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.
战斗场面确实震撼精彩，不过文戏方便稍微弱点
说实话之前并不了解这段历史，看了这部影片才知道先辈们面对战争的残忍，洒血刚毅前行，用他们的生命才换来今天的和平安康，致敬这些最可爱的人，愿如今繁华盛世，如你所想。
没有故事，没有故事，满屏的爆炸，满屏的爆炸，满屏的飞机，满屏的飞机，满屏的丢炸弹，满屏的丢炸弹，满屏的坦克，满屏的坦克。吊儿郎当的万里是个败笔，多余的人物，多余的人物。
我叫你爸，你打我马😂 不管什么逻辑bug看得还是很开心的！
你说它没剧情吧，但战争就是这样打打停停然后继续推塔，就是这样的残酷和枯燥。然而这是一部电影啊，这也太平了吧，在战火的轰鸣中平铺直叙，毫无讲故事的技巧可言，像一部没有详略安排的流水账，情节还碎。人物群像塑造得也粗糙、浮于表面，大部分角色几乎可以套用到任何战争片里。镜头语言一般，能留下深刻印象的镜头寥寥无几，是我苛求商业片的艺术性了。三小时太长了，某些部分情节内核相似度太高，特别是后半部，还有一些碎片情节莫名其妙，有割裂剧情的，有情感推不到位靠回忆来强推的，依然是剧本的问题，而且什么都想放上去，就容易样样落个蜻蜓点水。这样一个催泪题材都没让我暴哭，导演也是属实厉害。另外这是这些年来我见过的解说字幕最多的电影。后来一看导演有谁，哦，明白了。
朱亚文穿什么都帅惨了好吗！
为什么到现在了，这么大的制作，画面还是满满的塑料感，台词硬得像学生作文？
没有事实，只有解构。无论在主题还是话剧式表演上都让我想起《第十一回》。虽然你细想，整个故事都显刻意，但是这个只能发生在民国的反转也在解构着当下。只是节奏差点，氛围差点，演技差点，各方面都还是差点。
挺好，前2/3很惊喜，文戏武戏都到位
很棒的作品，三小时一点也不觉得长，差点被douban上这些差评蒙蔽双眼，无论是我军细节，还是美军细节，都彰显了人性的可贵、对生命的尊重以及和平幸福的不易。
7.5分；很精彩的密室/剧本杀，里面埋了很多经典的电影梗，也是借人之口阐发电影创作者的心声，也能看到一步之遥/风声/非常嫌疑犯/十二怒汉等片的影子；背景取得巧妙，光怪陆离浮华荒诞，真心遭碰壁真诚遭套路；不过主演的演技还是差了点，感觉像舞台剧的表演方式，前半段违和感比较强，入戏以后稍好，主角开挂到来回反转出彩许多，另一条剧情线引出更是尤为精彩；剧情其实有不少漏洞，但角色和观众无一不被情感流露所遮盖，不及细想；故事最终以黑色收尾，喜剧的内核仍是悲剧，乱世人如草芥，后劲很大，笑过以后也会回味动荡的1948年里，老关没说出的可能性，相信星星之火可以燎原，相信希望、勇气、正义与真相
打着“剧本杀”电影的噱头却没拿出剧本杀多线多角度还原故事的劲儿来，大部分角色也都不过是摆设，起不到真正推动剧情的作用，所以真正复盘起来还是让人蛮失望的。最后的反转，转了和没转一样，再来一个类似《黄金大劫案》的Ending就也觉得其实没什么必要。有几个梗还是万合的风格，这可能才是我最想看的吧……
笑点什么中规中矩吧，不过听影院里很多人还是一直在笑(难道是我笑点太高？)
还蛮喜欢的。文本内容很丰富，调度稍逊。还是那句话，当某个社会事件只能通过电影故事片来讲述的时候，说明这个国家的媒体已经死了【6.5】
伟大的中国人民志愿军万岁！！
是我魔怔了，怎么感觉在里面听到了几个武林外传样子的梗。
说实话之前并不了解这段历史，看了这部影片才知道先辈们面对战争的残忍，洒血刚毅前行，用他们的生命才换来今天的和平安康，致敬这些最可爱的人，愿如今繁华盛世，如你所想。
事无巨细的开头，仓促升华的结尾。人物算是立住了，但追到最后他们的命运全无交代，甚至不知道究竟是生是死，简直让人一口气上不来。或许不该找三个人来导演。
整体三星半的片子，虽时长三小时，好在影片节奏控制得比较不错👌🏻（舅公也参加过抗美援朝战争，腿上还留着子弹壳…🌟感谢最可爱的人们）
虽然有些不如人意的地方。但就凭这个题材。他就值五星
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