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.
其实在现实生活里很多恋人遇到了异地恋，或者在这种类似相同选择的人都是这样。
忘说了…第一部在女主和高中生分手回到宿舍之后，竟然很磕女主和她舍友。
.......好上头好上头 男主越来越惹人怜爱
不管怎样，看到第三部，我入戏了。这一部，哈登的家庭有点狗血，不过还好他还有女主泰莎。挺好的，一点点狗血日常俗套的故事。
瓣把我写的评论移除了，不可说呵呵，片长控制在90分钟内会好一些.65/100
这一部我觉得把剧情圆的挺好的，狗血的剧情也解释了为什么Hardin总是那么的缺乏安全感，男女主cp感越来越强了
只有第一部正常。后面的剧情都是男主在委曲求全，女主做了什么，还移情别恋了男二，越看越觉得他俩分开算了，看不懂他们的感情，互相pua吗
3.阿敏硬盘被爆之后，剧情走向开始点题，就开始那啥了
别拍了... 着实是给我看无语了啊 是怎么做到每个人设都不讨喜的啊（抛开演员）女主好🍵 男主好作 怎么最后还整出一出认亲😅btw你俩确实不合适这恋爱别谈了吧天天作妖霍霍彼此干啥😅HFT咱这么好的家庭背景和外形能不能挑点起码说得过去的剧本啊...
虽然剧情有点浅，但是，剧情中流露出的被害人过错的扩大化、个人隐私权利的脆弱、正义由富人操纵等问题都值得深思。女主为了维护尊严，算是实现了真正的正义。
直接把它定位为爆米花喜剧无厘头电影即可，任何剧情片逻辑在这儿都不成立。
想象力、创造力、演技、服化道…都在向枯竭、无趣、程式化的道路上一路狂飙。
睡着了没评分，不过看这个封面感觉和我看的不是一个电影，我还以为是讲亲情的
你侵犯了我的隐私，所以我也要用侵犯你隐私的方法来看看你是否侵犯了我的隐私🤣
就是那种女生会喜欢 然后很渣（不是）的颜
一下午看了三部，男主的人设真的很和我口味！！！虽然剧情很弱智，但并不影响我欣赏帅哥美女。男主为什么总穿黑色的衣服
这么缜密的办案态度，清晰的办案条理，与生俱来的办案直觉，这孩子毕业不去干刑侦可惜了。
男主女主就是作，莫名其妙的做爱又莫名其妙的吵架，又没有暴露镜头，不是看在女主有点姿色的面子上只想打一星。
虽然剧情很傻逼 但是Hardin哭起来像个小狗狗呜呜呜 谁能不喜欢
这结局也太好吐槽了，喷了一口血❄️
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