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.
全家欢版“亚当斯一家”，然而Madrigal和亚当斯家族之间差了有一万个CoCo家那么远。
故事的设定不错，但是剧情太弱了，反转也不够突出，整体三星。
抛弃刻板固着重拾初心的主题看到末尾还是温馨感动的。但情节的铺陈和叙事的手段也明显扁平单一了，有种旁逸斜出的缺损和失衡感，阿嬷和伊丽莎白的人物塑造与变化实过于迅速呆板。此外，歌都很好听，但一旦对其的插入达至频繁甚至高而乱的话就更加凸现出不完整的“拼凑感”了。一次合格的表达配一段不合格的故事。
强势的当家主母，没有天赋的后代，预知未来却被歧视的舅舅，亚历山大的兄弟姐妹，家，为什么会伤人，因为爱会伤人呀，没有尊重的爱，没有觉察的爱，都会伤人
音乐很好，最喜欢大姐的那首压力之歌。两只毛毛虫也很棒。外婆的角色略带脸谱化，感觉为了压时长被迫牺牲了一个非常复杂的故事和人性。总体来说还是不错的合家欢电影，分数这么低的原因大概很多打分的观众期望更加成人向的作品吧
i cried. it was good.
不声不响没热度的迪士尼动画。
有点小失望，主要是故事太weak了，感觉没讲完整，人物特色有点模式化地鲜明，看的让人厌倦。一个weak story浪费了制作组的才华。还有迪士尼可能为了控制时间，把很多歌曲和对白的速度都加快了，特别赶特别急的那种感觉。画面极其漂亮，rigging，剪辑都十分流畅，好喜欢南美洲特色的场景。真的可惜了。3.5🌟
魔法要维持三代人自然够呛，其实主角的遭遇就是能量见底的暗示，上天施舍的，也就有收回的一天，当然看完发现还是我想多了，大家族修复亲情的速度比房子重建还快。LMM的音乐风格还挺好辨认的。
we don't talk about Bruno
投影仪和清晰度制约了本精神南美人的观影体验，还是该去电影院看 （去电影院看了国语版，果然迪士尼的动画还是适合在电影院看
打开房间是一片森林 太酷了
迪士尼注入的观念还真是与时俱进啊。关于家庭那一部分很暖心，而关于自我的价值的重视也挺巧妙的。整体算是阖家团圆向的片子，没什么大亮点也没啥缺点。
画面精致色彩漂亮 但故事人物还有歌都有点一般 有句台词疯狂下头就是说那个男的要给女主sister求婚“他想要五个孩子”to hell with him有子宫吗他🙄️
画面真的是太美了，歌也很好听，夹杂了不少历史私货，对拉美历史及文化的陌生，以及人物略脸谱化，终究不会让这片子在国内火起来...
只喜欢Bruno，全片只有Bruno能看。其他人都在说什么屁话。
抛下脑子看还是很开心的，谁不想要魔法和奇迹呢
麻瓜拯救霍格沃茨？这是一个对抗内卷的故事，平凡并不是什么错，但也不需要靠拉踩优秀者来证明。迪士尼把同样的内核反复用不同的民族和文化来打包，可真流水线。5
就这是金球奖最佳动画？这是奥斯卡最佳动画？选不出来可以放弃这项
虽然故事单薄了一点，结尾处理得比较草率吧，但真的是迪士尼近年来最好的作品了。前半部分的观感是让人十分满意的，不仅在于视听呈现，同时也在于迪士尼想要呈现的价值观内核。外婆和米拉贝的对抗所表现出的那种爱与利益的对峙真是让人很是唏嘘的现实，感慨近年来一贯糖水的迪士尼这次竟敢于触及到这种痛点；布鲁诺的预言魔法设定也影射着一种对人们对现实逃避的态度。该片的歌舞叙事简直达到了全新高度，冰雪奇缘都望尘莫及，歌舞叙事场面的丰富想象力以及让人忍不住律动起来的音乐，都是让人极为享受。
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