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.
缺点很多的一部片子，但不妨碍我喜欢它。人物刻画的不够好，情节和转折也都很突兀，不过全程载歌载舞真的好热闹好暖心。
看完没有太多的感触..果然开始对这个不感冒了 还不如让Bruno舅舅一直黑化下去呢🤣
迪士尼这是着了欢乐好声音的道了吗？
看完之后明白为什么豆瓣分不高了，它的歌曲以及人物和舞台调度非常像音乐剧，曲目较多但视觉盛宴会非常精彩，不过目前中国人是不吃音乐剧这一套的，于是又会觉得剧情薄弱，再加上和解的转折确实缺乏有效的铺垫和深入，可不得不承认那个片段还是很感人的。最惊喜的是Bruno，vulnerable but actually very funny，而且对他的处理居然使用了比较纯正的恐怖手法，这出现在迪士尼动画电影来说实在是太酷了，而且跟本身的人物形态做了更有冲击的反差。最后，迪士尼还是一如既往地太会在动物角色上制造喜剧效果了。【鲁广华夏】二刷的时候人物动作表情细节做的太好了 以及WE DONT TALK ABOUT BRUNO已上头
情节乏善可陈。
唱歌太多了，实在太多了，但是又没有像冰雪奇缘那样出一个精品爆款，不停唱歌很烦。
真的好无聊，印度歌舞片么？好好说话不唱歌不可以么？
主人和机器人相处时间长了，日久生情，这时候总会有人来破坏和谐气氛，最后经过重重困难，主人把机器人给救了，剧情常见于美国动画片。
被禁锢的家人并不开心，为了大家庭牺牲自我，在伊莎贝拉的歪打正着下，每个人都表达了真是的内心，一家人终于打破隔阂，真正快乐的相聚在一起。【隐喻明显，但指向什么不清楚。
开头给出的近未来赛博背景让人预期会接触到世界的阴暗与严酷，似乎与“带来幸福”这种魔法少女偶像般的宣言并不搭调。AI前期各种控制机器人和学校设备看得我头疼，这么拽的事只有科技力彻底超越当前文明水准的外星人可以做啊姐姐，你一个现有科技产物再优秀也是瞒得过初一瞒不过十五，被销毁可怎么办啊，这些主角团也是神经大条得居然敢把她带去她的开发者家里，嫌暴露得不够快吗……大人世界的背刺完全是可以想见的发展，不知为什么主角团好像没有考虑过这些，观看时一直会联想到这个不知何时但早已注定的结果，无法享受主角团与AI共度的过程
没有反派的小而美作品，音乐棒极了（还没看LMM最经典作品，感到错过一座冰山）！结尾改为“没有魔法”也许更棒，因为爱是真正的奇迹。
9 我从来没在哪部作品中，听到过如此有感染力和共情力的插曲，
看的时候就在脑补舞台版了，这要用多少大景片小机关，带动多少舞美师就业，好想在宽街看这个戏，好想在迪士尼乐园玩这个项目，浸没式跑酷可以有啊！
人设单薄，歌曲略多，讲述了一个充满中美洲风情的有关家庭和睦的简单故事。
为了让女孩幸福拼尽全力，没头没脑突然唱歌，通过词去表达爱意，费尽心思研究女孩所喜，全力实现她此生最爱场景。
看过最难看的迪士尼动画，好端端一个动画整得像音乐剧一样，不伦不类，题材也比较无聊，令人乏味。
1、用顶级的制作，拍自家小孩写的口述童话故事，就当是哄小孩了。
剧情走向莫名 唯一记忆点是we dont talk about bruno
欢声歌唱，顺从内心，来吧，让我听一听你的声音，翩翩起舞，忘记时间
超智能AI的壳，反抗强权的内核。故事简单，甚至有些情节并不精彩，情感却很到位。认同来自青葱岁月的勇气和灵气，唯爱是推动世界的动力。
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