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.
表达方式过于浅显直接，非常合家欢的故事，蛮适合小朋友看的
优秀的影片，纳粹把人性的恶在各方面表现了出来，包括拳击…讨论了两个有趣的话题：两个人被迫自相残杀，活下来的有罪吗？他是锤子吗？另外不如强者的世界只有锤子钉子，是不是做锤子是唯一的最优解？
流水线产品，无营养，造型也不走心甚至还有些丑
作为幸存者，一方面是一种幸运，另一方面也背负着挥之不去的伤痛
通过独一无二的自己创造属于自己的荣誉。
完整的看下来了，很顺畅，可惜没有哪方面特别吸引我。
全片一般，但这个结尾get到我地点了，加一星👍🏻
浪漫爱情轻喜剧，看着还是挺轻松养眼的 20220430
还是老一套的剧本，只是把摔角人物怪兽化，毫无新意。只适合在周末凑合看看。
非常套路的动画片，主旨就是不要活在父辈的阴影下，不管成功失败，活出自我。
老套的剧情 从最开始基本就能猜到后面的剧情
没有想象中的好。以为是怪兽电力公司那种，但这个怪物明显丑很多
七分
动画就是在非现实的维度里发生奇迹，让人好像打了肾上腺素，暂时忘记现实维度里的纠缠与痛苦，甚至能对生活中积极的一面充满信心。我不会去恨一部动画片，也不会鸡蛋里挑骨头去站pc立场。动画是我的梦幻港。
剧情平平无奇，都在预料之中，不过小朋友倒是很喜欢看
剧情蛮喜欢的。不喜欢女主偶尔的没礼貌，和女主建模吧，那个建模真的让我怀疑是不是2021年，感觉梦回芭比娃娃
剧情很简单甚至可以说俗套但是就能戳中我笑点。"Do not get a nurse. my daughter is dating a doctor."😃医院这段我笑傻。嗑cp的Hannah就是我本人
我一开始是因为封面吸引过来的，加上以前看过怪兽大学和怪兽电力公司两部不错的电影，对怪兽题材有点初始好感，没想到这部这么的一般。可以说完全可以猜到所有走向了。
一个从集中营中幸存下来的人，再怎样都不是正常的。也更值得去过完他的一生。
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