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.
导演结尾的最后一个镜头就是我的答案。
反派的理由越来越魔幻了。主角不叫司麦路就好了
女权主义下的今天，不尊重女性误解女性可能就会引起争议甚至犯罪，我觉得最后判刑结果没有问题，确实是典型的拔吊无情，哪怕你完事后坐个几分钟也好啊。
结尾力道太小，也将导演左右摇摆的创作态度暴露无遗，法庭戏不错，但中后段便开始以此收束，让前面一小时塑造的各种人物意义甚微，割裂感太强，导演是甘斯布老公……我只能说才华能力确实有限呐。
不敢表态选择立场建议别拍社会热点话题：）过于客观即为偏袒：）全世界都在为upperclasswhiteboy扫清障碍：）
律师有句话太戳我了，“我唯一的目标，是让你们相信他在法律面前是无辜的，不是道德”。
没有了久弥直树，特利迦终于是个正常的奥特曼了。
拼盘电影第三弹，除了徐峥那个敞亮天窗的广告片之外，甚至都没法比较另外三支短片的优劣。本身就水准欠佳，还要强行缝合上升主旋律，结果可想而知。
可惜专门为了甘斯布小姐跑了一个小时去看首映场，结果只来了她儿子和老公，不管咋样，值了
2星，就那么回事吧，淦，竟然150多分钟
每个故事都没有什么亮眼的地方，节奏缓慢且无趣，第一个故事甚至有点痛心。0127-夜
影片太长了，请再去除一小时废话和琐碎无意义的行政程序，重点需要更加突出，否则观众都看烦了，关于强奸案的庭审流程以及真实事件的闪回相互穿插此时会变的无足轻重，只剩厌烦
吴京的单元，太常规了。吴磊的人设也好，但是演技只撑出来一个常规人设，不能说出彩。虽然故事很惨，但是看完也就那样。
庭审对决片,精彩辩论和总结；折射出法律,道德,阶级,人性……
TV完结后的两年，因为永恒核心的不稳定（拉伊拉的阴谋），使得剑悟再度回归，而泽塔也追击赛雷布洛来到此处。
控辩双方律师给人印象十分深刻。辩方律师是司法指定的，竟然全力以赴为男孩辩护，控方律师则是一位漂亮、干练的女律师。双方最后陈词很精彩。
在一夜情和强奸之间竟还有一条漫长的容易模糊视野的灰色地带，哇！多么大胆的粉饰！完全的盛气凌人的姿态，多多少少还带着一点身不由己的狂傲以及来自意识形态里的轻蔑。
双方的结案陈词阶段很精彩，值得思考和研讨。
还是喜欢奥特曼的特效多过于假面骑士，后者实在太玩具和花炮了。
如果没有泽塔估计连看都不会看，但也正因为有泽塔，所以预期度会比较高，只能说是中规中矩，甚至不如隔壁棚，整个剧情推的有种流水线的感觉，而且有种全员复读机的即视感，遥辉的感觉很好，其实有点搞笑，算是少有的亮点吧，而且赛雷布落愣是能解剖跑了也是可以的，1.5星
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