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.
……整体是一部喜剧片……可那个单亲妈妈的小孩，没得让我很懵……奶奶的儿子为了我保护麻麻牺牲了说得过去，可是二楼那个小孩……一起带出来不行么……这部电影还是看看解说就可以了……不过修灿真的很可爱，每次见面都认认真真的打招呼
拍的还不错，打斗动作场面也好看，剧情内容一般，网络电影里面属于中上乘的，也有瑕疵，比如动作场面中背景音乐声太大
我感觉大叔可以直接从楼顶跳到对面老头那边去的呀，刚塌陷的时候。
2021年第225部：以为是大地震，没想到是小地陷，走搞笑路线大可不必。
踩雷的棒子牌喜剧灾难片，虽然拍得很烂，毕竟是在尝试新的方向了。很多场景像话剧一样，奇奇怪怪的，那些跑龙套的都在……
🦒！好久不见！黄色潜水艇可还行哈哈哈....
太恐怖了吧有这么一个大坑。前面的铺垫真的太长了。最后也是有点神剧啦。
跟《摩天楼》几乎是完全对应的，一个在天上一个在地下。叙事模式太像了。只是这部水平完全没有《摩天楼》高。故作幽默的段落很尴尬……
你要把它当作喜剧片看，就不会和剧情那么较真了。
500米的水深不太科学
我感触最深的是林则徐的形象，有理有利有节，那句“为什么他们想活，百姓们就得死……”
在1090看的
前有埋在隧道里，后有埋再楼里，韩国电影隧道和地陷，不同导演，共同的理念，看来韩国人们内心恐惧被活埋，从而拍了这一些灾难电影。。不过，这部的紧张程度没有隧道好，
主角经常演坏人看到他的样子就想到变态的感觉，前期家长里短的铺垫太多了要是不通过电影名字或者简介还真让人以为是个生活片的错觉。这部剧我觉着主要还是喜剧片，因为很多时候都是在搞笑，灾难片拍出了喜感，只有少部分的紧张恐慌，少部分的煽情，最后所有人被困在漏水的黄色桶的确有点吓人，那个盖盖子的人差点就淹死，居然脚被绳子缠住了给拖上来了，反正全员幸存还是得靠点运气吧，感觉救援队效率很差完全不知道在干嘛，桶子上来的时候他们正坐在那聊天呢吧，估计都已经放弃营救了吧
确定这是灾难片么，502变-1802这电梯房让我怎么感觉又尴尬又苦笑
欢乐型灾难片 天坑的设计有点意思
怎么说呢？这部电影让我连李光洙都喜欢不起来。看到房子掉下去，我居然面无表情内心毫无波澜。父亲掉进泥潭，儿子居然跟着跳进去救人。差点买一送一。超级无语。
光洙的新电影，节奏上有点慢吞吞一开始，中间的剧情有些不太合理，场面上挺刺激的，演员都不错。
剧情好科幻就是段子太无聊了哈哈哈哈，黄色潜水艇那么离谱的也能用，看个热闹挺有意思的，3.5
但大多数人的状态都是陷入恐慌之中，这部片拍的太过理想化。也算是我看过为数不多的，在灾难片的题材中加入了喜剧的表演，整体观感是不错。
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