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.
强森的冒险旅游连环小骗局，真是爱了。
电影整体中规中矩吧。看看片尾这些苏联英雄，看看当下他们保卫的苏联已不复存在，放到现在他们可能还要变成仇敌，令人叹息。
佐米希尔拉，作为观众，我还是更希望你在悬疑惊悚领域施展才华。丛林奇航固然不差，却不会让人留下深刻印象
前半部很紧凑。结尾震惊了，这么多苏联英雄，截肢后继续开战斗机
真让我猜对了，看片时就在想这导演至少55岁以上，果然60岁了。真的是太老派了，好多年没看过叙事处理这么老派死板教条的电影了，比如让女主从路人口中听见男主残疾，比如好容易爬到目的地起身被射死，比如男主执行任务归来，众人起身注目致敬…… 这哪像是现在的电影？电视剧都不这么拍了。此外，空战场景、荒野求生也就是拍的还凑合，离“好”字差得远。
对比原版美版太直给了反倒破坏了悬疑的气氛…
broken people save broken people, Jake还是如此可口美味下菜下饭🤤
对于熟悉迪士尼电影套路的观众来说，《丛林奇航》是一部纵然你对迪士尼真人电影不抱有任何期待，它也同样能让你为之失望的流水线作品。迪士尼制作的考究是电影唯一地看点，而乏善可陈的故事与莫名牵强的冒险，则使电影让人陷入于了漫长的煎熬。
设定和剧情套路太老了 殖民者探险家的亚马逊奇遇 神迹 传说 漫漫漂流 不死战士 智商拙计的反派 还有永远不缺的浪漫邂逅... 以至于作为风光片都有点不能忍
拍的一般，节奏缓慢 。但还是要向苏联英雄致敬，英勇无畏，意志刚强。 苏联英雄，名副其实。
以为是空战电影结果是荒野求生。最后一段空战有些莫名其妙。但是，英雄需要粉饰也无可厚非。
我一直没找到关于此片真实事件的报道，国内没有。直到我看到影片结尾，才明白——原来截肢之后重返战场的飞行员战斗英雄不是一个人！是很多人！这真个是个战斗的民族！
一切都是套路，除了让巨石吐了一堆双关的台词有点意思。整个特效水平不知道怎么拿到迪士尼验收的
加勒比海盗和印第安纳琼斯的混合丛林版 不对 没怎么拍丛林 基本在河上
主旋律电影，和《长津湖》差不多，自己吹嘘自己
荒野求生还行，其他就算了！不过，根据真实事件改变，原来那个年代真有这么多断腿飞行员。。
真的有战机如最后一幕那样，敬礼是应该的，只怕实际上地面人员忙的没空敬礼，救护才是第一选择。冰天雪地十几天没吃没喝，莫斯科森林冬季野生食物很多么，没有猎人小屋么，明明大篇幅写求生，偏偏没有细节。最惊艳的是夜晚的篝火拍的好，极美。
苏联英雄飞行员群体像！
两颗星给哈尔的，剧情太牵强了，乔这拧拧巴巴硬演，索然无味。
broken people save broken people, Jake还是如此可口美味下菜下饭🤤
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