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.
对于周五的晚上，钱老板+狗，绝对的双保险了。
狗狗非常棒，要素很多的电影，公路、宠物、战争、士兵、死亡、但是没有很落俗套，士兵和军犬都得到了救赎，再就是导演悄悄讽刺了一下白左，俄勒冈波特兰是黑人最少的城市，但是闹黑命贵排名第一，政治正确也是排名第一。
挺好的 配乐很喜欢 如果演技更好就好了 还是很可爱的电影
这部电影是怎么做到把狗狗片子和老兵问题拍得这么枯燥乏味的……
对于周五的晚上，钱老板+狗，绝对的双保险了。
非一般狗子电影，没那么多人狗情未了，但是对狗子的忠诚和士兵的坚韧做了最大化的融合，“美狗”真的令人感动
出人意料地不错，基本算是全程无尿点，情节开展也算合理，最后反杀也说得通，四星鼓励一下。
当Lulu在葬礼上跑到前主人军靴旁温顺地趴下，泪奔，还好是个happy ending
我以为这种题材的怎么拍都至少能混个及格分呢
故事也不新鲜，编剧还拉胯。查宁保养的不错，但电影太平了，清新治愈也不是这么拍的，总觉得查宁老师应该再做点出格的事才对。
Channing Tatum 导演作品首秀。老兵Tatum在送军犬Lulu 去参加战友葬礼的路上和狗子结下了特殊的感情，最终在结尾按照计划送lulu 去安乐死的时候决定收留她，虽然放弃了重返军队执行海外任务的机会，但是男主也在拯救lulu的同时拯救了自己，重新开始面对自己的生活。剧情虽然普通，但是性感猛男和威猛灵性的军犬的组合还是让我这个直男也忍不住动容。葬礼上lulu趴在主人遗物靴子上那一幕真的煽到我了。 想起了我去年去世的狗子Roffee,一只可爱勇猛的罗威纳犬，lulu 很多地方让我想起了Roffee,愿他在有天堂里快乐开心，RIP
近期看的第二个公路电影，最好看的还是芬奇。这个很难有共情的地方，受感动的点get不到，感觉电影是很想去感动你，但咱们并不领情。
杰克演技真的不错，收放自如。配角(配音)也都是大腕啊。
PTSD退伍兵+PTSD退伍犬惺惺相惜。PS：钱老板的肉体不得了。
狗狗 男人 公路 乡村 都是我喜欢的元素，风景很美狗狗很可爱，但是没想到剧情会这么drama。看着有点不顺
评分比我想象中的低好多啊
给狗乱喂零食这点不太好吧，还有把狗单独放车里…
战争赋予的，人没法面对，狗没法逃避。没有挖很深吧，但整体比max和meganleavey更贴事实一些
我昏昏欲睡………故事就很浅啊，就不知道怎么然后就互相救赎了。或许人类就是很needy动物，需要被需要，需要那点拯救了什么的感觉。
人多一起看电影的好处就是大家都成了编剧各种猜测铺天盖地太有意思了
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