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.
加菲太棒了！Michael、Susan和Karessa的演员也好棒
音柱·宇髄天元
加菲太棒了！Michael、Susan和Karessa的演员也好棒
虫柱·蝴蝶忍
是我的错觉么，这不就是TV版播过的内容么？？？
加菲的炫丽独秀！但太过热闹的形式，终究不是我最喜欢的。
30岁前夕同样焦虑过，过了也就没感觉了。不太喜欢这种剪辑凌乱、直白抒情的风格，无法沉浸，但确实看得出才华横溢
叙述清晰，电影用主角之道编写一生，可惜就是比较简单缺少剧情的冲击
我爱《鬼灭》，最爱的就是日本古代独有的阴冷的夜叉风格。但是看看柱众会议，一个个什么样，连粉头萝莉都出来了，完全没有了原本的大和风，反倒有了一丝现代都市风。
开头平平无奇，越到后面越引人入胜（大概是因为悲剧倾向）喜欢双女主和声那段，但是讲真音乐性并没有觉得比歌舞青春之类的高多少，但是加菲和瓦内莎很可以，看到好久不出现在大银幕的俩人老了，内心感慨的同时又残念他俩不是银幕cp非要zzzq的安插一个黑人女，但是又转念一想，始终红不起来的两人有戏演就很好了🥲
三代音乐剧人的交织啊，天才惜天才。知道rent的创作者很早过世但竟然是首演前一晚？这也太鲨了……看见桑爷爷别说乔纳森了，我都想哭。LMM、大姐二姐的客串好惊喜，嘻嘻。哭了27号，桑爷爷去世了……刚刚还看到一个背后故事，桑爷爷角色是Whitford演的，但老爷子看过片子之后觉得味道差点意思就修改了台词并且亲自帮忙录制了给加菲的那段话，哭了
主角们成长的过程，夸张又卖萌的轻松剧情，无限列车前篇。
真的就是最后几集重来了一次😂行吧，我就当复习了一下_(:_」∠)_
get不到。正如许多人吐槽的，口水歌无法引发共鸣。
有考哥的地方就有我～虽然是tv合集，可以当听力再听一遍～
可以把餐厅服务员满腹的烦躁化为直抒胸臆的宣泄，可以创作富有前瞻性的音乐剧讽刺未来人的情感麻木，可以在一地鸡毛的现实里永不言弃地追逐梦想，这就叫大艺术家吧。
Hell, you still feel like you're 22
两代才子惺惺相惜的隔空致意。加菲尔德太棒了。
“牢笼还是翅膀，去问鸟吧；恐惧还是爱，别回答，行动比语言更响……”
有点水，不过这么短时间能把人物都交代清楚也挺惊艳，永恒族好好学学！
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