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.
灾难给人类心灵带来的破坏，需要自己鼓起勇气去面对！
最后的结局出人意料，合租养老，现实没有电影美好。
日本人为什么可以把这么单薄的剧情拍得这么有感染力啊！
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刚看的时候很田园夏日，有温情。后面变得灵异起来就不喜欢了。
童年创伤、温情治愈、鬼怪典籍、除魔卫道。各种元素混搭，各个点面都浅显。整体而言是可惜的，要讲的东西太多了，都显得有些浅显了。神话部分还算可圈可点，但心理创伤部分则就未免过于牵强浅薄了。
无法抹除的灾害伤痛，需要靠神灵更重要靠自己去克服。还是比较安慰人心的动画
是我喜欢的故事和风格。跟小朋友一起看也可。
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蛮有趣的生活喜剧，虽然有点夸张但这好像是大多数老龄化严重的东亚家庭所担心的生活，片子最后他们住进了群租房应该也是日本政府想要现今的日本国民这么做的吧
喜欢画风，剧情有点说不通但无所谓，只有女性的大房子大庭院大花墙很让人向往
喜欢刚开始那段关于迷途之屋的民间故事，画风和故事都很符合我对日式鬼怪故事的想象。
前面日常部分铺垫太长了，后面的打斗非常草率。U1S1画面很好看
喜欢刚开始那段关于迷途之屋的民间故事，画风和故事都很符合我对日式鬼怪故事的想象。
小妖怪们好有趣，细节设定挺不错的，but结尾打怪也太短了！
剧情一般
画面依然很具日本特色，很美丽
前半段很像《小森林》动画版，遭遇自然灾害失去家人的孩子和善良老奶奶到海岬边古旧大宅平淡生活的故事，这样舒缓又带点忧伤的氛围让人想起许多相似的故事，比如《龙猫》、《狼的孩子雨和雪》。不过后续画风一转，什么河童朋友们登门吃黄瓜大餐，迷途屋喜欢在深山里招待迷路之人的童话，海兽靠吞噬人的希望之花壮大势力等等，一下子变成了《给桃子的信》、《河童之夏》质感的轻玄幻片。最终大决战虽然壮观，但吹笛、射箭都比较草率。很快Boss就被战胜了。故事内涵这样一个逻辑：不是怪兽带来了灾难，而是灾难在人们心中留下的悔恨与悲痛引来了怪兽。“迷路”本身也是个暗示，而“家”或屋子仿佛一个城市、一个国家的缩影。也许灾后（战后）重建是日本动画一个经典的叙事母题。但国产动画里却鲜有而不深刻。这是个值得研究的点。
难得天海佑希演这类型的角色！里面出现好多搞笑艺人也是挺惊喜的ε(*･ω･)_/ﾟ:･☆
刷微博时被台词“福气不需要那么大，只要每天有小小的福气就足够了”安利到
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