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.
You’re in the cop business,so that makes you a murderer.But I’m in the murder business,so that just makes a laborer.
各种乱战，混射。不值得用心去看，有一搭无一搭随便看看即可。
先睹为快，所谓高清4K画质，电影🎦也许最后真的不是电影院🎦公映为唯一观看渠道了…给3星勉强
很娱乐的片子，虽然不想太纠结情节逻辑，但是结尾女主开急救车🚑那一幕我感觉有点多余。
七流编剧的破逼片子又浪费人生宝贵的俩小时，全片就记住一个词，撒旦的屁眼…
后面比前面好看，前边太话痨了。女主智商业务能力都很强。
为什么过了这么多年都没有拍的比血溅十三号警署好呢？teddy和bob不都是水准之上的演员吗？怎么废话这么多呢，女主倒是有眼前一亮的地方，但是属实不惊艳，所以只能是平庸之作把
讽刺枪战黑色喜剧，戏剧风格类似《雷雨》——在小城警察局汇集了大票各路人马，剧烈纠缠交锋之后90%以上角色归西，火爆场面和涌浪般推进的情节中展示人类生存状态的多样性（所谓“人性”）。本片不同于《雷雨》之处是明显带有嘲讽调侃和启示的腔调。
刚看完，剧情很弱剪辑一般配乐挺出彩的，
8.4 配乐真是绝了，心理戏也太酷了。越来越仰慕一个在绝境下独立完整的人。
震惊 WWⅠ&The October Revolution起因竟是某goat abuse William Wallace！
啥啊这是…除了公路上美丽的星空啥也没记住…
前面还不错，角色不停变换。动作戏也蛮好看。最后的反转反转太刻意了。优缺点都明显，所以大多数人都打三星吧。
严格来说，和国产的2 3分的烂片没什么区别，边玩炉石边看都嫌浪费时间 懒得说更多了。。
小成本电影，也没能拍出大反馈，故事比较平。一般吧
以为会看到致敬意大利西部片的故事，结果虎头蛇尾。巴特勒硬是打不死是吧。
前传与前两部的风格迥然不同，变成了对历史的戏说，斐迪南大公遇刺、俄国十月革命、拉斯普京乱政、白宫艳照门、以及最后彩蛋希特勒与列宁的会晤……整体还是平庸无趣，亮点在于三人合战芭蕾舞魔僧拉斯普京，略显cult气质。
有些剧情有点扯但总体来说值五星，扣一星给主角光环太过分以及大哭桥段太多有害身体健康。哭得多刺激？那一瞬间剧情我都在电影院里不能克制地“嗷”出来了。导演是个搞笑的人，不是那么严谨但是值得一看。
与电影无关:我终于知道如何调教hdr在投影上的色彩异常问题了
小场景的多方对峙警匪片，开局还不错，可惜20分钟后期待开始逐渐消减了，不到一小时第四方反派出现后迅速变为无趣。多方关系拉得一点都不紧绷，三个主角感觉像在玩一样，靠说一些无关紧要的骚话来侧面衬托专业素质这种做法真的一点都不专业，只有一种试图营造运筹帷幄却沦为明晃晃的主角光环既视感。第四个老头杀手更是脸谱化到极点，我的理解是导演想塑造一个小丑型的戏谑混乱反派，只能恭喜导演倒是塑造了一个真正的小丑吧。整部片的后半段就是看几个角色无限装逼，然而装得又缺乏魅力，即便是从装逼、中二这单方面来看，都不及格。
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