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.
Find something bigger than yourself.
剧情就是网文的逆袭装B套路，其它真还行，场景设计、色调构图配乐都很有质感
喜欢女主的力量感
大女主爽片。女主真的是很美，一袭白色的纱丽配上她小巧脸蛋上的黑色十字架，真的是女神下凡。电影里的场景转换很快，每个场景都精心设计，一共有三场舞蹈，都很动人。其实不太能理解她放弃自己的爱情去解救一个有妓女母亲的女孩，虽然赢得了选举但是也牺牲了自己的幸福。甘古拜的大哥和记者都是她的贵人，让她成为红灯区4000名女性的保护伞。这也是一部女性呼吁平权的电影。
很难评价。评价有很多混淆了电影与人物故事。但重要的是你了解了这世上还有这个角落的人在这样生活，不是吗。确实有点太长了。
就最后有点扯 其他都还不错 能拍出大女主电影～印度也是不容易了
故事挺有煽动性，但不管怎么说，我是坚决反对卖淫合法化的。
她总有一股让人无法抗拒的气质。虽然很多人评价大女主爽剧，但是谁又是孤身一人呢？总得需要别人帮助才能成功吧。
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5.孩子们应该接受教育！！！！！！！！！
太魔幻了，观影过程是还蛮有意思，但太魔幻了，3星
不要打着女权的旗号来宣传这部片。女权从来不支持性交易，废除卖淫才是女权主义者的目标。没有性工作，只有性剥削。
好強的印度電影，甚少的嚴肅正劇（見識少 抱歉），有戲味有格調，女主眼神也非常銳利有力，歌舞也盡量是serve 劇情才出現（雖然仍有情情塔塔的），但也算是較內斂的Bollywood 。 唯獨港豬視覺還是離地的看異國面貌，沒有很理解甘古在做的事，也無法真心跟隨人民心聲地為妓女鼓掌，但認真思考過後還是是很容易認同與理解。維權，光鮮的世界的陰暗背面（或是文明的性慾），還是需要願意身體自主的女人在當中平衡，選擇或犧牲，孟買如是，世界每個角落如是，以黑暗掩藏黑暗
但是小时候跟着大孩子走丢过
选题和立意非常好的一个电影，就算是臭水沟的花也该有尊严。但剧情发展太过顺利，更像是一个大女主爽片，少了现实意味
PS:与小男友互撩的几段，挑逗推拉，极致暧昧，没有情欲却胜似情欲。
男人最愚蠢的地方是因为女人没有他的聪明。
还是不太能理解女主一路奋斗，最后的诉求居然是卖淫合法化。
头一次觉得宝莱坞的歌舞这么好看，每一段都很贴
比国内的女性电影拍的好，女主颜过硬，痞范也加了分。整体故事看着就是爽文感，能看出来谋片就是要赢得更多观众。重要情节虽然都是俗套，观感还挺好的。 几个情节做的不错，1、写信。2、电话被接线员打断后的歇斯底里。可惜尾巴收的不好，收在演讲后的和记者对话就可以了。
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