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.
是真的不知道看了半天拍了个啥……太混乱了。
能想到《美丽心灵》或《模仿游戏》，好久没看到把数理逻辑放在电影里做出圆熟的叙事的片子了。可以说用得简单了或是纯然玩弄一些“噱头数学”的概念，但依然难掩一种跳动活跃的气质——那是微积分的极限或函数上的动点、是黎曼猜想也是高中数学。越高阶的数学反而数字越少，精确的符号在现实之中屏幕之外震动，寥寥几笔，尽是人类大脑的荣光。
小朋友看會比較喜歡, 標準可愛溫馨帶教育意義的卡通
本来打三星稳稳地。。但最后一段演说 生生被我脑海中的阿尔帕西诺无情的羞辱了。。。所以对不起啦 Colonel让我最多打两星
数学最需要什么？聪明？努力？会让人接下来就放弃，真正需要的是：勇气。
最后晃笔的情节很《特工》，但南北线太浅了，崔珉植怎么都没演够的感觉。
这个系列的价值真的是快榨干了，人物无聊 ，节奏缓慢，故事简陋，所有的轻松部分看起来刻意尴尬，非要等到没人看票房雪崩了才不拍吗，真是可惜了 。
其实没那么难看，如果让天选之瓜当魔法会主席就是神作了
哈哈哈哈哈，可爱的暗号：“我丑，你也丑，大家都该这么丑。”
Not the label on your cage; who cares what a bunch of silly humans think！
原以为能看到老数学家的写实故事，可惜又是这种韩式无聊的瞎鬼扯。
两星还是可爱的嗅嗅还有麒麟拉回来的
比第一部好看。只是，把考拉设计得这么丑，着实有点辜负澳大利亚国宝的名声。
还凑合，说不出哪里不对，也不是粗制滥造就是感觉有些粗糙，画面和剧情都有点( ˘•ω•˘ )
“虽然答对问题很重要
学术也难逃政治……欧拉公式被解释的真浪漫。可欧拉空间却要搬家了
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打着感情牌的数学家，你们加油，我还是先算清楚1➕1吧
thank you regal 4DX, it’s been a torture. 特效不错，小哥挺帅，仅此而已
很搞笑的一部电影，两个女儿说好看！我也觉得好看！我丑 你也丑 大家都该这么丑！7.5分
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