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.
段子好笑，大城市与城中村的心酸，失败与失恋的无奈，都挺好。只是衔接的方式…仍像是在读他写的一座城池像少年啦飞驰这些，韩寒的导演能力根本驾驭不了这种松散的叙事吧。刘浩存念台词真的，棒读？
你被需要刷卡的闸机困在了大厅，我被不会使用的房卡困在了走廊。在小镇能用硬币为你点一首歌，在城市只能戴.上面具飞越珠江。把项链藏进面包里，把竹蜻蜓粘在头盔上，我关于这个世界的愿望是含早的酒店，关于爱的愿望是带你去能抓螃蟹的海滩。终究你的左手没有学会命运和弦，我的左手没能握紧人生离合。
现实主义部分似乎是有情怀关照，但又不能明说。房卡怎样刷，含早不含早，又不像是故事所讲时代和这样形象的角色之间的事。逻辑牵强断裂，喜剧段子每每如此尴尬不合时宜，而关于摩托车的场面只剩自恋。
韩寒的导演编剧水平已经很成熟了，不要和郭敬明之流相提并论，大低分的都是什么心理
典型的韩寒式电影，果然刘昊然弄个黄毛都是帅的
勉为其难打个及格吧，看得出来导演想表达，可惜不得法，明明是出现实的悲剧，可用了沈腾以及其他插科打诨的段子，反而不伦不类，不知道是不是因为票房的缘故。
电影讲了很多故事，到最后你会发现它其实什么都没有讲，韩寒的电影一直都是同一部电影，看多了也便觉得没什么意思。仅有的幽默也是几位演员与生俱来的幽默气质。
3、年轻时候我闯荡四海，如今老了，我四海为家。永远少年，永远一往无前！
少年是风，可是风会被阻挡。少年追梦，可是梦会被惊醒。
少年是风，可是风会被阻挡。少年追梦，可是梦会被惊醒。
本来是个小情绪、小清洗电影，必须有人死？必须玩忧伤？必须丧？
没我想得那么差，但是还是差，这部本来是我春节档中最期待的，结果确实口碑最惨的。其实真的要怪韩寒和宣发，不懂为什么一定要来抢占春节电影市场…这种伪文艺片真的矫情又做作，导演本身的锅真的太大，如果光是看剧本我可能会给三颗星，但是拍成电影真的处处是灾难。
你被需要刷卡的闸机困在了大厅，我被不会使用的房卡困在了走廊。在小镇能用硬币为你点一首歌，在城市只能戴.上面具飞越珠江。把项链藏进面包里，把竹蜻蜓粘在头盔上，我关于这个世界的愿望是含早的酒店，关于爱的愿望是带你去能抓螃蟹的海滩。终究你的左手没有学会命运和弦，我的左手没能握紧人生离合。
为什么？到底是为什么？现实已经够残忍了，为什么这部电影比现实还残酷！一部好电影，看完就像没看过一样。不得不佩服编剧、导演、演员、摄像、武替的功力，给我们带来那么精彩的伤痛。喜欢的人会好喜欢，不喜欢的人别看啊！我大意了，看来是！
7.5
她说，自己想去看看世界的繁华，最后却永远留在了家乡；他说，自己从未想过离开家乡，却不得已四海为家。她怕水，却潜入了珠江；他怕火，却冲向了火海。
摄影很漂亮，但不够准确，开头要变现男女主感情升温，动不动来个大全景交代环境干什么
7.5
1还是万年不变的庸俗幽默感，2韩寒总在歌颂底层廉价友情的同时又嘲弄它的空洞，如同他在笔下幻想爱情的同时却从不相信女性，3刘浩存真的太适合（一定会沉沦的）小县城绿茶角色。
垃圾电影🤮片尾曲居然是雷光夏的《逝》，你對得起嗎
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