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.
所以海边的监控怎么解释？警察看不出来是他老公？？！！这编剧是在校生吧。
营救队员华盛顿山拯救迷途登山自杀者，拯救别人的同时救赎了自己…
有很多明显的bug，警察调查这么不仔细就判定是男警察所为？尤其是看了监控后，监控里又不是男警察。凶手为什么要留下一颗被害人的项链珠子？如果说是掉落在兜里了过于勉强
最大的bug就是，女主看不出来监控里是自己老公吗
7分。荒诞却轻松有趣的喜剧，虽然充满套路，但还是能看出一家人的感情。放牛班的老师变成了摩洛哥的超级富豪。女主身材很养眼哦。结尾彩蛋是点睛之笔，小白脸也不容易当啊，哈哈！
挺好看的，好男人没签证坏男人当警察现实主义得一匹。
故事是圆了，但怪怪的。好几个点在生活中也实在不可能成功吧。
剧情本身悬疑设置的还是不错的，但整个剪辑总是觉得hflow的制作那种，演员也是一言难尽，很难相信是财大气粗的netflix家的，特别是自带的预告片，简直比电视电影的规格还要low。唯一的亮点是Split的美景了吧。。另外，Leighton现在真的是沦落到这种片子了。。。
總結來說:一個爸爸嫌棄自己的兒女太垃圾了，無法繼承他的家產，所以欺騙他的兒女和他一起度過貧窮生活，最後被揭穿回到有錢生活的故事。
算一算女主现在67岁，35岁救人，也就是故事差不多就是1990年... nnd，美国那时候真的先进，生活条件好... 故事真的没有什么drama，许多人都需要找到理由坚持活下去，只是女主找的理由和借口更高尚一点，挺好，对自己有意义就好
非常套路的故事，不过胜在是法语片子啦。最后彩蛋：只要有钱，男骗子男女都骗。
基本是猜的到剧情的片子，不过也有喜剧的小桥段。算是可以随便看看吧！
挺好的呀 虽然一开始就猜是rob 中间穿插的嫌疑人警察那段很精彩
有钱人落难大家最喜欢root for，有意思
感觉剧本只有大纲 没有任何细节设计 后面追逐对决的部分像小鬼当家
很多人说故事情节简单，但现实中，自我救赎的痛苦的生活，就是简单乏味的粘贴复制。时常我们觉得电影不精彩，没有击中自己的G点。但只要电影源于生活，从故事本身来说，就没有精彩过。
豆瓣口味越来越高端了哟，这种故事完整表演合格还有反转的片子连六分都上不了
这是一部全程无推理的剧情,也是这部剧高级的地方,它的悬疑推理在于人物心理的刻画,既单纯又恐怖
但是坚持下去就好了。
互相救赎的故事，有被感动到，身临其境去想，那需要多强大的意志力呢。
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