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.
本子没好好写。故事很有力量，但将所有真相集中在结尾对峙，还只是直白通过讲述，前面拖拉半天，看得人耐心都没了。故弄玄虚使用一些拉近景，升格，很典型的印度片拍法啦，歌舞片可以这样，悬疑片干嘛要这样……
黨呐喊都聽不到，無動於衷的時候，只能采取極端行動了。之所以極端是因爲是唯一的出路。
主要是想借电影为印度女性发声，不公是人造成的，也是社会造成的。最触动人的其实是片尾字幕，是这部电影的成功同样也是不成功之处。故事问题还是挺多的，不管怎么说还是让我共情了
印度片越来越跳出人们刻板印象了。题材是好的，拍摄手法也比较商业化熟练，只是冗戏和冗镜头实在太多太多
一开始我就在想着铺垫那么长到底啥事儿呢。天天叫人家印度阿三，人起码还能给女性拍个电影，部分国人还在为“为女生讲话”就是女权疯狂键盘。看完这部电影的时候，键盘侠还在对谷爱凌进行疯狂攻击😅
期待也能看能到诸如此类更多现实题材，反应社会问题的国产电影
作为类型片是比较成熟的，女主的演技真的不错。但是非常幼稚的是：很难相信一个系统学习过法学知识的人会认为只有依靠提高量刑基准才能够预防、惩治犯罪——当然你要是说女主的“学习”仅限于背法条那当我没说。
电影除了主题还非常自然的融入了不少元素。喜欢，也看的人很伤心。外，这个片子真的没有苹果耳机赞助吗？？？
主题很深刻，后半个小时很震撼，但是前面推进的太慢了，感觉可以处理的更好。其实在看过简介之后就已经对剧情走向完全猜到的了。不过鉴于其主题的社会性，还是很不错的。印度这一块一直很好。某些镜头蛮印度的，我还以为20s的印度电影不会再这样了。
期待也能看能到诸如此类更多现实题材，反应社会问题的国产电影
120分钟完成从“丧心病狂”到“何其无辜”的观感转变，印度电影都开始声讨强奸死刑了，我国呢。
印度女性面对的环境确实恶劣，以这种非现实的手法去警醒立法者，更像是文学创作的无奈之举，以假想的女性总理的同理心而促成这种后续立法上的跟进，受害者何其多，体制是根源，印度一直是个分裂的社会，却有全世界最多的年轻人，贫穷却欲壑难填，得不到满足的发泄在女性身上，法律作为最终手段在这里显然没起到改变现实的作用，才需要更进一步的强有力的立法。
一部印度乌托邦的电影，不过能拍出来就值5星了！
感谢中国共产党我国是不发达国家最早实现男女平等的国家。
司机就是强奸犯的这个反转确实没想到，千万不要让肖央或是陈思诚或是其他的一些导演看到这部片子，要不然就会被收编到《误杀》系列了
那个枪本不该由她来开，那个时间本不该落后这么久…
这是一部很棒的女性主义电影。Girls help girls☀
印度政府的无能表现的淋漓尽致，噱头足够，却内容单薄，实属雷声大，雨点小
最后那3行字幕，是电影真正的核心。是这个获得了5星。
立意是好，但前面一顿操作感觉有点bluff。配乐感觉很过时。
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