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.
挺有意思的，导演比想象的认真，就是有点慢。接下来两部也都会跟着看的，下次就有机会去电影院支持了
唯一被吓到的场景是女二尖叫。
一个工业流水线产品，像黄片一样；还以为模仿惊魂记，宗教，电视，电影，性欲各种元素掺杂，性欲满足不了杀人来满足……俩老东西哪来这么大劲头，几个年轻人打不过老东西，无脑白痴人设
首先想到的朱文在《老年人的性慾問題》里那句「兩個滿頭白髮的老人努力著要在一起完成一次性愛，你如果心裡因此萌生了一種下流荒淫的感覺，那麼我認為你不僅缺乏基本同情心，而且是一個毫無理解力的人。」
还有啥比一个八十多的老太太嘶哑地喊着'艹死我吧'更恐怖的吗
完全没想到女主和老太竟然是一个演员演的！！！化妆和演技都太牛了吧
比较老派的恐怖片风格，米娅分饰两角真没看出来。
质感其实很不错 个人觉得比soho惊魂夜执行自由很多 可惜就是暴力或情色作为任何一种引人买票的元素 它下料不够 毕竟不能要求恐怖片迷沉溺于影像质感
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影片看完居然觉得有些悲凉，那个不甘失去青春年华美好肉体的变态枯槁老妇，和那些趁着青春肆意挥霍的几个年轻人。剧本设定有些程式化，不过也算得上是一部合格的B级血浆片，多一星给Mia冷冷的颜。
女主一开始几次看镜头，以为会搞点什么。鳄鱼初见那块有A24的感觉；杀人的理由既然都这么胡逼了，手法不如再飞一些；对传统剥削片的小讽刺与小继承；奶奶被震飞好评
女主28岁了，依然少女感十足；题材也很有新意，虽然不怎么恐怖。
R级电影该有的元素都有了，一小时后盛宴开始，虽然没有到那种让人大气都不敢出的地步，但是有些地方莫名地creep，最后的碾轧爆头有点爽，哈哈哈哈。Mia Goth很适合这种cult片风格。
还可以 评分有点低了 老年人怎么就不能有欲望 不能有性生活了
太特么棒了！ 一部脱胎于老式恐怖片却不走寻常路的电影！如果是传统的恐怖片的恐怖是来自于未知和突然的惊吓，那么这部电影就把已知的、缓慢的恐怖做的令人癫狂！片中的老人既恐怖又让人可怜和感动，很值得深思。
就是说真的有必要把老年刻画得如此不堪吗？好奇老年观众观影感受。 才知道女主一人饰演老少，有点厉害。 惊悚部分有些地方能被吊着，当然也有落入俗套的地方。 当然了最大的感受还是为老年人鸣不平啊。。。老了真的没这么惨吧？
太棒了！近几年恐怖片烂作频出、导致许久未看这个类型的，不料抽起【X】观看被惊艳到了，即复古又有逼格，剪辑上也非常喜欢！想不到恐怖片可以这样拍！音乐也是好听，哪里可以买到原声大碟？
把两部B级片凑成一部B级片。女主跟老妇人居然是一个人演的！凭空加1星。
不够带劲，而且这老年人床戏简直是精神污染。
就是他们一普通的虐杀片而已，没啥新奇的成分和情节。只是跟其他惊悚类电影不同的是大反派是手无缚鸡之力的老年人而已。
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