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.
目的性过强，有一种情节推动只为了下一场打斗的即视感，不过还算合格商业片吧
把一个非常现实和独特性的真实故事改得太商业类型化了。而且处理的的非常简单模糊，后面尤其扯。
深度怀疑这部电影是为了黑韩国公安而拍摄的，嫌犯在市中心被堵到，基本被控制的情况下都能逃脱。找到嫌犯窝点竟然还能被算计，最后竟然靠黄大神反杀才抓住嫌犯……只能说黄政民很努力，编剧太菜鸡
有这样完美的影星偶像吗？在生死之间毫无动摇拼死保护从未谋面的普通人
三星-：如果单论本片，你会觉得黄政民挺能演也很会装，以为是条好汉。对比过两个版本之后，瑕瑜互见，没啥好多说的。
咱们那版，王千源是神；韩国这版，黄政民是神。
黄政民是我最喜欢的韩国演员，人家国家演员演啥像啥，咋们国家的娘炮演啥不像啥，吃啥啥不剩
经纪公司跟死了一样？？人质小姐姐是鱿鱼游戏里那个小女孩
黄政民演黄政民反而失去了特色。看的时候忍不住想，如果是李政宰来演李政宰，会不会很出彩？就像看鱿鱼游戏的时候想，如果黄政民演成奇勋，又会是什么样的呈现？
经纪公司跟死了一样？？人质小姐姐是鱿鱼游戏里那个小女孩
被绑架女孩的发型。
正如黄政民被绑匪打得乌眼青一样给改的面目全非！这次韩国编导嗑药了吧？嗨飞过头了！什么乱七八糟的。
就这片这么多打3星的？我觉得因为黄政民可以给1星，不然这个片必须0分，韩国电影万年不变的日常黑警察，呵呵
青龙影帝演技完全没问题，但就先入为主的概念来说，翻拍的不好。韩化的画蛇添足，很多硬伤，缺少真实感。
三星是黄政民粉丝滤镜。
C罩杯好亮（啊不是，韩版翻拍的其实不错，变成了俺喜欢看的黄政民动作片了，棒子警察一如既往废物啊
重温完肉山黄政民和千代的经典对决，突然想看正版的片。几个绑匪的选角差点意思，电视剧型表演。李瑜美真好看
千亿票房巨星黄政民在本片中饰演被绑架的千亿票房巨星黄政民！剧情没有吾先生紧凑，后部分一直在拍出逃，警匪人质三方角力被淡化了，最后雨中的打戏真是黄政民最狰狞的表演了，我丁青什么时候被打成这样过？还有是不是有丁青就会有李仲久啊哈哈哈，黄政民说西巴真是很有感觉啊！可以看的爽片。
镜头很真实，跑半天跑不掉也很揪心，躲着以为安全了，结果又被抓住，蚌埠住了～
已经可以总结出这类电影的共同点 坏人战斗力爆表 警察无能 凭借主角光环和反派内讧取胜 绑匪甚至表现的比黄政民出彩 让人恨的牙痒痒
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