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.
故事和情绪都挺到位的，婚礼那段确实有点突兀，但封禁期间看这片，确实有点胸闷。
足够努力拼搏迎来了奇迹，看不出哪里“笨”小孩。。
今年威尼斯节最佳导演奖获得者，女导演简.坎皮恩就是28年前与陈凯歌的《霸王别姬》共同分享戛纳电影节金棕榈奖的人，那时她的作品是《钢琴课》。本片根据美国的小说改编，写早期美国西部牛仔生活，也可谓写了个“男同”的奇情故事。导演厉害处在于其极度含蓄地控制力，以及在细腻的人物刻画中显示的功力。只是平淡地敘说很难引起观众的共鸣。男主演卷福的表演出色。
被“收编”之后的文牧野，极其适合拍这种“道路是曲折的，前途是光明的”城市形象宣传片，可有问《当幸福来敲门》拿版权费？另外，从未露面的本地房东和已功成名就的深一代仿佛立在主人公面前的两座大山，这座平均年龄全国最低的城市，外地人神话还能凑效吗？
主旋律的作品能拍成这样，煽情却克制住了滥情，整体积极向上折中，也算是在中国影视环境内发掘出了一条新路。
这个叙述流程确实是跟药神有相似的，因某件事更加团结，一路受挫，除了车斗戏有些离谱外，其他倒都是能接受且爱看的，剧情连贯几乎没有茶歇空间，很大的问题是妹妹状态太好了，完全不像病人，说是雨天会咳嗽，实际上台风天都不带咳嗽的。以前因为易烊千玺主演就不去看这种偏见确实是不对的，还是仅把他当作新人演员比较好
很好很流畅，但是现在看这种结尾越发让人觉得胆怯了，不知道是我变了，还是世界变了，还是世界其实一直没变过
妹妹真的好可爱啊
足够努力拼搏迎来了奇迹，看不出哪里“笨”小孩。。
给四字弟弟打五星。最后一幕鸡血味太重、扣半星
文牧野的电影贵在足够真实，并且可以在很多无形的限制中讲好故事。这次在深圳这个大熔炉里，他的故事相信依旧能打动不少人
文导讲故事的本领很棒，虽然没有《我不是药神》那么震撼，但依然很励志，还会戳到你的泪点，易洋千玺的戏越来越棒，这次甚至超越了《送你一朵小红花》中的演出，而王宁、章宇、田雨、齐溪、许君聪一众演员们的搭戏也都很精彩，在疫情肆虐的当下看完它，的确能让人振奋不已！
有些人在看创业，有些人在看拼搏。我在看不离不弃，相互依偎
实在是被深深的治愈了，愿每一个努力的平凡人都能拥抱奇迹
还是药神一样的现实主义题材，还是一样在现实困境里的小人物的英雄之路，在电影的娱乐功能之外，它还具有更警示和启迪的深远意义
每次看完四字的电影，易烊千玺都变成千玺了，这孩子演技太好，很难不让人喜欢。
所有的草台班子都会很温情，不知道谁搞得设定到处都在套用
勉强给个及格分。拍出《药神》的文牧野也让我失望了。很难共情，故事桥段和矛盾冲突设计的痕迹太明显了。太多“道德绑架”，太多“狗血鸡汤”，看开头猜到结尾系列，灵性还不如同题材的《一点就到家》。
类型片了。给了许多深圳光鲜的特写，也没有回避深圳的现实。结尾过于理想了，但有时我们需要那一点美好，即便我们知道那很虚妄。
7.3分，前面不错，有泪点有笑点，但是深夜车站追击戏大可不必，结尾更是一塌糊涂，还不如结尾到电梯里那场戏呢，不过优点也有，许多细节不错，剧情是老套没什么新意的鸡汤片，但是四字的演技肉眼可见的强了，不是四字粉但是因为有四字女友粉的好朋友，我真的也几乎是一路陪着她看了不少四字，确实是越来越好，希望四字加油，演员们都演技在线
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