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.
好久没看过味这么正这么复古的直男日漫剧情了，几位大佬仿佛是疫情在家关疯了爆发式地写点自己爽完就算的东西的我。只能说格林童话不仅坑外国女人还坑外星女人哈。
就荒木哲郎和泽野弘之发挥得再好也只能给垃圾剧本擦屁股而已，把巨人和君名的“感觉”糅到一起做足噱头，再为了虐而虐就成了又一部青春残酷物语，真的很让人无语。想起一句话，君名之后的每一部日本商业爱情动画长片都可以当作君名的同人作，属于是很形象了
虚渊玄怎么会写出这么土的剧本，这都不是有失水准的问题了，压根就没认真写吧……不是没有考虑过写得差的可能性，毕竟有篇幅和商业等方面的限制，但我以为多多少少会有点活，结果剧情竟然毫无惊喜可言。
挺烂的，也挺浪费了我的时间，没找出来优点哦。哦，一开头的那个泡泡，有颜色的，还挺好看的。
除了个别画面的画质还不错，剩下的真的是说不出什么好话。披着科幻外衣的直男幻想爽文。
总之就是很空洞。一个牛顿管不了的世界。末世、跑酷、海的女儿。这帮人跑酷不打起来，也真是有体育道德。声音做的挺好的。但是世界建立不成功。
画面8分，音乐7分，剧情坑太多，虽然勉强能理解是个什么故事，但却有太多细节没解释明白。就此而言，不是一个成功的片子，值得一看，不值得收藏。
画面一百分，故事四十分。《天气之子》《泡泡》，高概念世界背景中的无聊故事
画风不错，有些帧可以当壁纸很赞，然后没了。
Berlinale30 跑酷的超级过瘾 男主hibiki(響き)又牛逼又害羞被女主追的脸红真的太可爱了，女主泡泡本泡Uta(ウタ＝歌)则显得有点太幼齿了，但是依然好看啊啊啊～ 最后的反战很动人，虽然小美人鱼变成泡泡但是在原子世界里，我们也许再见。
这个版本的新海诚更趋近于《天气之子》
一個挺套路的愛情（童話）故事，不知道為什麼在當下看就出現了意象不到的新意。一個處在遊牧狀態的都市，一個系統外的偏差的出現卻會改變一切。
童话+人类起源是日本动画的味道了…画面和音乐完全top水平
【2】制作上自然无可指摘，但你虚渊玄就整这烂活？
（5/10）剧本各方面完成度很低很低，人物没动机，世界观几乎停留在基本为剧情服务的方面不能自圆其说，桥段设置意义不明，人物成长无法共情，主题揉成一团，以上等等不再多说了，因为没啥意义，本来就是当作画mad看的。不过作画还不错，确实贡献了几段很长的跑酷名场面，但是问题也有，就是太飘了，没有力量感，缺少第一人称，看不够啊，这倒是和这部影片一样，什么都跟泡泡一样，表面很华丽，但轻飘飘的一戳就破，破了以后啥也不剩。
“他们给的实在太多了”系列，剧情土味稀碎，男女主人设真嗣+绫波丽，王子和美人鱼，一个自闭症一个傻呼呼，互动非常寡淡，导致最后都没觉得他们感情很深，哭不出来。就这烂剧情为啥用了三个编剧，我觉得我去写剧本可能也比这个强点。三星给作画和音乐，可能是跑酷宣传动画吧。
Emmmm海的女儿扩展版再搭上日本沉没？一个引火上身火却全身而退的故事 忘了说紧跟反战主题了 要素和福利是不缺了…
遇到了你才完整了自己——why，就不能本来就是自己吗。结局又是女性自毁结局，why
跑酷的设定让我想起某个末日打棒球的动画？但咱就是说，你都危险跑酷了，能不能人物健硕点啊？
当初看到网飞×荒木×小畑健×虚渊玄×泽野还以为会是惊天巨制，谁能想到WIT用心做动画，老虚用脚写剧本。泡泡末日版美人鱼新编，新也只在背景设定。一度觉得这应该是跑酷游戏改的动画，仿佛看到deemo电影的样子了。不过真的好有钱好华丽好炫技，音乐也爆好听。片尾是泡泡少女在现实环境中的各种剪影，很用心的设计。
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