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.
中规中矩的网络武侠电影，受限于体量问题整个故事比较简单单一，但好就好在就是这份质朴让本片看起来特别有以前内味，路见不平一声吼该出手时就出手，大侠眼瞎心不瞎，有点帅的。（雪中屠戮敌手全家一场戏创意不错，火遁之术出乎意料）
逻辑有时感到莫名，不过在国产片里算尚可了。多加一星
说实话，哪个哥哥闯了祸还去参加妹妹的婚礼？这个设定真的可以了。
小女故意回来给宇公子射死，再一激瞎子内心潜藏已久的杀心。最后，宇公子死在白雪纷飞的黑白画面中，白学飘在黑夜中，异常唯美。只是老马出现时，暴露了聚光灯，实在太亮了。亮得有点晃眼。不过看着很爽，点赞！
卯足了劲讲个故事，但终究做戏而已。太过于符号化，最终也就只留于形式。
另，喷酒点燃刀刃这招，是来自《浪客剑心》的志志雄的启发?
远程Boss为了送，强行切近战，并开嘲讽。
我在这个地方生活这么多年，才知道这是一个没有王法的地方。
武侠动作片回来了！你知道我等了多久吗，至少十年了
近几年少见的优秀武侠片，可惜限于制作投入，整体感觉浅尝即止。
不过，导演应该借鉴了很多日本剑戟片的拍摄和叙事风格，所以有些地方会感觉怪怪的。但已经很值得鼓励了，现在顶着武侠的烂片烂剧真的太多了，这样脚踏实地的网大已经算是小小的清流了。
场景、服装、化妆、道具都可圈可点，几场动作戏的氛围感也很贴切，甚至是电影片名和剧情设定都有一种玄机和深意，唯独剧情，体量小而单薄，结束前的复仇戏份几乎无波无澜，少了很多的悬念和跌宕。
从配音、视听、打光、剪辑和表演，全方位，360度给你展示一部3分网大的水准……搞笑就搞笑在我吃饭前还在复习《杀人回忆》，吃完饭就开始看这种水准的片子，真是不怕不识货，就怕货比货
故事挺简单的，但是效果好，有些场景有点黑泽明电影的感觉
2022.07.02于南京高科荣境
干净利落，侠气逼人。最爱雪天火焰刀，黑暗背景下的终极对决。
不过这个“盲侠”的IP，感觉做成系列剧很不错啊，每一集（季）一个故事，以类似说书人的视角娓娓道来，一个侠义之士的传奇。
在网大里算的很精良了，国产武侠也需要多多唤醒了，另外谢苗真帅啊！
瞎子原来是当年死守睢阳的成乙！打斗挺精彩，只是为了一个萍水相逢的女人，害得自己的老情人被乱箭射死，值吗？
看看这镜头，看看这画面，看看这打戏，看看这语言，看看这服道化！这，特么的就叫电影，就叫艺术。
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