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.
吻一定代表喜欢吗？不一定。它还能是一种安慰。不管大人还是小孩，都要学会诚实的面对自己。三石弟弟演小狼狗，如火纯青。“我要是也能喜欢你就好了”，可惜我们俩性别不合。近几年最好看的青春片！弟弟这次的演技明显有质的飞跃，他一哭，整个电影院都在抽泣。
只能说是诈骗。😓导演是真的骗子，秘密访客也是挂羊头卖猪肉。
女主，过审工具人🚬妹妹答应我，以后别再当过审规则里的“同妻”了，好吗😤
真的很好，但土电也真的很土。“你知道电子乐有八十几种流派吗”结果装完逼一放歌都是烟鬼
所以流量密码送你面前你都不会使？？？？这导演？？？宁有事吗？？枫磊cp 这么好搞，就像你在某短视频一样搞不好么？非要搞什么gay？我无语了，这么多人冲着他俩去的啊！！！！气吐我了，结果还没预告好看
导演层面无懈可击。
陈正道找两个演员拍一拍我的高中生活吧，我保证比这好看。
7.6/10，陈正道真的应该多拍点这样的青春片，感觉这个才是他真正拿手和擅长的类型片，最喜欢片子里音乐的处理方式，不管是通过Siri还是主角自己哼唱来引入，都是非常有想法和创意的。吴磊和子枫的前半“感情线”可以秒杀国内近几年所有青春片，且不说这么多实力派中年演员加持，在张子枫的引导下，吴磊的表演也变得非常自然而灵光。结局的处理也非常自然，感觉这才是陈正道可以遵从自己内心自由发挥的一部片子。
稍微遗憾的地方是，我觉得男主的性取向可以暗示得更明显一点，如果不是提前知道，可能很难拼凑出男女主感情故事的大前提。现在这样过于模糊的处理会影响对剧情整体的把握。（可能也是无奈之举吧…）
比起“校园恋爱”、“同性题材”，更像是讨论性别的“性探索”电影。两场看似专属于Z世代的“夜店/音乐节”戏，虽然其实并没有真正拍出那种飞**的感觉，但只通过镜头设计，不仅和前面看似无意义的空镜进行了咬合，还细腻地解答了女主角心中的迷思，顺便塑造了男主的形象，算是大陆院线中难得一见的scene了。张子枫真的太会演，这部真正作为一个大女主去诠释单纯的青春故事之后，有种不知道该不该说“演青春电影太吃亏了”的感觉；而吴磊的表现不能说是“好”（尤其搭的还是张子枫），但也算是结合人物具体定位，交出了一张还算合格的答卷。顺便《拥抱》真的是入门歌曲了，很开心在院线听到电子乐终于不只是酷玩梦龙甚至林肯公园了，剧本也有夹这方面的私货，看的听的大满足。在院线环境下可以给整5星🌈
说句矫情的话，在电影院的两个小时，就好像把我自己的青春又温习了一遍。
你拉上我的手奔向梦想的疆界，晚风吻尽荷花叶，
本片脱离了传统青春片高处不胜寒的尬演，维持着一种贴地飞行的感觉，恰到好处地维持着着戏剧冲突和现实的平衡，尽管一些地方依然用力过猛，终究没有走出囹圄。但我仍然觉得惊艳。
男主不就是渣男吗？？？？和女主接吻后还说我喜欢你就好了，把我气炸了，呸
真的惊喜了，看过内地最好的青春片。不能剧透。
真的惊喜了，看过内地最好的青春片。不能剧透。
以为这部片子是讲爱情，看了才发现讲的是爱。爱和爱情从来就是两回事，但人们总喜欢将毫不相干的两件事搅在一起。爱情总是有条件的，互相喜不喜欢，环境允不允许，谁的付出更多，谁的付出更少……而爱则是无条件的，像太阳的升起，像花朵的绽放，不为因由，不求结果，是一种深住在内心深处的本能的存在。好的爱情电影，总能让你透过爱情看到人的本质是爱。其实，这个世界只有你一个人而已，你爱的人，不过是镜子中的你自己。
看到的时候只觉得是一部普通的青春片，结局点到为止比内地同类型的电影已经好了很多。结果没想到导演还在里面埋了bl的暗示，很隐晦但很成功，这正是电影艺术的魅力所在。
我为什么要看这种东西。友邻你们是被pua了吗？
我竟然该死的喜欢，全程代入的死死的。我们最会的就是自己骗自己，面对别人的故事头头是道头脑清醒，面对自己的狼狈百般遮挡，就算心里明镜一般，也要给ta喝自己找个借口。接受喜欢的人不喜欢你的事实吧，笨蛋！
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