派中的演变看待帮派的演变。旁观来看，现实只能冷血。
女儿是替妈妈孵化了这颗蛋吧，看样子妈妈要把这只乌鸦养大了……
编剧肯定是听了那首中文歌“长大后我就成了你”
三星吧，勉强能看，毕竟最近也确实没啥能看的了，剧情过于寡淡了，人物角色也都没立起来，大场面也没有，看到最后甚至有种强行潦草收尾的感觉。
超自然的成分要大于恐怖成分，鸡娃主要原因在于妈妈，想表现的东西很多很杂反而没有重点。
经过大海的一番磨砺，卵石才变得更加美丽光滑。
蠻有新意的恐怖電影，過程中也有驚嚇點，可惜沒在大螢幕上看🥲
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