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.
安分守己的人就只能忍气吞声了呗，呵呵。另外，这个字幕组的OCR痕迹挺明显啊。。。
做得对，以卵击石毁不了石头，恶心石头一把也是好的
2011年后再度回归，双重反转，各种老梗新梗，对新千年粉丝也很友好。这片和Halloween系列是最像的，钱赚的多重启的也快。主角们经历4次血的洗礼对各种套路也很熟悉了，所以战斗力提升了不少，但最后反派死于话多和智商下线还是落入了俗套。（我居然在片头就猜到了Jack Quiad是凶手，但没想到还有第二个女凶手）
人物塑造太离谱了，男主也太没有魅力了...白期待了。新版劝导就拍成这个鬼样子。要看还是看Sally和Rupert那版吧
看完只有一个感想：小朋友你的心中是否有许多问号？
影片很好的延续了惊声尖叫系列的优质特色，融汇现实与电影，让恐怖片影迷总能会心一笑，对作品倍有好感。本作在人物关系、凶手设置、案发现场都很好地致敬了该系列的第一部，甚至通过人物的台词狠狠地夸赞了第一部乃至整个系列，这里应该用力鼓掌。
《惊声尖叫5》极力试图还原第一部的光辉：本片将“自我意识”与对类型片的调侃做到了极致，多到有些妨碍叙事、破坏影片的沉浸感；在情节和角色设置上对第一部的过多致敬导致本片看起来像是第一部的仿冒翻拍，而烂俗的桥段、无趣的人物和枯竭的创意最终摧毁了这部影片。
大概有十分钟的时间让人爽到，其余时间不管是主角本身还是作为观众的我都在吐槽这类警察掉线，主角们喜欢作死的廉价恐怖片。演凶手的两位演技太差了，以至于在看到他们的第一眼我就发现这两人有猫腻有不自然，于是就猜中了，一点惊喜也没有！
曾经的我因为剧版女主不够美貌而烦恼，fine，达妹好看是好看的，但是完全不是那个感觉呀
血腥程度升级。但是，双杀手的人，太容易被猜到了。续集回到原版的吐槽，有趣一些。杜威的死，意想不到。
我喜欢愤怒的少女。找不到工作的时候看点这种片子，内心会更加压抑，但会获得悲剧性的升华。
达妹出演的电影中，觉得角色最有味道的一部。
事实证明看这部新作之前重温第一集非常有必要，二者关联不小，连着看增加不少乐趣，不但把铁三角请回来了，还把第一集的大房子也请回来了，做了一次很完整的致敬，不过因此让凶手身份很好猜了，也导致了明显的漏洞。。。问题很多但保持了系列一贯的娱乐性，比起《月光光心慌慌》那样打不死的杀人狂还是好看很多的，最后反杀戏太爽了，“永远别搞杀人狂的…..！”牛x
没想象的那么难看，达妹有几个镜头也很美很不错，简直像是奥斯汀版的fleabag又丧又对着镜头说话。看到后面有点疲了。
绝对不要下跪，绝对不要后退，绝对要带着一起下地狱。
女主每看镜头一次，我就出戏一次，不李姐为什么采取这种形式😅
Requal 的规则就是一边讨论吐槽这些规则，一边按照这些规则进行。比黑客帝国4的制作更精巧，不是自暴自弃型的作品。有时候也不能太讲逻辑。估计还会有下一步续集。
很用力的致敬了第一部以及韦斯，各位回归的主角们都是魅力不减当年，很多恐怖片和电影梗还是提供了不少迷影乐趣
不得不说，有某几个地方还真让我看到了点老恐怖片的影子。但整体还是让人觉得有点自作聪明。
2011年后再度回归，双重反转，各种老梗新梗，对新千年粉丝也很友好。这片和Halloween系列是最像的，钱赚的多重启的也快。主角们经历4次血的洗礼对各种套路也很熟悉了，所以战斗力提升了不少，但最后反派死于话多和智商下线还是落入了俗套。（我居然在片头就猜到了Jack Quiad是凶手，但没想到还有第二个女凶手）
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