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.
女主和警察都智商让人捉急，不符合常理，拖了整体后腿！不过首尾呼应地结局倒是挺有感觉，四星合适😄
中规中矩，有点超预期，也有一些俗套吧，比如黑人biss之类的。剧透：全片最大笑点居然是美国警察！有些段落还蛮磕ash和darby的，可惜ash不做人~
气氛营造不错，几次反转可以猜出来，总体还可以，几个演员演技尚可，然后就是很平庸的剧，多一星鼓励吧
作为爆米花动作喜剧还过得去，凯文哈特和伍迪哈里森再加大爆炸佩妮的组合还挺有票房号召力的，但还是想看看如果按照郭达斯坦森的设想拍成R级片，会不会更好
有一句经典台词叫“该开枪就开枪，别废话”
“水能载舟，亦能覆舟”
此类题材不算新鲜了，但是亚裔年轻新演员带来了新鲜感，丹泽现在沦为配角了？故事只能算一般。
小成本的惊悚片能做到这样算是不错了，小空间里面发生的小故事，不过还编得有模有样，暴风雪困了劫匪，路人，女主，虽然不能难推理出反派的存在，细节上存在一些bug和漏洞，但片尾一点小反转让全片有了不同于网大烂片的亮点。很难看到有亚裔作为主角的片子，尽管人设是个瘾君子，不过并没有太黑其智商，至少整个故事里面女主的行为和思维逻辑没有那些不靠谱的迷之操作。倒是黑人退伍军人挂得有点草率，政治正确也应该让其有点表现吧。全片节奏还算紧张，除了警察是个工具人，其他角色形象不算单薄，可以一看。
暴风雪山庄杀人案，难得有一个智商不掉线的女主，但一眼看到底的故事总觉得少了些余味，毕竟人物不出彩，情节上还不得玩点花活儿。我以为最差会让警察完成最后的反转，谁知正义的枪射偏了方向，这样的类型片一定得把所有元素都用上才对，兄弟俩的口中肯尼叔叔就仅仅出现在台词里，不应该吖。
22年的片可以了，女主表演细腻，惊悚部分不傻，比想象中好，评分有点点低了
动作喜剧片，凯文哈特和伍迪哈里森的化学反应还真的挺不错，Penny也有客串，tbbt之后好久没有在屏幕上见到她了。总之作为一部欢乐解压电影完成度是挺高的
无厘头电影，确实有笑到，认真你就输了，但是开头确实有点让人无语，这也没啥手段呐，不纠结这种东西去观赏还算合格的喜剧片，三星半。
类似这种带悬疑色彩的困兽犹斗电影还是很值得一看的，况且是打拐题材，此时放出资源，也算是应景了。
反派智商在线，超难对付，女主能活到最后真不容易。
1.女主有自身困境 2.女主陷入更大的外部困境 3.外部困境层层加码+反转 4.较量出结局 这个片子还是很讲规矩的 在这个设定和成本下 已经很好看了
惊悚片三大俗：人死得差不多了，电话信号终于来了；警察救援终于赶到了，分不清状况被反派杀了；反派终于占得上风要得手了，非要呶呶不休被反杀了。
小成本电影，但编剧扎实，暴风雪营造出的封闭空间，限定人群中的犯罪博弈，设定棒，细节丰富，合乎逻辑，只是惊悚紧迫的氛围没那么强，中规中矩之作，3.5⭐。
出乎意料的精彩，为剧本和女主的表演打call！
第一个赞叹是猜疑谁是凶手，既有怀疑推敲又不过度拖慢节奏。尤其是知道有两个人贩子时，还是非常震惊的。
剧情很老套，不过打发时间还可以，拳馆那段打斗还行。
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