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.
这电影不就是看个乐子么，这么多喜欢的演员在银幕上合作就是对观众最好的礼物了。好喜欢韩姐和康俊哦！李阵郁和李奎炯也超有好感！
虽然有的剧情略显莫名其妙，但年末吃着爆米花看看这种不过脑子的大团圆剧也不是不行🎉
全是熟面孔
一部适合节日氛围的bgm（background movie）
因为是2021.12.31看到2022.1.1
（而且为什么一定要整一对意难平呢。。为什么不把李栋旭欧巴和允儿凑对cp呢。。
真的难看，被李栋旭cut吸引进来，结果剧情好烂……
我爱演员阵容，可是剧情好散啊…感觉更像看了一部酒店宣传片…
看着有点乱，也完全没用心看的一部片子，也难怪没太看明白
和小黄一起看的。非常温暖。2021最后一天能和小黄一起云看这么温情的电影，好幸福。新年快乐！愿2022能天天开心，学业事业一帆风顺，也能收获自己的一份纯粹美好的爱情。感恩。
生活点滴的里的爱情，如人饮水，也同时是各持己见，好的坏的自己判断
所以基本上也只有在游戏里可以做到LOAD/SAVE/RESTART了，呵呵
一开始为了李光洙，后来发现有权相佑，李阵郁，林允儿！ 韩国版《家有喜事》
过于合家欢，导演想导出类似有顶天酒店那样的感觉但是各条路线轴尤其是总裁线，万幸是几个主演演技在线，光洙赞一个！
6分，立意不错，但是越看越繁杂，越看越混乱，本来可能只有几条线，到最后却是乱麻一团，可能这是故意想表达的点吧，一切皆有可能
一分意大利 一分the soulmate/a soul mate 一分给好看的jawline 一分给动容的爱情
那就祝见者新年快乐吧！喜欢韩智旻和憨憨的线，不然直接二星了。。。
郭在容这是怎么了，太空洞了，也就开场录音棚还有点看头。
220101 元旦下载 三日后观影 片中韩智敏唱的卡农歌曲 反复听了N遍 意犹未尽啊
真的是跨年剧，20211231看了一半20220101看了另一半。跨年剧最重要的是Happy Ending，鼓励大家继续向前开启新一年。所以要求也不用太高！
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