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.
当原著小说中的情节被具像成电影，那种美好到不真实的感觉也被放大。现实太残酷，果然只能从文学或影视作品中才能得到一点慰藉，尽管那些美好都是虚构的。
去la就是为了要转场吧，老在一个景里拍多没意思。
完全没有亮点，依然是麻酱作为受害方。感觉浪费了生命。
男1和女1结婚，生一女儿。女1去世，男1独自照顾女儿，男1娶了女2，男1又离开，女2独自照顾女儿，女2嫁给了男2，女2又带着女儿离开男2，嫁给了男3，女2又离开，男3独自照顾女儿。这女儿招谁惹谁了？
剧情也就一贯的那样吧 话说好想度个假住个酒店什么的 该死的疫情
我怀疑酒店服务员不能拒绝客户要求是东野圭吾编出来的，乱七八糟。
长泽雅美的颜怎么一年就垮成这个亚子 我接受不了
不应该饿着肚子看这部片的。/我的泪都是为十元和小女孩流的。/咩酱稳定发挥，岡田健史全程一个表情😅。/女主角感情戏太潦草了吧，河边那场戏我白眼都翻上天了，这就确定关系了？！/能写出这种没有繁殖癌男的亲情故事真不知道是天真还是愚蠢。
如果这部电影换成是国产剧，估计肯定是4分左右的评分。
松散的情节充斥着违和感，梨花为了自己成为母亲，欺骗、利用了三个男人，两代爸爸都围着母女转，太奇怪了吧…… 被吐槽的结束语虽然有点囧但也可以理解，算是西式婚礼仪式由父亲将新娘带给新郎，开始新的人生的意思吧～
鱼叔这次的出场很显眼了~ cast表才是重点 太多熟人脸一下子都猜不出谁是坏人了……
玩个演员梗：这电影证明了如果像石原里美在《校阅女孩》里那样疯狂置装，是真的有可能破产的哦🙄
阵容依旧超豪华，长泽肉眼可见岁数上去些了。阖家欢推理献礼片 😂
伪造的亲情接力棒，浮夸的表演让人更不敢置信无血缘亲情的真实性
案情的设计上比第一部还emmm……有点刻意制造每个角色的悬疑点了，可能还是想突出人的“假面”？
全员好人想营造一个温柔的世界 但一个接一个地换老公这叫做接力棒 还美约其名为了女儿 亲生父亲从巴西回来都不找一下女儿吗？二号父亲你那么有钱怎么就那么想不明白她就是为了你的钱 三号父亲更奇怪 结婚当天才知道她有个女儿还一直对女儿呵护备至哪怕老婆早就走掉了你真是比恐龙还罕见 反正这里的人我全程都无法理解。但是十元真的好好看 特喜欢看她和女儿在床上游泳和捡到了50元然后开地暖在地上拥抱这两段 好有爱的母女妈妈和女儿都可爱极了！一脸驯良人畜无害咩酱也好看 但和这个老公毫不来电也是看得人捉急。3星算是给十元和咩酱的造型吧
冲着大家的演技给了三星，永野和十元很好看。
很多年没有好好看过一部日本电影了，上一个喜欢的还是宫崎葵呢，现在长泽雅美了
亲友太厉害了中途就猜到track是手表……木村这两年吃了防腐剂吗，梦回十年前了
这案子是拍成一个小时的sp我都会嫌时间太长的类型。麻酱和泽村叔是我看完的唯一动力。
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