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.
抗美援朝的所有战役如果都拍成系列。或者所有的苦难战争都拍成这种质感，我也百看不厌吧！
女主爽大电影 一路开挂 但是真的好美 好炸 看完确实身心舒畅 歌舞虽然很典型的宝莱坞 但真的是好看 整个电影色彩绚丽又耀眼 让女主的白纱丽又美上了新高度
还好这是最后一部。平淡无奇，审美疲劳。伟大的志愿军永垂不朽！
电影太理想了，感觉有点爽文的感觉，而且，最后在这个那里，还是免不了当妓女，如果真的是女权，就应该推翻妓院，但是显然这很难
比第一部强多了，起码镜头不晃了，故事交待清楚，人物刻画更多了
小裁缝好帅好像宋威龙啊，还顺着考古到2016年他和他的街舞团在《天天向上》上的表演。1993年的阿莉雅还撑不起这样一个大女主的角色，何况还在梦想、爱情、政治、人生、犯罪中有着深刻的影响。很多机遇上的问题似乎没拍明白，比如拉拉为什么和她结拜？
看到有人说质疑为什么MY合法化才能保护这些女性
似乎一切都靠lala对女主这个“妹妹”的无私支持
1. 女主的很多次成长向上，本质还是依靠男人
战争的惨烈、环境的残酷都抵挡不住志愿军战士保家卫国的强大意志，致敬。但特效真的太假了，非常出戏。
水门桥对美军的重要性没有强调出来，只是简单几句话和字幕来表达，应该烘托下重要性，这样我军的顽强和牺牲才能更加凸显出来！
电影还是有很多不太符合常理的地方，但反映了某些真实的社会问题，这大概是艺术作品引发人们深思的原因吧。
❌炸桥的夜戏 三翻四抖飞檐走壁 老怪折腾得好似新龙门客栈 守桥美军极速降智 诱饵计愚蠢 炮轰计莽撞 火牛车俯冲与吴京单板速降好似超英开挂 让即将夺门而出的眼泪夺路而逃
她是个可怜可敬的女子，但我希望人们不要成为她。
牺牲了身体
大年初四九点半去看的午夜场，去把这段战役完成。电影还在，有着不少武侠化的桥段，为了给大众普及这场战斗也算见仁见智了，毕竟不是纪录片，唯有强大才能对得起这血肉书写的胜利
主题伪善，甘古拜靠当老鸨赚钱，甚至蛊惑少女甘当妓女，赢得选举后不争取女性权利，却要求总理将卖Y合法化，合着印度女人能正大光明地当妓女就是最大的福报了，看到电影最后那句“教会她们如何在笼子里自由呼吸”就立马关了，笼子里的自由算什么自由……
印度，一个由“妓女”升格为“老鸨”继而再转化成“花街女魁”的传奇故事。印度人的爽片。
4.情节不完整，女主和母亲，父亲十几年后恩怨没有交代清楚。
“如何在笼子里自由的呼吸”step1-step10的区别。女主是真的美。
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