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.
网瘾老年这辈子还真就是写了一个人物然后反复拍。饶是如此，好片不是严格按照理论就能拍出来的
8.3 奥斯卡伊萨克最好的角色，William Tell一改往常疯癫的赌徒形象，赌博于他只是逃离现实的唯一途径，疲惫不堪地眼眶中满是虚无，即便是半点激情都形如幻觉，在不知不觉中轻而易举地覆灭。
日常与戏剧的边界。床单罩起酒店房间的每一寸家具，一手最好的牌，身体永远储存的痛苦与屈辱。USA！USA！
男主深情得很不真实&普通人千万别像女主那样在办公室主动跟异性讲私密话题，现实生活中只会被Me too或成为全办公室茶余饭后的笑话
男主好典型一白男，看多了政治正确居然还挺有新鲜感（洗眼了这年头中外影视想看主角长得周正点都难)，人设性格是我喜欢的那类虽然有点creepy，女主是我爱的小辣椒型，蛮可爱的。导演的画面色彩我都挺喜欢的，节奏也不拖沓，不讲爱情也有种单纯的好笑，在这类电影里都算是做的不错的了
bgm好听是真的。
比较一般了，宅男可怜兮兮，男主卖卖肉，剧情和琼瑶剧差不多，整天都在你无理取闹。
good for time killing
一部最多只可以给到三颗星的爱情轻喜剧。几乎是看完这部影片后的同时，又重新看了一遍约翰库萨克的《缘分天注定》，相比20年前的作品，爱情轻喜剧在这20年里几乎是没有任何新的发展与进步，原地踏步不说，还可能呈现出某种退步。
挺好的，轻松欢乐，好久没这种轻松了，中间有个插曲很好听，男女主角选的真好，流口水🤤
不费脑的爱情电影 男主身材soooo hot！！
荷尔蒙爆棚的，让人忍不住嘴角上扬的，爱情喜剧电影。
好简单，好喜欢。适合冬天在软绵绵的被窝里观看。
男女主颜值在线，不错😊
5.5分，男女互动还行，前半段斗法太短，根本就是在调情。
本姑娘觉得很好看，真的需要一些无脑爱情喜剧活下去……喜欢男暗恋，男的对待感情认真，还叫女主shortcake，哪里讨厌女主了哈哈哈哈也只有女主这种一点就爆炸的小可爱才会这样觉得。dream一下。。。
故事精彩 节奏精当 演技精湛 质地精美
This is how you fall in love🥹
七分吧！男主真的好蛊身材也太棒了吧！后面有一点点没懂，就是男主和他上司的那段对话，所以是为了激励女主故意说的吗？那他是把职位故意让给女主的?不懂
男女主还是有点化学反应的，男的前半小时还不错，但后面两人谈开了反而气场不足了，没之前帅了！原来定位小清新电影，女主很有主导的感觉
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