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.
4“目中虽无人，但心里有公道”，又可解释为“因为心有公道，所以才敢于挑战权贵”，尽显主角的侠气与傲骨。凭借手中刀，讨一个公道。
7.0/10，快意恩仇，干净利落，网大精品。
问题多到已懒得一一细数，但我毕竟还是从头到尾看完了，作者还是用了心的，高分鼓励，武侠不死。
好久没看这么过瘾的武侠了，剧情虽然偏弱，但是范儿是真的足，镜头是真的美，谢苗是真的帅！过瘾！
很久没有看过这么简单但是精彩的电影了，贪多嚼不烂，一个导演认真打磨一个故事真的很棒，大道至简。画面也很美，雪中杀人，酒➕火焰，剑法流畅，谢苗太帅了！李连杰来客串下那就太棒了！
差强人意吧。服化道和摄影都不错，剧情太弱了，看了开头就知道整个故事的标准武侠故事，人物角色也都很脸谱化，没法留下什么印象。
事了佛衣去，深藏身与名
服化道和打斗场面算是网大里顶尖了，就是故事单薄，四星鼓励
琴娘不断给乙哥捉刀人使命，是要给个念想，让他一直有希望，最后用性命告诉乙哥，瘟神需要再次重现。战场和明月楼的场景转场，一把秋风刀的飒爽淋漓尽致。
好看啊！胜过绝大部分院线电影，就是剧组有点穷。
暴力美学，没有其他，看得很揪心。“世间不公道的事情多得是，你管得了吗？”，“能管一管就一个”，令人敬佩，这就是我心中的侠。
BGM也不错特别是片尾
至于剧本和演员嘛，有一说一，就那么回事
“瞎子，这趟浑水你趟不了。”
拍的不错，但剧本是硬伤。
有调调，有事件，没人物，像是学生习作。谢苗稳，以后也许有机会成名。
这些年看了谢苗好多网络电影，虽然剧情苍白，但是这次调度光影真的好。长篇评论排第一的那个写的很不错，谢苗团队借鉴一下。
画面、动作优于一般网大，只是演员台词功底一言难尽。
导演和投资人不为电影，只为年少时的武侠梦
大制作们看看，还要不要点逼脸啊！
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