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.
摄影，表演，配乐都不错。人在异国，语言不通为女主的缺乏安全感和最初发觉被跟踪提供了坚实支撑，就是辱罗马尼亚太多了
不想谈现实意义，直接聊剧情。整体的剧本结构真的是老本子了，感觉在中断就猜到了后面的剧情，基本没有经验的感觉，开篇女主的表现很有感觉，把被监视的状态表现的很彻底（失败无能的丈夫的设定真的拴q），然后时长拉长之后，就略显疲惫了，如果说是为了符合全篇的基调，感觉还是不够高潮，唯一被吓到可能是那个列车开过….甚至在最后男反派抓人那段我甚至期待不要出现，希望不要套路，但还是来了…顺便呼应了那把手枪…唉，可恶啊，我自己将电影观感大幅下降。同时里面的男性角色确实都挺无用的，加上剧本里有一些不合理的地方，可能这也是导演故意忽略时间跨度的问题吧…小成本制作，被气氛火热女主演技打三星
最后15分钟的剧情堪称惊悚高峰，导演很用力
一般般，最后直接快进……多些惊悚和反转会好的多
还可以吧，剧情比较老套，但不枯燥。挺喜欢女主这款
氛围真的拍的不错。视角让人代入。就是稍微有点容易猜到剧情发展。然后剧情上有些地方还不够真实。
女主有点奇怪，又害怕又胆大，看不懂。
7/10分惊悚片,别的不提,就女主报警最后不了了之,而跟踪者报警警察就一副教育女主,公事公办的嘴脸,丈夫还当众把她当笑话的这种情节就已经很一针见血,不知真实到多少倍了。另外,虽然与『偷窥者』有一定共通性,这部电影的优势同样也是显而易见的,一点都不飘。
她为什么不用手机拍照和录像功能。附近发生了凶杀案，作为老公还能不相信她也够令人无语的
吓得腿软。狗男人要你有什么用，帮不上一点儿忙还没有同理心。
作为女性，在陌生的环境中要时刻保持警惕，要相信自己，相信自己的直觉，自救才是第一位的。至于要依赖家人，朋友的帮助，怎么让人相信自己的直觉（无证据），也需要想到一些方法。
看了下面的评论意识到不能多评论，就这样吧。。。
话说让女主和女邻居搞姬不好吗，
相当熟悉的剧本，身处异国他乡的孤独女性，只顾事业工作的独断男人，还有一个四处行凶的变态杀人魔，几处氛围到位，整体流于老套。
在平静的叙事中给了个体不少零星的意外感。
这剧情70多分钟可以完的，铺垫太长，浪费时间。
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凭着女人的本能……
本来以为是偷窥题材，结果不是有点失望，而且没啥亮点，不看也罢
也太老套了，幻想来自男人凝视的翘臀小仙女的心理日常，导演让她洗白立大功
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