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.
看到手机的那个剧情有点套路，但是片子还不错，结局也是，相视而笑回到过去。
对郑佳映期待太高，故事本身就没什么吸引力，拍得也不算出彩，有些失望。
当主演，当龙套，也当配角，如此活着才有趣。
和具氏完全不一样，像是会摇尾巴的大狗狗，孙锡久啊我的做梦素材。
在公羊又夺超级碗的时候，靠着行活儿套路去拍一个人物传记类型及格分最多了。最大缺点就是球场内容太少了。
我得再看五遍电话才能把姐姐在我心里的形象从这无聊片子里解救出来
很久没看韩式爱情小品了，为这几年我心里最性感的男女演员加多一星，希望他们换个片种再合作
虽然不是我能接受的，但是却感觉有点真实。小全生活演技也完全没问题，下次来部有恋爱的罗曼史吧
对郑佳映期待太高，故事本身就没什么吸引力，拍得也不算出彩，有些失望。
前半段两人初遇，献血和平壤冷面的深刻记忆点。第一、第二次对话好有意思，全钟瑞的松弛和警惕，以及孙锡久被调侃后的意外和无措（门牌号拿反有被萌到），俩人的微表情真的有化学反应。再次见面的对话就很坦诚，陌生又熟悉的距离让人轻易卸下防备，说话、吐露，因为可以随时结束的这段关系。「非常同意、同意、一般、不同意、非常不同意，男人评价自己一般的话，实际上还要往后推两段」，「他说跟我做的时候感觉最好，但是却要和她结婚」，看似荒诞不羁，但又写实地可怕。（好想读这个百转千回回味无穷的专栏啊
@@@（2021-11-24）yeon-ae ppajin lomaenseu（Nothing Serious）（恋爱缺席的罗曼史）
怎么会有这么可爱的爱情喜剧片！！全钟瑞和孙锡久诠释得太好了！
轻盈现代的爱情故事，两位主角太好了，赏心悦目
还蛮喜欢这种质朴美国人傻傻的坚持的精神。life is not about how much we achieve, but how we become. we won't take off when things get hard。destiny - it goes to underdog.
男主身上有一种蜜汁魅力。剧情很俗套，我和我炮友的故事
打橄榄球，那是我唯一擅长的事。。。
好鬼无聊一剧本，拍的也一般，但解放日志里对孙锡久的性幻想终于实现了……一丢丢吧，他不笑比笑起来性感一万倍，这种舔狗角色也不够发挥的，全钟瑞美死了，还有最喜欢的两个配角小姐姐，不过也都没什么发挥空间。
孙锡久好性感，全钟瑞也好性感，这两个人可以只做爱不谈爱吗。
Go Panther！！！ UNI毕业这么些年了才知道有这么一位NFL知名校友哈哈哈哈哈。很热血的传记类体育电影，这一针又一针的鸡血打的人心满意足激动万分。
说好谈性又不好好谈，谈什么恋爱。。。感觉男主有点…配不上全钟瑞。。。
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