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.
导演表演和剪辑的塑料感之强让我怀疑自己看的是一部院线片么……只是剧本有一些影射的巧思，越南加分吧，但也就到这了。剧本加一星鼓励。看完为中国电影的内容现状感到心酸。
~嫌疑人齐乐山的献身。。。中国人好像也比较中意这种故事，极度阴翳所奉献的阳春白雪。。。
另外是放不开 除了隐约的没衣服没粮食以外 表现得比较好的，称得上悲壮的也只有老雷了 总体上 惨烈 悲壮 之类的词汇都谈不上 另外有点太长了
有这么一群人，他们不是一寸也没挪动过，却是生生克制住了摇晃，守住了自己内心的“阵地”。
前半段可以给4星 但是后半段拉垮了啊 现编故事最服非常嫌疑犯
连工业水准也很差。全片有一个好镜头，打开车门，对面的火车驶过，后面是长城，超越本身叙事的美感
日出接长城那个镜头真的很绝，拍出了5000年古国的恢弘大气。
我失望的是这么恢弘壮美的历史被拍成了一部中规中矩的普通战争片。
2021年个人年度国产院线观影最佳，满满的致敬吐槽与惊喜，前半部剧情表演颇有话剧风格，以为是老套的密室杀人案现场重现，没想到进入中段之后惊喜连连，反转不断，不得不说一下本片中的各位主演与配角，无论长幼演技都相当出色，把每个角色的性格都演得相当立体，再说一下本片的导演和编剧，刘循子墨-曾经风靡全网的网络短剧《万万没想到》与《报告老板》万合天宜团队出身，没想到今时今日，其功底已达到如此水平，有这种团队与人才的存在，正是中国电影未来之所在，也在此无比期待，秉持这种精神与创意的国内影人为我们带来更多的惊喜之作！！！
8，张本煜可太帅了，这个帅不止是身手好，不止是重信守诺，是那份温柔，很打动人。这个片子是我非常喜欢的类型，虽然有些致敬，但剧本能打，并不会被致敬桥段抢了风头，主要出场人物形象比较丰满，并且他们都不是真正的恶人。万合天宜当年是网了多少人才啊。
看到了主创戴着枷锁跳舞和卖相，所做出的努力协调。7.5分。
千里在火车上敬礼的时候我也默默的撑了下头，敬了个礼。我同火车下面的士兵想的一样，希望他们能平安归来。
这就是长津湖战役，我们的先辈与当时美军各方面的悬殊差距，看到雷爸喊疼说不要留下他自己最后死去的片段时，更深刻的感受了什么是前仆后继，电影或精彩或激烈或好笑的片段很多，但让我始终紧张和恐慌的，是那未休止的枪炮声和美军飞机的呜呜声，试想下我只是坐在影院里听声音就对炮弹爆炸、美机不时的轰炸而惊慌和害怕，揪着的心从未放下，那当年那些踏上战场，真真切切面对战争的祖祖辈辈们又该有怎样怎样怎样我们想象不到的经历和感受。
悬疑又悬疑不起来，搞笑又搞笑不起来，演员的表演功底就像在演小品。尴尬！N.Z
「当初拍摄时间不够，一场修桥拍了三回，这次我们时间多了，再也不用一场戏拍三回了！」
我觉得不得不说是李晨对比起来真的很糟糕啊，演技台词都不在线！
目前来看，这应该是国内近10年来场面最大、最壮观的战争片了，美军的压迫感十足，各类服化道也很用心，中段部分的通信塔攻防战相当精彩。但同时影片的文戏就薄弱许多，简单来说就是想拍群像剧但没把握住，繁多的人物视角分散了笔墨，人物刻画流于表面，更像是服务于剧情的套路人设，整体节奏也比较混乱，特别是一些段落的迷之运镜，不知道导演在想啥…没能看到对志愿军战士的深层次刻画还是有点可惜吧。
盖马高原那年碰上了历年少有的极端天气，零下40度的气温，厚厚的积雪，志愿军长期挨饿受冻还要长途奔袭，而且志愿军的装备和联合国军相比那就是啃石头加步枪VS陆海空飞机坦克大炮共同轰炸，志愿军很多人连件棉衣都没有，鞋子也还是单鞋，就这种意志太值得敬佩了，他们绝对称得上最可爱的人！
香港导演们，使命…没有必达。段奕宏表演最佳。
虽然不是五星的电影，但五星送给抗美援朝的战士们，唯有感恩和尊敬
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