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.
最终我还是愿意给这部电影五颗星。
为了疼痛而疼痛，强行伤痛，整个剧情就是在伤痛和伤痛，很一般,看完一遍后感觉是一个时间闭环故事，创意满分
如果最近两三年非常密集的跟踪社会新闻政治新闻，早就愤怒失望绝望无数次再回归平静了。主创们倒是表达了自己的讽刺、恐慌爽到了，可是真的好无能啊。单论故事，讲得既不疯狂又不有趣，讽刺的所有点都没有现实荒诞，更别说还能留下多少思考了。
年度搞笑大片，就是显得粗制滥造了（更搞笑了
娱乐至死，政客只搞政治，娱乐只搞娱乐，资本家即搞资本又搞政治，科学无人问津。
5555555 真诚而善良 每次都会让我痛哭一场 或许是最后的这一次也谢谢hilda
居然能在假面骑士里看到这样成熟的镜头和质感，还有明显电影风格化的叙事，和TV本篇完全是两个东西，如果没有变身特摄戏，说这是一部常规电影也完全不过分。但可惜外传的时长限制，二骑和三骑的故事线明显感情渲染不足，但与TV相比还是比下有余。总之能在特摄棚看到这么有质感的外传真的是非常惊喜了，希望以后能在时长上打破常规，往真正的“电影”靠拢
感觉如果以没看过tv的人视角来看回，会有很深的感受。推荐多刷。
唯一的缺点就是短，篇幅不够描写伦太郎和贤人这两条线，显得仓促了点，但瑕不掩瑜，整体基调跟托马老师线几乎完美，后者直接超神，是一个值得与一看的假面最佳外传之一
有些观感上的割裂，明显经费不足的地方，主题上的一些解释不恰当。但是ed满分 氛围满分 非常棒的尝试
还挺好看的，欧亨利式结尾。剧情有点赶，伦太郎爹的动机有点立不住脚，其他都还可以吧。贤人新形态好看飞了，魅力无边，漂亮月神。八年后托马老师可真帅啊，当爹好加分，狠狠梦了。
但是，世界很复杂，陌生人不总是好人，正因为他们充斥的爱与恨很强烈，他们有时候也很危险。所以在了解一个人之前，我们得竖起墙。了解一个人后，我们才能打开心门。
有些观感上的割裂，明显经费不足的地方，主题上的一些解释不恰当。但是ed满分 氛围满分 非常棒的尝试
朋友们，看看，不take things seriously的人是多么可恶，简直想血压不上来都难。毁灭吧真的。/重点说说表姐，她已经很久没有打动我的角色了，但这次这个角色我意外觉得很可爱。
非常夸张，像漫画一样，不过讽刺效果达到了。
有深度的骑士电影不多了，就是太短了，很多细节没有展开
小心翼翼地讲了一个意识形态撕裂后的恐怖故事，但又不敢太严肃，所以做成了一个爆米花。有时候确实也想大吼 would people just stop being so fucking pleasant? not everything needs to sound clever.
有被触动到 个人理解父亲只是为见到伦太郎而编织这么一个谎言 要是没有这事情 伦爹就会像结局那样一生都无法再见到伦宝了吧
吐槽非常密集，all about USA 而在两个小时的针砭时弊后又是关于珍惜身边人和family，就很适合同一语境中的观众在节日里一边做饭一边看。至少这一次真的毁灭了。两个彩蛋都很妙
对这部的感情很复杂。一方面对于早就知道人类药丸的小行星派而言，它这程度还不够，对于其余观众而言，它又是过于明显的气候变化类比。类似的末日讽刺片上溯至奇爱博士，它当然达不到那个层次，而且中后段就开始重复和疲惫，但它确实很让人难过。我可以对前两个小时的闹剧保持deadpan脸（因为那就是社媒日常嘛），最后10分钟意外温情的聚餐竟然让人瞥见了一点点人类的闪光——感觉这种临死之际的表现才是电影高光。（最高级的段子是开篇那个白宫免费零食，其他的就浮浅了。看完后我理解了友邻说的“拍片治病”是什么意思……这种愤怒宣言大概仅对导演一个人的心理复建有（一点点）效。
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