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.
不带脑子看这部剧还是蛮爽的，主角二人一水一火的镜头印象深刻
关键词：主旋律、杰克苏、印度舞。面对白人的欺凌压迫，武力值与印度舞要两手抓。阿莉雅就真的打了个酱油，还以为她很劳模😂
不带脑子看这部剧还是蛮爽的，主角二人一水一火的镜头印象深刻
无比欢乐!
还是觉得《巴霍利王》最好看，因为满足了女性的幻想～
大概能称作重度爆米花式的印度战狼，反英战神的剧情虽然俗套，但近代英殖时期的时代性却要好于演化于古史诗的巴霍巴利王。相较于角斗式双男主间围绕交锋与和解的烂煽情，南印度电影最顶级的脑洞大开弥补了角色形象的刻板性:从万兽出笼到失控的烟花/喷泉背景墙下手持火把/水枪的交锋，以及在孤胆英雄浪潮中罕见的双人合体作战，若非有终章里化身地母神之神射手的复古桥段再现，有必要怀疑这水火龙虎共斗与握手印记以及较低族裔性命更珍贵的军备论等是否属于对日式古早混沌机战题材的缝合致敬。
此片为印度抗英“神剧”不在于逻辑性，但注重观赏性（所以影院观看视听会很爽，如同夏日里的冰可乐，但回味起来就是糖水！）。剧情：“胡子兄弟”的抗英传奇故事（的确有《巴霍巴利王》元素……）其实借此从另外一个角度说明一下，印度电影还是很强的，片长基本3个小时左右，如同短剧集合。如果换成其他的影片，相信大多都会导致结构松散，招架不住，败下阵来！（能把神剧拍摄的如此唯美，由此我到是希望我局讨厌的咱们的抗日神剧也拍出这样。影片在当前俄乌冲突时期的推出，不知多少会有点意图吧。）
谁安利说比巴霍巴利好看的'印度也开始这种双男主设置了吗
给我爽爆，帅，磕
浮夸，国际上很多个人英雄主义动作片至少还能贴地，该片的主角更像是天神下凡，脱离了人的范围。宝莱坞现在的一线资源全都在胡子男手中，阳刚得就差直接让张飞李逵程咬金拉来片场了。动作设计太过浮夸，让人放佛置身印度阅兵摩托车环节，“速度与激情”剧组看完都直拍大腿直呼没想到。有些印度动作片的夸张超现实我能接受，因为那些设定本就架空，这样把活人写成神实在没啥意思。
场面夸张是夸张了点。
抗英神剧，手撕鬼子，歌舞即好看又洗脑，拍的不错，果然舞蹈牛逼的动作戏也好看，打戏的制作水准相当高，甚至带很多特效。
印度在塑造英雄这方面，实在是炉火纯青，信手拈来
哈哈哈真不太行，好玩一点的都在trailer里了..
看到三分之一真的超棒的印度片，塑造双男主强战力的动作戏非常精彩，私服悍警好像阿利森确实比牧羊人帅，不过特效还是比较五毛的，不知身份中结下兄弟情的套路又没落俗套，追女僚机兄弟情搞笑又生动，漂亮傻白甜女主莫名钟情牧羊人这段还是太老套了，派对上没风度的纨绔公子引出的斗舞是第一次能让我看下去的印度歌舞部分比起其他片子要自然幽默，兽群出笼的镜头也太帅了，双男主对手戏的水火形象非常有漫画感。无间道的悍警看来才是男一，童年过往突然变成《狙击手》剧情，未婚妻说出真相的时候泪目了，革命才是最伟大的，不过女主给营地图纸也太坑了，完全工具人，前半部值得五星，可惜了后半部沦为抗英神剧
往往是那几个打不赢的国家喜欢拍神剧，比如法国和印度。
说回到这部明显是按照反抗殖民统治路数来拍的片子，连他妈的救援场景的对话，都说本土语言然后上配音？这直接扣分了啊，就差刨坟了（虽然阿三可能都没有坟了）。想通过时间线玩弄我的心思？不可能！了不起了给你加一星，实际还是落俗套的片子，既然你选了这个主题切入，拍成这种尿性，我直接默认你收了50w…
本片绝对是无脑爽片行列里的正面教材：人物刻画上佳，哪怕一些平铺直叙仍会影响观感，但这种担忧基本没有必要，因为我们可以发现主创方是真的在认真挖掘并赋予人物的弧光表现。（尤其是拉朱小时候的悲惨往事）而大场面和动作戏更是全片第二高光，难得见到如此高完成度的动作戏调度，［速率］的把控简直完美，慢镜头的氛围塑造和精彩的动作呈现简直绝配。以及“上膛，瞄准，射击。”的名台词，已经刻进我的DNA里了。（最后比姆开枪打死总督那段是真解气哇！！）讲真今年还有比这更牛百的无脑爽片吗？
这强大的身体复原能力，这指哪打哪的超级功夫，还有唱歌跳舞的文艺才能，加上家国情怀，这就是印度武侠吧！神虎侠侣，地母八部……
在下坂本有何贵干印度版。不过时间如果没这么长的话，还是看得令人很开心。（自由是人与生俱来的权利，我们不应该为了追求它而低声下气）
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