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.
开始的婆媳姑嫂小龌龊，初老的困顿生动，家庭资金的入不敷出的局促，充满辛酸，各种找钱挡不住花钱的焦急是喜点所在。但渐渐活像是合租养老的大型广告片。老年合租确实可以是养老的一种选项，但有人的地方有江湖，现实未必如此美好，毕竟走过人生的人们各有性情和坚持，到了老年常不再有忍让凑合的耐心了。。。天海演焦头烂额的中年主妇真亲切，老太太一头白发好美，身板挺直，每套衣服绚丽优雅确实有大家风范。天海家的大房子好看又温馨。
怎么说，困难总会过去的，只要你坚持下来！ps：这似乎是合租养老的广告片！
看完之后发现爸妈经常念叨的那句"不指望你给我养老照顾好自己就行"原来是对我最大的仁慈。。。
懂了，这就是share house的超长广告
童话片。把沉重的话题拍的太轻浮和想当然了，现实是大部分人以后可能真没有养老的资金。天海祐希毫无生活气息，不适合生活化角色。
居然有三谷幸喜客串。生命讴歌。基本没有什么电影质感。涉及到老后的方方面面，过于人间真实。拿共享房间替代养老院不失为一种解决思路，至少不用到死都为吸血鬼打工。
海锅和叔就是来搞笑的吧，太好笑了~这个壳子不太适合海锅啊，触及实际问题但无法解决，片子就图一乐~
沉重的社会性话题，拍浮夸了。虽然观片体验轻松乐呵。
最后的解决方案是1子女自己想开了不问家里要钱了2婆婆想开了不过奢侈日子了3有钱小姑想开了把婆婆接走照顾并且不计较赡养费了4老公想开了去求发达的大学同学帮忙同学也收留了老公给了个高管当5卖掉房子还清房贷跑去合租公寓了。看完的话我觉得比较有用的地方可能在于不要焦虑，真正在生活中寻找出路比做什么充分的准备要有用，眼界打开并积极乐观的面对一切那就都不是问题之类的。类似于车到山前必有路吧。
喜欢。存钱还是重要。活得任性一点也重要。看着很矛盾，其实是最稳妥也容易幸福的人生。
喜欢。存钱还是重要。活得任性一点也重要。看着很矛盾，其实是最稳妥也容易幸福的人生。
能把一个如此沉重的话题拍的如此欢乐，也算牛，结局看起来像日本养老广告，也不是像根本就是。
严肃话题拍得很喜剧不易。不知为何最后看出点及时行乐的意思来。
虽然最后的部分略显平淡，但是这种充满生活气息的片子还是让人看着很舒服。
本来只是因为天海佑希才看的这部电影，现在却对购物、金钱、死亡有了更多认识。还是要减少拥有的实物，减少因为心情而造成的大量购买，减少给亲人带来的麻烦，留下自己真正喜欢的。
广告片，合租都能美化，看看年纪大了还有人租房给你吗？
全片都有一种用力过猛的表达感，到最后推荐的共享生活也是理想到不能再理想的情况，至于双职工中年离职再就业，诸位可以试试自己身上有没有这么好的运气。更不要说家长里短有兄妹几人的，照顾长辈嘴上说着孝顺孝敬，米面粮油这种鸡毛蒜皮的东西都能吵的鸡飞狗跳，年轻人一句话，少生孩子多种树，闲来没事多看书，干啥都比等电影里的剧情发生在自己生活中现实。
前2/3看得有些为剧中人焦虑忧心，但代入感很强。后边强行he实属没必要了，虽然是提供给大家一个新的生活方式思路选择。ps天海女王演这种角色好违和啊哈哈哈哈哈
比起海报上女王大人的飙泪一声吼，全片只有配乐和字幕比较有趣，对霓虹当下老龄化的探讨也过于肤浅。
人到中年双双失业，刚好命中近期失业潮焦虑，虽然片子没有切实可行的结局方案也没有逆风翻盘但却意外的搞笑和治愈。毕竟生活方式有那么多呢～
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