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.
好难看啊.....为什么要拍这么难看的电影😓
简单粗暴 纯粹的不能再纯粹的武侠片 无差别砍砍砍那哥们就更纯粹了
就看了10分钟，满屏的做作和对加勒比海盗拙劣的模仿，一星给卡司吧。
在影视工业网看了这部片子的幕后系列直播！更爱了！！力推！走心的电影 幕后也很精彩！
看了剧组去录制的综艺 本来期待值还挺高的 打扰了 要不是韩孝周我真是十分钟都没法坚持
着实一般 剪辑非常是个问题 吴世勋演技非常尬 需要继续努力
很用心的一部电影。近几年这类的影片真的很少了。
- [ ] 幽默！大势：“哈哈哈 养肥了 继续拿钱 进行比刀”
这才是中国大陆真正的武侠片、西部片，粗狂、浑厚、男人味儿十足又不乏细腻感
如果可以把时长控制在90分钟，应该还不错，2个小时真的是乱而长
剧情台词稍微有些单薄，但是打斗环节很不错，看得出来有用心设计
韩式《加勒比海盗》，冒险、热血、搞笑，下饭的话也还算可以，挺有意思的，希望别有下部了……
打戏，剧情都很不错。武打动作很写实，不像现在普遍的武打玄幻片。很久没有看到这么真实的武打动作了，值得力荐！！！
不错，武术指导真心不错，真刀实枪的即视感，没过多的花里胡哨。。另外镜头有新龙门客栈及剑雨的即视感。
海底火山漩涡冲浪贼船炮战，12头颅机关陷阱刀客闪电阵；偶像团长谈恋爱，再多财宝也无用——前面蛮无聊的，最后半小时的动作场面设计还有点看头
武打和演技双在线，但是个人不太喜欢这个题材… 导演啥时候拍个仙侠呀
打戏好过90%以上武侠。冷兵器格斗的电影表现十分惊艳。文戏的话太一般也不知道是谁写的。
这是一部让我从片名喜欢到幕后的片子，……也许，江湖就是这样吧，刀光剑影，酣畅淋漓，侠肝义胆，热血千秋！作为一个武侠小迷，很欣赏这部片子的打戏，一招一式尽显真功夫，一人一刀诉尽江湖心！
这才是中国大陆真正的武侠片、西部片，粗狂、浑厚、男人味儿十足又不乏细腻感
虽然全员脸熟 都算是比较讨喜的演员 但是这剧情也未免太下头了 虽然有几点地方也很搞笑 但是有点聒噪
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