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.
最好看的就是钱老板的肉，光屁股丨@ Pathé De Kuip, 14 Apr 2022
前半段还是很好笑的，从小白变成反派的那一刻起……后面的剧情套路也太中国了吧。。。
三星半。没看过原著随便看的…好痛的电影、天呐 (晚上眼睛总是模糊好烦
一边看一边好多疑惑，到底是国产电影还是美国片？为嘛肚子有个洞？真的有这样的灭绝动物嘛？为嘛是穿越到上海？？作为科普动画很合格
是否作为新电影仍旧存疑(但至少是部青少年电影.
还不错，儿童电影我侄女看得很开心，叙事有点乱太小可能理解不了，安德配音就感觉王也在撒娇😂
本来是一个豪华阵容，结果整的好像山寨片似的，皮特走走过场，表现还是不错的，桑姐那身闪闪发光的衣服成为光环，同时也暴露桑姐的弱点，无厘头搞笑探险，当觉得非常无厘头还是看完了，是不是也说明成功了！最后感慨，豪华阵容也白瞎了！
故事有点套路，好在每个动物都挺逗比，吃甜甜圈时最逗。
老套的美式动画，一个缺心眼的傻白甜惹祸精，一个常常被牵连的老好人，和一个稀里糊涂被整的老阴b反派
被毒舌骗过来的，一种不是拍给小朋友也不是拍给大人看的动画片
基本照着漫画分镜拍，好在不失原作气质，选角得也很棒。
勉强及格～选角与情节场景本来可以拍个不错的爆米花电影，可惜不知道谁的野心，要把地摊文学提起来黑色幽默一番，就很尴尬～喜欢看这类书的不会看出来讽刺，不喜欢看的不会懂其中的吐槽。
这电影色色的，女主怎么还漏乃乃了。我还以为看错了。
儿童向动画片，结构完整，逻辑自洽，节奏恰当，情节详略得当有反转，人物性格鲜明有成长。爱德竟是最大赢家，拯救族群、巩固亲情、收获爱情与友情。O妹是个可爱的惹祸精，冲动又勇敢，还是个不折不扣的兄控。谁能想到这么可爱的白颂德，居然是白送的，还是大Boss！5岁智商的浩宝其实是个团宠。
片名很容易与另外一部迷失Z城搞混。还不错的动作喜剧，钱老板和布洛克还是有点化学反应的，驮着攀岩和溪流尿尿挺搞笑。布拉德皮特客串和出现在彩蛋挺惊喜。
科普有些地方硬了点。不过既然做科普，为什么渡渡鸟要搞错成多多鸟呢？编剧既用功了又没用到位。
皮特好帅，查宁也挺帅hhhhh 很普通典型的搞笑爱情片，看预告就知道是什么故事了，但最近还挺想看看这种没什么营养的片子，和预料的一样
没有发挥甜甜圈的特性，这是生物基本结构完全不同的分支，类似反物质，仅仅插科打诨是浪费了。不过那就不是幼儿动画了。
搞笑的丛林之旅 节奏不错笑点密集 皮特真帅啊
搞笑的丛林之旅 节奏不错笑点密集 皮特真帅啊
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