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.
3.5分，强行尬哭，隔靴搔痒。
看疫情下的武汉普通人的生活。太感人了，从头至尾。在来势凶凶的疫情面前，人们相互温暖，相互鼓励，在共同的努力下终于换来了武汉的重启，这个电影太有意义了。
可以只看最后20几分钟，塞包又秀了一下他的身材
实在是题材太加分了，即便拍出来的东西不太真实，还是被感动到了。大概是因为当时，离武汉的疫情太近了吧。
怎么就分到喜剧榜了？完全没觉得搞笑。两个人在超市相遇，男主一开始就说了家在附近所以来水果区买点水果，怎么可能开那么久的路还没到家？女主太没有防备心了……编剧写的台词还是挺不错的，尤其是女主的台词，套路男主时竟然让我觉得很合理，什么“我好难过……因为我吃了竟然没有罪恶感”，我的天，这句简直能达到和变态同理心的效果。还有当我在思考身处在这样一个危险的地方该如何利用男主的喜欢时，女主已经开始说“人肉是什么味道？”了，这些反应真的太适合教学了，也不怪男主恋爱脑哈哈哈哈
6.0 《get out》女性版，从黑人移植到女性，还是挺契合的，但视觉体验，调度弱了前者不少
不知道是导演强还是摄像强，撇除剧情来说，剧中的构图和景别运用的太到位了!
最后该不该有反杀呢？该！但不该是这样简单的过程，体验的前后割裂感想必导演也是清楚的，但美式虐杀片或许只能这样了，赶紧把本子交给园子温或者法国人去做吧吧。
这是什么阴间电影？无趣到看不下去
很担心是把抗疫描述成惊心动魄的各种，但是这个电影治愈了我的不安。贾玲和朱一龙真是很欢乐，黄渤发挥也很稳定。
三星半。作为爽片来说很有诚意，但是爽片终归是爽片。整体桥段很像逃出绝命镇，放在各个配角身上的隐喻也很真实，不过粗糙感明显，形式比内容好，最后20分钟很爽但也很蠢。前20分钟完美，基本上perfect date只能来自于想吃你的人。
我特么啥玩意儿啊，最后还以为能有个大boss，白铺垫半天。PS：无漏点，不用等。
就是说朱一龙和贾玲……太尬了，类似不能理解的情节还有不少。最大的问题还是配音用力过猛，配乐也过于努力了。
人呵！请鼓起心灵的勇气
惊悚片的壳，爱情片的核，爱恨之间切换生硬，终究还是一个狼爱上羊的故事。
前半段的爱情小清新到后半段的变态食人盛宴， 男女主颜值身材配一脸，调情部分的各种特写确实非常会。 惊悚题材拍的美绝， get了384不同于冬兵的性感，整体情节虽然bug很多，但实在是太养眼所以食用还是很爽。
有谁会拒绝塞包要电话号码呢？看开头知结尾，不过中期后期几个镜头，尤其食人那段确实会引起生理不适，高潮戏撕巴在一起看的还是很有意思的。就是这个套路有点俗气。
没错，很PC，但一定要鼓励。“愚蠢的mermaid居然为了臭男人离开大海！”PS：跳舞那一段，真的太喜欢了，喜欢到赞叹连连！拍手叫好！
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