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.
西岛真的不适合演坏角色。女主和之前两位一比，简直又可爱又适合还那么能扛冷笑话导致我有一种：如果这部剧继续第三部，男女主能最终走到一起的错觉。以及结尾曲一出 爷青回
巴西媒体:热带雨林惊现奇怪生物活动痕迹，貌似现在还有人类活动迹象。
费力地看完了 好随意的剧情 这个案子就显得之前办案的人很不用心诶
陪朋友跟她弟弟一起看的。。顺手标记一下吧 就 挺烂的 没啥好聊的 欧美动画片越来越难看了 受不了过分夸张一惊一乍的手法
这案件也太扯了吧，凭南云的人设居然没发现视频里的红酒与酒桶BUG，要保护孩子弄成无头公案不成非得找背锅侠吗，以及那四个死了的村民看来是村里的老绝户，不然事件当时那么明目张胆的偷换酒桶就不怕人家里人知道吗？！
SP里那么黑，结果闹半天南云律师完全不是反派……我不能接受啊
最后的真相：我完全不能接受，太自私了。
我真的是麻了 真的出了四 可以说是聒噪到了一定地步了 感觉已经放弃治疗的地步了 另外这个女婿真的有人喜欢么 感觉只有四个字可以形容了 就是一无是处 女儿也真的是烦了 可怜我的德古拉 停止吧 不要再拍了 真的
明明是大电影却还是电视剧的感觉
还行吧，竟然一个晚上看了两部类似的片子。这个套路不行啊。
我觉得不错，可能正好心情在，不过三星半足以
本来很不错的哥特风动画，做到现在这样无话可说就真的……很没意思。
看这部电影之前忘了从哪看的，说这部电影中的形象颠覆了以往的童话形象……按理说怪物童话主角鼻祖应该是怪物史莱克。但这部给我的观感的确很独特，保留了很多暗黑，恐怖，有压迫感的画面，玩偶崩线，水晶反射出一张扭曲的脸……我后排的小朋友看了一会儿，就哭着喊害怕。
包括着急忙慌，沟通不充分，隐瞒。
日本片子就是喜欢拖沓，还自以为描绘刻画得挺细腻，其实无关痛痒的稀松内容实在是太多太多了。。。
真的超级棒 不枉费我清晨八点半爬起来去影院赶上最后一天最后一场的放映 一二部都是巅峰 第三部拉胯 期待值本来不大 只是抱着情怀圆满去的 结果意外好看 超级棒！重回巅峰！
SP里那么黑，结果闹半天南云律师完全不是反派……我不能接受啊
今天一天又看了一遍1-3，四第一遍看，姥爷明显配音换人了啊
【2022.6.21 看完】作为剧粉，抱着期待来看电影版～虽然知道不可能有多么大的惊喜，不过剧情和电视剧一样有反转，好看就够了……会拍第三季电视剧吗？
精灵不知不觉到了第4部，依然无脑嗨 哈哈哈
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