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.
伏地魔还是很有演技的！这不就是活脱脱的富二代男吗？跟我身边那些留过学的富二代一样！女主比前面几部胖了一些，少了几分清冷的感觉。为什么女主身边有各种男生挑战男主吃醋的极限？
一部比一部差，而且这亲密戏根本就没必要加。
砍掉一小时也完全不影响节奏，只有几场打戏还能看出第一部的影子，其余就是一群一点都不有趣的人自以为是地玩着讽刺zz的滑稽剧。
西方人此生最大的痛苦是自己的爱情和父母的爱情（原生家庭），而俺们中国人此生的痛苦都是上辈子造的孽。痛苦明确，所以西方人比较容易快乐，上辈子不知在哪，所以中国人一半不知快乐为何物，另一半不知快乐为何物，却以为自己知道。
看到下面的一些评论，只想说，这只是一部电影啊！
说实话这部比2好看多了，起码颜值回升了不少，床戏虽平淡但稳定保持在四场五分钟的长度，最惊讶的是感情上面居然会有真实感，虽然狗血但感觉这俩真的是有在谈感情了，居然开始期待第四部了。
康纳：？我走直线没被乱枪扫中，就被自己人当间谍不审问下就一枪崩了？
这个系列之后Hero和Jo再合作吧！就爱看这俩！！
咋说呢，印象中男主说的最多的词语就是fuck… 他一定是fucking火像星座的
就像一个外观精美却不好吃的蛋糕，影片画面制作精良，但故事核心很无厘头
如果把一战拍成富春山居图，但恰巧遇到了苇名一心，大型历史历史过家家《只羊》。老1812了，今日…父承子业，替子从军
啥？这都是些啥？？？“是的，我是你爸。” 绝嘞，这剧情hhhhh 竟然还有第四部？第四部会怎么写呢？突然好好奇
是哪个傻逼看完1看2看完2还看了3，是我，我还要看4。
目前IMDB评分5.1/2.8K票，字幕已完成，转战下一个
就你英国是拯救世界的大好人，殊不知其实你自己才是到处侵略的大反派！
群魔乱舞的群像电影 剧情竟然还蛮有意思的 倒叙手法完美引起了我的好奇心 算是部不错的黑色幽默爆米花电影。
看到下面的一些评论，只想说，这只是一部电影啊！
没前两部有趣，中规中矩吧。导演黑列宁有点太那个了。 亮点是妖僧的打斗戏设计的不错，动作跟俄罗斯民族舞还有BGM结合的很不错，算是一个亮点。
Hero精神鸦片3.0 & 继续沉迷于Hero的英音。这部cheesy romantic film我还能看第四季🌿男色害人！
全片属于是勉强及格的水准，节奏确实有些拖沓散乱，动作戏的风格也没有做到和前两部一样独树一帜【可以说是并无特色】
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