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.
3.5。全片看下来，其实该有的东西一样也不少，完全是迪斯尼该有的面相，可能差就差在那么一口气让高光时刻来的更耀眼一些。说真的，比起那些动不动就又唱又跳的迪斯尼，我也许更吃这个路数的皮克斯。
关于剧情，《光年正传》犯了跟《英雄无归》相同的错误，即整部电影都基于主角在解决自己作死制造出来的麻烦，而他愚蠢的队友让每场冒险看起来都毫无必要，看着相当膈应。
2022.6.4@百度网盘 太喜欢达子肆无忌惮的笑容了，感觉什么忧愁都不会有。看了彩蛋很期待下一部
人设和故事模式化了，缺少了新意，剧场版一部接一部，只是故事发生的背景越来越高级，骗取的金额越来越大。主角永远不会被骗，所以一切被骗都是为了骗到别人套中套。长泽雅美虽然依旧美丽但是还是在偷偷变老啊。马耳他的风景有点好，被种草了。
渣东是真的没有下一部了吧。哎，看到star的时候突然咯噔了一下，还有在心里默默想起了哈鲁马～
挖提提真是无处不在啊。太无聊了，喵2-咪2也不怎么萌。不适合饭后看，淀粉充血，完全昏的不省人事。
啥玩意，如果当年Andy看的是这部电影就只会买那只猫了，买巴斯光年干嘛
依旧是这个系列最擅长的换视角解扣的手法，因为此前大套路基本如此让这一部也并不至于惊叹的地步，但是完成度还是不错的。这一集是以夺宝为主题，第一章以达子的视角开，和两个伙伴要为了争夺一个英雄的名号，而要去马耳他拿到一个国宝维也纳。在富豪那边遇到了已经扮作美术商潜入的小少爷，和开篇就出现的国际刑警，眼看计划要得手，富豪老婆却和小少爷都被绑架了。于是第二章以小少爷的视角开始出，这一切看似都在他算计当中，接近富豪老婆，等到他发现富豪老婆心脏病发，良心发现要举报达子等人。视角再换到理查德，看似下了一盘很大的棋，策划了绑架案。结果三人都因为小少爷的举报被捕。第四章随之开始，是国际刑警和日本警察的视角，原来早发现三人身份，又如何故意中计，其实是了解小少爷会被情感左右加以利用。再后发现国际刑警居然就是BOSS
达子第一次吃瘪吧。电影好长，略感无聊。最后的反转不知道是不是已经被我摸清了套路，也没那么刺激了。不过看到小少爷被耍还是挺爽的。
杰西和star，虽然轻轻带过，让人不胜唏嘘
外国人全是日本人演的，有钱大佬套金色假发，警官戴美瞳……你以为我们看不出来吗混蛋
TOY STORY fan被气到半死。 明明在光速旅行这个设定下有那么多可写，几十年来的物是人非、巴斯自身的悔恨和挣扎、新老巴斯的价值冲突…影片却还是花了大半的时间来让菜鸟三人组搞怪耍宝。除了提供一些生硬至极的说教以外毫无建设性，并且因为三人组的犯蠢没有任何后果反倒使全片渲染的真实系科幻风格显得异常的可笑。反派佐格一方的压迫感甚至不如玩具2开头的游戏短片、飞船和机器人科技的来源直接被老巴斯一句“借的”就给糊弄过去了…就不解释了？
又一次局中局。赤星又一次开心地笑了，反倒是小猫雕像着实有些惨了。结局大逆转，终究还是师父更加厉害一些呢
太吵了，女主的表演我一直很不喜欢。。。而且结尾反转十分不合理，一个全世界骗了那么多艺术品的大骗子，最后再到在没开导航上？那么个屋子，不安监控么。
算是皮克斯很一般的水准，不光是故事吸引人的程度不够、原创性不高，平到有点无聊以至于中段差点睡着，细节上也很“科幻”到牵强。而且当然靠萌物卖萌来弥补电影质量的缺陷的手法真的是可以停一停了。
完全不是期待中的皮克斯水准，那么萌的小猫一开口是抠脚大汉在扯着嗓子喵喵喵卖萌，简直冰墩墩开口说话噩梦既视感。还不如让Turning Red上院线呢！
竟然每一次都有突破，也是难得了。长泽雅美也太美了，最后的定格好可爱。最后关于英雄的探讨也很深刻。杰西和star 标志性的物件出现的时候有些泪目……
没有英雄的国家并非不幸，需要英雄的国家才是不幸的。
不知道还能来几部 每部看着开开心心的
还是熟悉的多重反转套路，但我已经这熟悉这三个人了，哪怕小少爷已经有点破相了……
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