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.
很轻松的一部影片，暖暖的结局，相信人性本善。
美国的好处就是，对于break- in自己家的人可以开枪。
我操好爽！！！！btw哪里有这么智能的语音助手？
最惊悚的大概就是即便像女主一样谨小慎微地在意隐私不出家门 大数据时代人肉一个人也是如此轻而易举 比起透过望远镜和窗户的偷窥 无孔不入的数据窥视让隐私变得无处遁形
智能音响也可以用作杀人武器，用悬疑故事再一次讲述对于现代科技的反思，部分镜头很有意思，例如耳机的效果，出门的急促感，挺有意思的。
当然，当笨贼不因媒介和女性主题而笨时，也有其他笨的方式；当女性借助主题而强，其合理性也被帅气的反杀提升。
把靈魂出竅弄成奪舍倒是很奇妙，結尾模仿約翰·威克。
一個非常簡單常見的犯罪故事套了一個靈魂穿越的概念，不過打戲拍的還真的不怎麼好看
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智能音响也可以用作杀人武器，用悬疑故事再一次讲述对于现代科技的反思，部分镜头很有意思，例如耳机的效果，出门的急促感，挺有意思的。
非常新颖的题材，超载毒药导致的灵魂脱离，既串联了一系列扑朔迷离的事件，也营造了独特的时空错乱的氛围。这类创新影片，在国内的主流电影市场，相当少见，或是审查机制，或是过于缺乏创造力了，值得更需要警醒与深思。
对伪智能化设备的态度中立，却并不引人思考。 倒是呼吁社恐人士多去社交这点做到了。 倒是有些摄影风格。 ps.死肥宅是没有春天的。
在电影院看的。什么破玩意儿，变来变去的，你以为你是孙悟空呢？
太拖沓了，也就是个短片的体量，华点只有最后10分钟
整体质感比现在电视剧还低成本，真的电视电影那感觉...但表演和导演做得还算可以了。毕竟典型的set up和play off做得到位的片。但也仅此而已
记住了女主用完消毒液晾手的动作。NRT-SEA
前面是高科技的互动，听到了一段犯罪录音，后面是匪徒追击女主被抓住，在被女主成功反杀。。。
从两三个时事热点展开的小成本电影。导演能力略有不足，但那个打太极的女管理拍出了可恨。
整场的拖沓被装修工具干净利落的5分钟搞定。
很轻松的一部影片，暖暖的结局，相信人性本善。
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