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.
本来做好会很糟糕的准备看的，但今年这部真是超出预期的好看。
蜡笔小新是过了不管多少年 都是让老阿姨潸然泪下
剧情方面，是一如既往的拯救世界的题材，这次的冒险既不是和伙伴也不是家人，是「大约四个勇者」。可惜在于，这个精神内核，友情与纯真，作为子供向有点难以理解，作为成人向也太过初级，或许制作组对于自己的定位其实也很迷茫吧。
近年来最好的蜡笔小新电影。从op，画风，色彩运用，淡入的介绍，不乱玩设定都可以看出这是诚心之作。
当你无力救人，舆论把你推入深渊。
吃老本也不用心点，看样子是没东西了，还每年一部，你行吗？
三个涂鸦出来的角色设定十分好！大人们的贪生怕死有时还不及小朋友的勇往直前，十分社畜！
蜡笔用完，小新就从英雄变成了罪恶之源。成人还真的自私又无趣。
总的来说，这次的剧场版非常不错，结尾能够看到所有角色全部登场
还是感动得流泪啊，小新，你要永远开心下去啊
除夕夜看完的，是怎么做到如此深情浪漫 又怀抱幻想与童趣，不舍天真，是真的不舍天真。
还是真的不错，人性刻画得真的很好，一如既往地爱这个五岁的小屁孩
各要素杂烩:外星入侵，天选欧皇，白神呆神，新风撒糖，脚臭攻击，臭屁降落，新角色助攻，左卫门叛变，防卫队会合……丝丝不乱。
“动手吧！动手吧！大家一起动手吧！来吧 来吧！动手吧！”大家需要齐心协力 而不是内斗。片中展现了人性的丑恶
小新："再也不想和任何人分别"
穿了两天的内裤莫名很像正南。
只能勉强凭借情怀再看了 这部里最有魅力的是那个短暂存在的涂鸦女 小新的行为话语越来越套路化了
我就是喜欢看小新，新酱每一年都在这个令人失望的是世界给我一丝光。
虽然设定挺老套的，一句话概括就是新神笔马良的故事。
剧场的结局说明了日本制作者们仍然相信，时代再怎么更迭，蜡笔也不会被遗弃，来自孩子们的那份纯真，是大人不会有的，新时代的孩子们，不要被电子产品所束缚，尽情的挥洒脑海中的创意，小孩子才是最有创意的艺术家。
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