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.
简单来说就是...MV质感的美剧...
一整部电影都在等戳爷的bgm出来，等到电影结束终于等来了。
要多有安全感的时候才能做到结果不再重要 safe 🍿 sex
客观3.3，感情分3.5星。可以看做是单身结局版的《欲盖弄潮》，一个男孩暑假里发生的艾滋感染疑云、与病友的暧昧甜蜜、和朋友的分分合合、对亲人的了解和自我成长，总体保持住了青春的甜蜜、明媚的忧伤、豁然开朗的成长气氛，看得人很舒心。
故事蛮简单的 很多细节也蛮好的 就是如果印度男孩能够realise不要再这样子下去懦弱下去就更完美了 （如果回头了我会给5星
色彩太漂亮了 很高兴看到Troye还是那个有着夏日清爽气息的男孩 一如许多年前初识的青春
反糖水片的模式，本以为能步入正轨的生活被无情的撕扯，情人、朋友、乃至自己的亲生母亲，最后会发现，原来爱自己的人，一直在自己身边。
虽然存在感染艾滋的可能性，但是色调还是那么鲜亮充满了朝气。这个夏天过去了一切都会好起来，又会回到那个充满阳光的沙滩。
戳爷的颜值撑起了整部电影的看点 剧情反套路 值得信任的感情真的很少
戳也太好看了吧，在电影里面很难相信他的主业是歌手，他非常适合这一类角色，还挺期待他成为同志片里面的甜茶
还行吧，什么美国青春伤痛电影。有几条线但是都挺直白的，剧情也不是很出意料。看一看还是可以的，不算很无聊。
《Five Years》是我最喜欢的宝爷的歌
也没有像想象的那么差
（戳好瘦，霉问题，TS粉一把子满足！
2022.56 呜呜我好喜欢 好喜欢这种电影 能feel到谈恋爱的感觉 🇮🇳小哥哥好可爱喔 戳爷好甜甜 剧情就一般 但看脸看配色还是不错的 妥妥文青
穿上新的小白鞋，去留下我新的人生故事！
戳爷的颜太加分了，剧情真的很一般很正能量很美丽卡...
如果真的在一起就俗了很多 毕竟青春是只要有阳光就能生长的野蛮生物 不过这种愤世嫉俗的亢奋感让我切出去平息了好几次不要对他们把爆米花撒在床上发火 佛罗里达的夏天真美 夏天的爱恋就在夏天结尾吧
“好想过夏天”“我也开始期待了”昨晚与朋友的聊天
美国青春甜水艾滋小片片，戳爷太像寡姐了，感觉黑寡妇在强吻三哥
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