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.
这种情况下在场景、动作、奇观上就必须补齐短板，但大概受制于制作成本，能看出很多想法没能做到创作者理想的极致，所以整体观感就会显得四平八稳，但总的来说值得一看
徒步在山城长街，
沙漠飙船那段比较惊喜，我觉得这样一部动画片应该针对儿童观众在台词和情节上做一些适配。相比之下，雄狮少年就好很多。
既不能被现实中的困难所打倒，放弃梦想；也不能做一个纯粹的理想派，难以认识深刻的现实。
有哭有笑，每个人都能看到自己的那一刻感动，很适合过年和家人朋友一起看。国产动画加油！
【2022.05.31】真想给一星的，主要是画质还看得过去，其它的无论是人物剧情都很烂，也太低龄了，我都佩服我自己浪费时间看完，虽然说是两倍速看的，还是觉得浪费时间了。
动漫。一个镖师的崽崽励志当镖师的故事。想去看这个动画片的朋友一定要先考虑一下能不能接受观影厅的小朋友一直争论“先有老干妈还是先走老干爹”或是发表言论“我觉得这个人就是XXX”“妈妈我想上厕所”……中间有个抖音神曲，我旁边的小孩子都在跟唱……我好卑微。
其实我觉得还好啊，而且故事也挺完整的呀，为什么影评说没主线呢？最差三星还是有的。作为虎墩的粉丝，多一颗星给小虎墩儿，超可爱。
画风很舒服，但是剧情实在太差了。实在受不了主角的人设，真的很烦人。。。
不好看。剧情都太离谱。一个十岁的小孩儿押镖？搞笑。。。。
2022.02.03 中影南方古城影院 小虎墩，一个“留守”儿童，为了期待父母回来，对着大当家一句善意隐瞒的话认了真，拼了命的去实现这个目标。冲动、乱来，虽然经常闯祸，但也阴差阳错歪打正着成就了一点"小名气"。在他和“师父”一起押镖的路上，两人从互相看不上，到最后的生死与共，小虎墩把师父从过去的失败和自责中拉了出来，让他直面了曾经不愿触碰的伤疤，而师父也教会了小虎墩做人处事的道理。几个配角都很有特色，而反派boss更是充满了讽刺意味，非常值得回味。画风可爱，配音出彩，同场看的大朋友和小朋友都非常享受。
是个小朋友看，形象塑造也还算成功，但是3D效果太差了，感觉带不带眼镜差别都不大
假冒的东瀛禅师，冒牌的天下第一，以及控场的舞台导演，值得一笑。
小虎墩也太萌了，虎头虎脑，虎了吧唧的，但是人小鬼大的他却有着坚强，勇敢，守信的优秀人格，特别适合带孩子看的片子，在搞笑之余，也给小朋友上了一课！！
陪孩子看的，拍的很不错，对孩子很有启发，值得一看
不过自然有些不足，视觉色彩上有待提升偏灰了点点。沙漠和秀坊有出彩~剧情算饱满滴~可可爱爱开开心心滴~虎年看虎墩这个宣传口号挺魔性哟~~
就总有一些明知烂片还会硬着头皮点开看完的，漫威大片才1个半钟就很可疑了，不过期待放到最低后，就觉得能把我们家汤老湿拍得这么魅力全无也是一种本事吧。。
带娃看的第一部电影，超出预期，细节很到位。支持下国产动画。
救救孩子，圈养后的毒液只吃豆大的鸡脑子都傻成啥样了？就全程逗比。。。也许这就是恋爱中智商为负吧（误
毒液1又不是没赚到钱，怎么这部弄得这么敷衍啊
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