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.
3.5 女导演好能抓住观众的点 用喜剧探讨人与人的关系这样深刻的话题，不是老生常谈 沉重严肃，淡淡的 略带搞笑的，似乎更引人入胜。📍NYAFF➕导演主演Q&A
算了男主和基友在一起吧
对我来说收藏程度大于烈焰焚比币，该哭的哭了该看的看了，我就喜欢sbaraglia这款
不负责任不懂如何去爱，受伤了还要从女儿处寻求安慰，摊上这样的爹，女儿还不跑？李奥纳多老了后肚腩也遮不住了，但是全裸甩吊跳舞值得，MEN 家的daddy 。
两个小时的内容好像什么都没讲，但是加一星给老帅哥
帅哥禁得起怼脸直拍啊 人到中年满地鸡毛 但生活还是得继续 激情戏唯美 送走女儿之后那段很感人
从端午节之前看到端午节之后，平淡乏味的电影，好像讲了友情和爱情，又好像什么都没讲
中了新冠 睡了一整天 凌晨起來隨意打開 著在沙發玩著手機竟然看完了…………
前几分钟一直一心三用因为没抱有任何期待，但是小姐姐的烟圈吐出后，整个电影突然变得有趣至极！在家庭狗血爆笑喜劇和溫馨男男韓劇間反復橫跳，所有笑點虐點也都在預定範圍內
上上班喝喝酒打打浑 傍晚时分追逐霓虹 黎明时分逃离旭日 是过往的青春 也是现在
看到最后那段实在没忍住，真的一段时间才能看懂一段故事。
生活只能给我们以破碎的拥抱。如实纪录一位同志父亲的中年危机，在性和裸露上能看出是非常纯正的南美同影，摄影捕捉到了跟“水瓶座”相似的碎片与混沌。
戳中笑穴的电影 “爸爸 前面太黑 我什么都看不见” 还有那句 “说他喝醉了 说你当时揍了他一拳”给对方和自己都留一点体面
看到这位Leonardo就知道稳了，再不行看脸都行// 看得精神疲惫不堪，leo叔美好的肉体都没法舒缓。男主双相障碍（易怒、冲动消费、而又及失魂新年夜或瞬间抑郁、恐慌），母亲明显也有精神疾病，病症的遗传性让女儿状况大概也好不到哪里去，两人的相处时常失控，而又彼此是彼此最后的依靠。躁动的镜头和连续而紧张的弦乐场场惊艳...
可怜了leo叔叔的美貌啊，这片子太过凌乱破碎了。
好平淡啊，熬到中间看到高潮来了，以为有大招，居然就这么结束了。。。
剧情从中间就开始扯了 但是还是很喜欢拍出的这种若者（弱者）感
最后 他从大厂辞职了
最近非常不开心，这个电影有好几处都把我逗笑了，难得~
开场的感觉很好，慢慢的发觉男主角这个人物的心理层次不清晰，基本上就是原地打转的状态，到了第三幕，用死亡，打架和争吵这些套路化的情节来处理人物的问题，强行让人物转变，显得不够真诚，导演套路化的给出一个情境，下一秒就立刻解决了问题。不过莱昂纳多·斯巴拉格利亚这次的表演够卖力了，直接泳池边甩Dior摇摆，大叔人到中年还是这么美，不明白为什么他身边的小鲜肉瞧不上他，帅成这样有什么可中年危机的，太不科学了，他这种外型来演这种角色，我不信。
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