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.
菲比喊My Eyes那一段看得一边笑一边哭，这么多年了重现这段台词还是那么有感染力，大家都上了年纪，不再青春靓丽，但已经是永远的老友了，有什么关系呢，最美好的时光都会在彼此的心中永存😘
剧是想起来就会觉得非常好的事，重聚印证了这么好的事在生活里也是存在的，简直是好上加好，太完美了。
好想哭，好悲伤，这种亲密又疏离的感觉。其实大家都在努力的演戏，但每个喜欢老友记的观众和年轻时候的他们，都入了戏。 拜托，那可是老友记，我们永远喜欢老友记😭现在换我哭了。
被matthew perry迟到时jennifer aniston那一句"could you BE any later?'的玩笑击中了
“friends”不仅是一部经典美剧，更是一本承载了东方大国“85后”留学梦的教材！
人生唯一一次做mixtape（这个词在新千年以后已经逐渐过时了），录进去的第一首歌就是I'll Be There for You；但是，We are no longer there for each other。
我最挚爱的美剧没有之一 看了数不清的次数 每一集都如数家珍 谢谢你们！
经历疫情去看这种题材真的感动。即便是想卷的风间也是为了不和小伙伴分离，而享受当下的小新真的如他爸妈所说，堂堂正正地努力活着就能引发大家的共鸣。
陪伴了无数日夜，带来了无数开心的卡斯，真好呀
只能说让我回想起绝望的日子里看friends大哭的时光，今天再次哭成猪头。
“只要我没看，就永远不会完结”
改天重温原剧，大概会是十五年里的第八遍。人类共通的情感。
莫妮卡:本来要演瑞秋。最美但笑点较少，生气大嗓门+管控欲+女汉子+洁癖。
不管好与坏，那是最美好的时光，没有家庭和琐事的牵绊，和好朋友在一起玩耍的青葱岁月……
钱德勒:当时在演其他的剧，讽刺玩笑，随便说一句话都是笑点！可惜身材变化对他的活力影响很大，第3季很爆笑。第8季有点疲倦中年感。
菲比喊My Eyes那一段看得一边笑一边哭，这么多年了重现这段台词还是那么有感染力，大家都上了年纪，不再青春靓丽，但已经是永远的老友了，有什么关系呢，最美好的时光都会在彼此的心中永存😘
有不少亮点，能看出主办方的用心。可以挖掘得更深、内容的呈现更有想象力一些。
致青春+爷青回+永恒经典，17年后重新聚首，容颜已改鬓毛衰，无限唏嘘感慨回忆，几乎每个片段都清楚记得剧情，当我疲惫麻木沮丧迷茫纠结的时候，老友记陪伴度过青春时光，最感慨是瑞秋和罗斯的扮演者，真的在拍摄中暗生情愫，但却最终错过，人生很多事很多人莫不如此。永远的景点和回忆，致敬！
我最理想的状态就是：等到十年或者二十年、三十年后，和曾经跟自己一起拍片的好友聚在一起聊拍摄趣事、创作的心路历程。可问题是、我可能永远拍不出自己的第一部长篇电影、而曾经志同道合说要一起走下去的伙伴也早就选择了其他的行业工作。我不想最终过成一个没有情怀留念没有故事讲述的人
It was okay, just made me feel old…
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