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.
20220108 3.5星吧,diversity+inclusion+女性/兒童能頂半邊天題材.畫風過於兒童,木有好聽的BGM.不過腦洞還挺大的
不真正处在同样的位置时，是不会做的换位思考的。
希尔达系列的动画太治愈我了，这一部是妈妈和孩子们的双向奔向，巨魔的形象越看越可爱。
没看过前面的动画就有一点点脱轨，知道但无法共情希尔达的不同… 最后升华算是本片还行的部分
看哭了，非常温馨感人的动画，想到《地球改变之日》南美富人为了亲近大自然在沼泽建家园，占据着水豚与其他动物的居所，反而对来寻找故居的水豚满是嫌弃的敌意的丑态。
真的很好看了。希尔达就是一部单纯的动画，很纯粹，有一些很神奇的脑洞，画风也很舒服。这部电影强烈建议在看完前两季之后再看（因为有很多前两季的内容）但是应该不太影响主线。我是觉得豆瓣的评分低了。不用那么拘泥于表达主题，就是看一个故事好了，就轻松一点。这个故事也不是很强烈地要告诉我们什么母爱无私伟大，人类自私自利什么的，你可以自己去理解发散。一个好故事本就可以有很多解读。网飞还不错的作品
《希尔达》真的是《怪诞小镇》之后最棒的儿童动画了，剧情有趣。
有些失望，但整体还是好看的，有些设定竟让我想到了新中国成立后那段时期的事情？
巨魔喊出来真是舒服 大自然
不但是第二季
Emm被评分骗了，以为是个不错的动画电影结果是低龄粉丝向动画的剧场版
和谐 共生🏔
打开之前还会有些奇怪为什么电影版的评分比起剧差了这么多，看了之后觉得可能是剧版的节奏比起影版要好一些，影版完全是拍给小孩子看的电影。
好萌哦。被伟大的母爱感动！还有友谊与成长。
欢迎收看扁平2D吊打3D系列，希尔达系列永远滴神！！
主旨为母爱，挺适合全家人聚在一起看看的，尽管还没看希尔达这部剧，但是依然不影响其温馨爆表。
还好吧，哎，小孩子的世界里，就应该黑白分明，善恶分明。
这才是孩子该看的动画片。哦，不，是所有人都该看的动画片
希尔达重拍了《进击的巨人》和《沼泽地的女儿》，爱产生力量，爱战胜一切。
这部电影是剧场版的，但确实没看过前两剧，观感就不一样。画风很像那个怪诞小镇，很治愈，剧情有趣。
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