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.
一部讲述姐弟情，父子情和爱情的感人励志之作，没有煽情，没有狗血剧情，国产爱情电影多学学
以及，听过原音的人就会发现Louis最后的s并不发音，路易，就是LV那个路易。。。
the narration is too much, the span of time is too long, the world is full of beauty, and it's up to you to capture it,
若你喜欢怪人，其实我很美。丧萌系导演福田知盛五光十色画家传记片新作，BC和Claire Foy二搭夫妻依然火花四溅。短暂幸福即面临生离死别，爱使时间永恒，犹如电流贯穿过去现在未来～画外音和配乐画面渲染出童话风，人生无外乎是苦中作乐，化心碎为艺术🎨
其实拍的有点复杂了，但还是能在说到孤独的那个点时泪崩，本尼真的演得好
怀揣着对亲人的挚爱和遗憾/自责和悔恨，一定要用尽力气地好好生活啊。
this world is so mad and lonely while colorful and beautiful
楚楚太惹人怜了！全程冒着粉红泡泡在内心尖叫！
结尾男主和父亲哭哭唧唧的给我整无语了
最后，还是“爱”最动情最伟大最深远。
这角色没人比朴正民更合适了，他长相就一整个淳朴但又机灵的乡村男青年，姐姐演得蛮好，电影色调也很喜欢！列车员爹劝男主考试去的时候，说停就停真的不会导致事故嘛…
boring，浪费这么多卡司。那一组一年四季的镜头，秋天的落叶做的像小软件一样廉价
说教太多而画猫的部分实在太少。大篇幅讲了画家的家庭背景，但并看不出他为什么钟爱拟人化猫这一创作主题。所有画猫的过程都一带而过。
为了猫和卷福！风景很漂亮（羡慕别人的爱情）
故事情节很好，穿插的反转个人认为特别好，总之很喜欢这部电影，五星！！！
哎，看看韩国电影，能从一句话的故事里演绎出那么多，能有那么多感人的情感，让人觉得那么美好。中国电影就一个加了很多元素的李焕英……
年轻的Queen Elizabeth 和Sherlock Holmes的邂逅(x). Wain真是一个超级天才兼猫奴，可惜时代和家庭的禁锢让人唏嘘。片子构图和光影都非常美且荒诞。
用现在的话来说韦恩是个掌握了流量密码的男人，他的流量密码是猫
剧本节奏太慢，没什么喜剧冲突，15分钟弃剧。
明线是少年要为家乡建火车站，暗线其实是男主和父亲和自己内心的和解，为了家乡，为了梦想，为了姐姐一直坚持，坠棒滴少年~
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