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.
影片中的几段现场插曲，充分诠释了当时的一些心情。
之前和英国朋友聊起青梅竹马，她不明白人为什么会对playmates一生难忘。现在我才明白，“青梅竹马”不是childhiood playmates，而是childhood crash.
很少打两星，但这部是真剪的乱七八糟。剧情衔接令人尴尬，王朔的那一套碎嘴子看不下去…太压抑了
有点抓马 插曲total eclipse of the heart好听
说它烂也说不出口，说它好也说不出口……中间干细胞广告看得我直接抠出了一座地下城。以及为什么又又又又又给我在电影院看到代孕？？？
影片中的几段现场插曲，充分诠释了当时的一些心情。
一般，有钱有私人领地很重要，出发点主旨是好的，我这爱哔哔赖赖的臭毛病不好，主题挺温馨就是，人与自然和谐共生
故事的逻辑有点不切实际，相遇和真相的过程则庸常琐碎，好在结尾的告别与分离把一个逃离、另一个隐瞒的两个心灵和解揉捏在一起，又让他们带着彼此的烙印继续踏上生活的旅程，音乐响起、巴士启程的瞬间有点动容。
对这类片子抵抗无力，对小动物抵抗无力！大动物也是
不断离别的郭小鲁的一生。 编剧想要表达的有太多，恍惚中回到那个可以耐心讲故事的年代，需要去回味一个人短暂又漫长的一生。情爱羁绊，生死别离，阴差阳错，那些美好的、怅然若失的，都是我们虚妄的年华记忆
3.5，失业男警察满世界寻找网恋对象算是一个很有趣的题材，我看着看着，才发现原来后半段才是影片的重点。男警察从直到弯的转变确实让人诧异，甚至让人怀疑后续强烈情感建立的基点，但在王家卫风格一般的光影世界里，这似乎合理，似乎也不够合理。私人荒漠，看似孤独，但只要付出了情感，哪怕最后一无所获，在干柴烈火之际，世界只有你我。
电影结尾为什么要加那段厕所一炮呢，为什么不能停在车站里那句
底层中年危机直男和墨西哥保守小镇跨女网聊奔现的故事，前段写实的风格还以为是啥社会反思片，中段尬得我抠出十套海景房，后段莫名奇妙的he让人摸不着头脑……
91分，镜头拉回，结束即可。后面有点《返老还童》，不过我还是看哭了。
故事不错，演技也到位，但这个干细胞的设定简直拉低智商。
情节一般，风景很美，mozart和dreamer好可爱啊，总体是个很温馨的故事
很少看葡语电影，偶尔可以捕捉几个和西语发音类似的单词。色彩/构图都挺好的，异装癖男孩很温柔
很想吐槽里面那只母狼怎么看都是狗吧。不过小动物还是很可爱的
安东尼奥惊鸿一瞥，想必是不小。巴西那么开放吗在这种小地方的车站公然拥吻，怕不是在玩火。故事看得很舒服，人物塑造的也讨喜。
在如诗如画的大自然哥动物世界里，人和故事都是多余的
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