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.
看一半赶紧关了，能把这么好的题材拍得这么烂也是导演的本事
我们来到这个世界，不停的纷争与对抗，最终对抗的还是自己，在不停的寻找内心与灵魂的真谛。
真的很精彩！有关勇气，忠诚和执着，虽然知道一定是一个he，但过程还是充满悬念，风景非常美丽冻人，唯一就是女性角色好像占篇幅有点多
受洗之后出了这么多事，这也算是对他的考验吧😂
早知道留个纸条就没事了。
这电影的叙事太容易让人误解了，一不小心就会理解成，上帝看到众生中有此大逆不道之人士，就给他上强度上磨难，让他断送运动生涯，演艺生涯暗淡，情路坎坷，飞来车祸，最后给你个渐冻症让你皈依我主……
看开头还以为是另外一个easy a，结果失望不少
浪费那么热血的开头，后面平淡的都快睡着了，爱秀肌肉的马克沃克伯格得了肌肉萎缩，这片子也是如此！
沃尔伯格近些年对电影越来越不走心了，原来还能体现出演技，现在只剩下疲惫的身躯和面瘫的表情！我求求你还是赶紧退休卖你的货和汉堡去吧
2个人为了探明祖国的领地范围，不远千里跋涉，只为了真相
千里冰封万里雪，孤独美丽的格陵兰。雪橇，狗狗（狗肉）和两个玩命男……
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普通平淡的传记片，马克·沃尔伯格尚可的演技和与以往不同的形象算是唯一看点，无神论者完全无法共情，剧情拖沓无趣到四十分钟弃
看到回来了以为结束了结果才刚一半，完全看不出船长有什么人格魅力跟能力
根据真实人物故事改编。
不够有吸引力，主角和那种极端恶劣环境的对抗不够，内心的幻象和最后的现实重合又太夸张。
年轻时期的女主是真的好看，不过说真的2000年初左右一个标准的美国大金毛有个黑人闺蜜可真是稀罕事，就像女主苏醒后她的闺蜜第一时间在纠正她关于用词的标准性一样，真是赤裸裸的政治正确的讽刺。当然女主也足够努力，毕竟36岁要演出17岁并不容易。20年时间足够让政治正确毁掉大部分的正确生态环境，剩下的都是空洞的口号和主义，当然你也可以看到一个学校在20年之间的人口肤色种族的变迁史。用啦啦队做开头然后用啦啦队做结尾挺好的。这部电影说真的，情节还是其次，政治嘲讽的价值更大。
Netflix最近收看率排名第一的电影，竟是一部很久都没有看到过的大烂片。剧情老套，人物脸谱化，内在逻辑缺失，如果说喜剧可以不需要逻辑，但是起码你得让人发笑吧… 唯一笑的一个地方就是Joshua Colley的那句”Oh My God” 🥱
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