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.
如果止步于描绘同性青少年的暧昧和情欲就是满分作品，但后续因世俗而变虐的戏码让这部电影变得俗套。
好青涩好可爱！（主要是因为太吃两位的颜了）杰米真的拉拉典范穿着，红的绿的黄的各种法兰绒格子衬衫，还有一直戴着的拉拉帽hhh
（ps:吉米完全是我的理想型啊，好想和她谈恋爱）
温暖、欣慰，日常。拍出了很多日本人的浪漫和文化，今天刚说要去京都玩，结果电影里第一个场景就是两个人去京都旅游。还有日本人的赏樱也太浪漫了吧，打包美食，到公园野餐，几个人就什么也不做，静静赏樱，啊，很美好啊
三星半吧。厕所隔间那里拍的挺不错，整个故事框架好似违命前传（？
做菜部分拍的挺不错。
对于新体系内部的控制刻画太少了，比较失去力度。
what is this？ im am also confused. your lion pet pet is laughing at you
十年了 爷终于又嗑上cp了😭 肯鸡真是世界上最好的1 我想跟走在这里的每个人都炫耀你的好😭😭😭
电影院厕所那段，太纯太欲了！！这俩演员实际年龄相差七八岁，但看起来化学反应还是不错的~女二颜值稍微欠缺，后面也太憔悴了些。又是恐婚恐男人的一天。
删减了原作一些心理活动 少了一些层次 让全剧看起来更静好了一点。确实不适合电影化。
拍成电影的话节奏还是有点奇怪，但是还是很戳人心吧，继承了剧版的优点。一日三餐，两人四季的生活终究在继续，互相的一点小事会变得越来越敏感，所以要好好珍惜当下，珍惜彼此呀。
开局出现宗教元素，我就有种不好的预感，果不其然又一次被虐得心痛。是那种没有对错却无法在一起的最无奈的爱情。
印象最深刻的是两个桥段。第一个桥段是史朗的父母对于同性恋还是有些介意而失二勉为其难表示理解，父母真的是性少数群体心中一把很隐秘的尖刺啊。第二个桥段是阿航对结婚生子有诸多怨言，失二说:“虽然不理解，但是值得开心的事情还是要高兴。”目前，我很抗拒参加任何满月宴和结婚仪式，表面上想要划清边界可是内心里是对得不到的遗憾，谁不希望能结婚生孩子呢。而失二的看法让我有了一些新的思考。
厕所背后抱和浴缸洗礼太美了，吻脖子吻下巴真的好温柔，不喜欢这种宗教题材自带的压抑气氛，两个人每次贴贴的时候我都屏住呼吸害怕有人突然出现（🙄️最后十分钟好致郁，看到小孩出现在后座那里真的想晕倒…anyway，女主好灵，像永远不会say no的大狗勾。
''I know. But she is.''
我为什么要吃你们的狗粮，讨厌T-T。贤二一开始的短发不太好看，后来做了造型就好t.m帅（不过三秒，被夸了就马上破功娇娇捏着嗓子扭着屁股说“讨厌~”）
居然没床戏！！kiss也没有！！我要看西岛秀俊脆皮鸭文学立刻马上╯-__-)╯ ╩╩
电影版延续了昨日美食的精髓，日常的琐碎切片，细碎处的爱意和温情更显细腻。总觉得这里的西岛秀俊笑的格外真实和动人（省流版：没亲到
她的妈妈是被驱逐走的，影片的结尾是她爱的人回到她身边。那接下来将会怎样？
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