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.
证明了国产电影还是懂得审美的，不管是表演和镜头，还是服化道。更可贵的是，完整流畅地讲了一个故事，不用很复杂，但能让观众（主角）直面惨淡的和血淋淋的人生。★★★★☆
故事简单了点，但是贵在打斗精彩，行云流水，一气呵成！
意外不错的一部电影，开始期望不大，前半截的剧情也很一般，但后边逐渐提升，到最后就很接地气了。
差点被片名劝退系列，没想到成片这么自然坦荡。还是能看出制片粗糙的部分，但也正因此感受到了导演的大胆和选人慧眼：启用素人的风险并不在于专业素养的缺乏，而是人的秉性和阅历是否贴合情节。事实证明浸润过潮汕本土民俗和闭塞婚姻观环境的人，释放出来的情感和默契胜过一切所谓的演技教科书。作为一个从小成长于类似骑楼民居的岛民，拜神烧香流水席和祈福，还有片中母亲的人物形象，像极了以前每年寒假回老家，我娘人前亏我李草包，人后说我是李老师的样子。只有爱，会带来一地鸡毛的家，也能修复一地鸡毛的家，人性的卑微和美丽皆源于此。 P.S. 玩具船长的客语bgm是真好听又精准啊
Ps:谢苗这么多年干啥去了，可以考虑找找徐浩峰
风格、语言、色彩、动作一气呵成，虽有瑕疵，但瑕不掩瑜，毕竟资源有限，据说500万。别说5个亿，估计5000万即可封神！加油！谢苗！江湖气质不差！看好你！
和妈妈一起看的，生活味道满满，就像身边发生的事情。可惜了结局，感觉导演编剧有点圆不好了，干脆用不会错的烂俗收尾算了。潮汕感扑面而来，甚至开始想念小公园那边的粿条粿汁和果汁冰。本来打算给个3星，但是结尾的彩蛋妈妈solo太真实太精彩了，我分不清是真的还是演的，让整部电影变得更加接地气。
另外有趣的是，一个典型的男权视角故事，镜头对准的却是两个女人，可以看到一个女人是如何主动承担起维系男权家庭关系，另一个女人如何被这种“担当”挤压，这个设置，恰巧掩盖了主创糟糕的性别意识，大大减少观影不适感，就如借助县城文化呈现，减少了贫瘠的电影质感带来的影响，反而透露一丝鲜活
看完想去汕头看看。一部电影能激起观众想去故事发生地看看，吃吃喝喝，从某种角度来说，就是部不差的电影。
还是那句话，抄袭、满满的倭风！
没法给四星。武侠片来说。合格及以上了。并且在开头赌场以及雨夜围杀那几分钟里。我隐隐看出一些古朴的武侠之意。但故事从倪燕呢开始。。就开始泄气。故事不管从台词还是剧情，都过于满了。编剧着急着发泄那点主题。这还有没有王法了。然后尽力让一个本来可以拍的挺起伏的故事，就这么平缓的滑过去了，如果没有那几场精彩的打戏，真的毫无亮点。但打戏真的好。希望男主接个更有质感点的剧本。
融入的潮汕地区传统文化和婚育话题，新旧观念和原生环境必然意味着融合需要时间和空间，好在是个不错的结局，爱真的能抵抗一切吧。
杀一个人要偿命，但杀一万个人就不用了。这个世界的现实真是太扎心了。
不错啊主角很帅，虽然也有些bug但剧情很流畅打戏也给力，场景很美很艺术
服化道、美术、武打演员在当今华语电影，都是难得的。
瞎子眼里的世界是黑暗的，但他却能为别人带来光明。女主遇到的情况和最近刚发生的唐山事件非常像。电影里有成瞎子,用暴力打败暴力。但现实中，哎。。。
拍的极为真实，非常接地气，绝对是超过8分的水准。
算是了解到了不找外地人的潮汕文化，接地气。拜老爷，唱戏，很有意思。简单不做作的故事。
1、挺过瘾的武侠片。故事稀松平常，但风格化和制作水准，都见用心。魏君子作为制片人，有着一份旧情怀在。2、小时候挺喜欢看谢苗演的武打片，成年后，他少有独挑大梁的机会，这回演成瞎子，硬朗、沧桑、正义感爆棚，都演得挺酷，范儿十足。3、中等体量，古典叙事，快意恩仇，不失为网大的好方向。4、雷布斯推荐，算是跨界应援。5、魏君子主导的院线片，都差强人意，但在网大领域，他玩得风生水起，盖因他熟悉的港片模式，是当下网大的最佳选择。
现在中国内娱这个空中粪坑，任何不屎的作品都值得五星。我欠这片子六块钱。
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