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.
有毒的家庭关系。只喜欢全家说不要提Bruno的那段歌舞。
如果说冰雪奇缘2是“前一个小时绝美画面顶级音效一流视效的卖情怀秀肌肉平庸剧情+后四十分钟终于醒悟般的短暂发力”(来自我自己两年前的短评)，那这部就是纯粹展示一流音效视效的秀肌肉之作。
7分。这次是拉丁公主么？感觉像是中美或者拉丁美洲附近的故事。画面，音乐，色彩都是迪士尼的拿手好戏，绝对不会让人失望。特别是鲜花二姐，有她的画面就绚烂繁复到了让人不适得程度。但可惜故事内核还是太过一般，反正我看到最后也是没明白女主到底啥能力能弥合家族，似乎突然所有人都反转爱到一起去了。这水准放在公主系列上还是属于比较下乘的水准了。
"We don't talk about Bruno, no, no, no!"
预告片看完整篇。墨西哥人民对德州侵略者的控诉（？
剧本扎实，人物立体，故事走向虽然是老一套的happy ending设定，但最后的结论非常有说服力。靠魔法搭建的家园并不可靠，最终能够做到这一切的，必定是众人团结的力量，是扎实的劳动，是爱与理解。
动机和反派设置都太弱了，想成为家族的骄傲然后修补奇迹房屋。由于场景都在家里，所以着眼点都在家族相关。唱歌桥段有点尬，但总的来说还是一部合格的圣诞合家欢动画。
家庭和美的老调之所以能又上厅堂，主要是拉丁裔传统文化的上位。不是说不对，只能说诠释得太幼齿。歌曲的质量是不错的，但是电影哪能只靠歌曲呢？
画面无可挑剔，剧本写得有失水准，前半程制造的悬疑在后半程没有啥震撼的解密，最后就强行煽情和解强行大团圆，同样是讲家族魔法和亲情，本片的剧情被皮克斯完爆。另外本片的歌曲也实在是太多了，而且都是让人一听就忘的歌曲，像注水一样。
海哥经典评价：一个只会嘴炮的人把周围的ic的超能力全都撸了以后变成leader的故事
后来的洗白又太生硬了，突然就变得和蔼可亲了，突然就和米拉贝和解了。
好温馨好主旋律的童话，爱你只是因为你是你，而不是你的天赋。每个人都有自己的门把手，能打开的不是奇迹，而是自己的生活，也只能打开自己的生活。抱怨无用，羡慕无用，努力让自己的生活更好才有点用。
怎么还有一个TARDIS梗
剧情虽然一般般 但动画做的很好看
@ iv 也算是一部想看蛮久的 因为很喜欢coco对这个期待很高但是陆续有朋友看完反馈说一般就没有这么期待了 有一节writ课班上有个自告奋勇说愿意自己的文章被当成样本读的写了这个电影 错过了前面40分钟左右因为去滑冰了没想到10点赶不回来 让室友给我讲了一下前情提要本来以为可以无缝衔接剧情但一进去还是有点没看明白 感觉是我在学校看电影看下来观众reaction最好的一场了hhh 这种合家欢就很适合朋友们一起看属于是气氛组了 都是i迪士尼 剧情就不说了 不管是矛盾还是和解都很莫名其妙 画面真的很好看 歌虽然好听但是穿插在里面真的很像一些mv就有点违和 看完以后听到一些学生在讨论这个电影到底想表达啥 有的说家庭团结有的说表达自己 太老生常谈啦 观众也看腻了 要惊艳观众还是得在主题上下功夫
有点小失望，主要是故事太weak了，感觉没讲完整，人物特色有点模式化地鲜明，看的让人厌倦。一个weak story浪费了制作组的才华。还有迪士尼可能为了控制时间，把很多歌曲和对白的速度都加快了，特别赶特别急的那种感觉。画面极其漂亮，rigging，剪辑都十分流畅，好喜欢南美洲特色的场景。真的可惜了。3.5🌟
嗐，這可不是現代教育的動畫版嗎？每個人都是充滿天賦、獨一無二、精力充沛，所以你不行就只能證明你inferior你活該被擠壓被排斥被怪罪被邊緣，童話裡才會沒有平凡人的立足之地，才會有逆轉的神奇勵志命運。仍然是後殖民敘事的遺緒，哥倫比亞拉美風情萬種，迪士尼的世界之旅算是post-quarantine的補償吧。【UME-BB】
到中段都是佳作，结尾一泻千里，莫名其妙的和解敞开心扉然后高喊伐木累强行大团圆，迪士尼低龄音乐剧也不能要求太高是不，打开每个人的房间都有一个新空间这个设定很棒，可惜展示的不够
很90年代迪士尼风格，歌舞剧。
画面很艳丽，剧情真的很一般，最后还是小感动了一把
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