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.
为什么只有低沉的时候，绝望的时候才静的下心来看完这样的励志电影，而立之年，负债累累，心累，以后除了爱护好自己的亲人，努力，努力，在努力！
呜呜呜呜呜呜就为了那几秒我都可以再多磕100年
这案件质量…看两人谈恋爱也不容易，仓木麻衣的两首歌好听
愈史郎真的太豪孝了吧哈哈哈！纪念一下无限城决战FMVP珠世小姐登场！
涟漪组和声优梗好评。低分因为男主角智商在本篇被拉低到难以忍受的地步，硬写尴尬cp戏的后果就是牵扯出关键的身份暴露的危险，不知道青山后来为了补救而安排工藤夫妇出场帮忙拙劣掩盖工藤身份的时候，是不是自己也意识到自己的主线故事和恋爱故事已经格格不入到几乎无法共存的地步了？
1.案件用民俗神话和影视圈方面做背景倒是挺流畅，但是核心诡计一般，仍有故弄玄虚感。用故事渲染枫叶之红，也算铺陈了恋爱的氛围。2.恋爱戏份远不如 2003年的《迷宫的十字路口》，兰酱痴痴等了这么久，男方就不能主动一点吗？！评分：7.0/10。
看新一跟小兰的对白，属实是老脸一红，太甜了吧
🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩新兰党的天下！！我的低血糖都给治好了
救命，原来这个9分是这样来的吗。太纯情了哈哈哈亲了脸颊同意交往，好青春。案情bug有点多，3星半。
推理挺拉跨的，不过新兰感情线终于起飞了，可喜可贺
京都秋色真美。今时今日阿笠博士应该掌握deepfake了吧。
案件比较简单，很容易猜出凶手和作案手法，但是显然，我是来看新兰接吻的😏
在我印象里新兰真的二十年老夫老妻了好吧！！！
大白天，午饭+午休时间看的。。 这就是为什么我一直不想挪地方
行了行了你俩快点去结婚就行了别在这撒狗粮了
案子还是那个水平，主线还是挤牙膏，确定交往关系算是很大的进展了。
剧情太弱了，完全经不起推敲，一星给有点战损的新一吧
国配，马上猜中凶手，京都清水寺，闪光纸天狗，汉字偏旁组合，天花板上的足迹与血迹，
不知道为什么长大以后对新兰真的不感兴趣了。
清水台的告白 红色枫叶下的喜欢
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