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.
18岁的诡计就是过家家的游戏，原谅与被原谅间只有颜值的正义
这部电影有些细节的逻辑确实有点突兀。不清楚看这部电影的受众有哪些经历，诚如本人，所以是回忆，倒也不在乎那些细枝末节。有空了补一下翻拍的韩国那部电影，应该在剧情、叙事上会更好一些
妈妈的控制欲过于强了 有点窒息…但是我还是哭得要死 小美真美
是不是只有去世了或者得绝症的妈妈才是好妈妈？才能让人想起亲情？这种无下限消费眼泪的故事真的看够了
刚好母亲节电视上看了，故事很俗套但依然被感动哭了，ps：南极真的太美了
三星，私心为了徐帆的倾情演绎再加一星。以情动人，基本没有什么亮点，全程煽情的俗套bt好哭又虐心（各种泪点），但需要说明一下，泪水廉价，好哭的未必就必然是佳作，真正动人的住往不怎么煽情。讲真导演的水平平平，拍的简直就像国产苦情家庭剧（画风竟多次与《滚蛋吧肿瘤君》重合），据说是《世上最美丽的别离》改编，故事倒也符合国情——一个事无巨细任劳任怨为家人付出一生甚至生命的好母亲，在她去世之前全家终于和解，女儿理解了母亲，重重矛盾烟消云散……几位主演都奉献出良心演技，尤其是徐帆为本片牺牲太大了（剃了光头），感觉帆子应该可以拿到一个天坛奖影后吧？人间母爱纯粹无私又伟大，为最后一句台词点赞——“妈妈希望你可以过自己想过的生活。”#BJIFF2021主竞赛展映#
山田杏奈饰演的女主很亮眼，强势又变态。剧情就和女主的人设一样，有点扭曲和疯狂，总而言之，看不懂但是大为震撼。千纸鹤树很漂亮。
画面，题材，角色，明明可以拍得更好，合在一起的剧情感觉像吃了💩一样，失望至极
看到后半段我竟然代入了母亲 如果生命没有几个月要怎么活 竟然没有恐惧 好像人生没什么留恋 也不用面对亲人的先逝和善后 可人生总是漫长的碌碌无为得过且过 所以不断告诉自己 活在当下及时行乐
像是一部拍得马马虎虎的抗癌女德践行教程，除男性角色的懦弱可憎外，母亲主角令人窒息的所谓爱也是家庭话语的男权倾泻。试图强行拉回“女性应追逐不一样的人生”的结尾，同徐帆过于能演的入戏状态一样让人费解；对镜剃光头那场真的俗到大可不必呀徐帆老师，尤其摄影还那么糟糕。
金图企鹅寻找裸礁繁衍，气象气球升到高空观测，我妈出现在每个角落监视我的生活。她在院长室替爸爸要回职业的手术刀，在演播厅替我拾起尊严的提词板，在厨房腌制不会发霉的酱菜，在客厅擦拭不曾省心的柿子。她放弃了南极科考选择了我，我用长发替她接回青春。不想活在她的控制里，只怕没了她便不能活。
这两年国产电影拍女性题材的太多了，拍母女关系的也一大堆，您这真是拍晚了呀，又拍得这么没性格，那可真是毫无存在感呀。
“我们再睡一次吧。”
我TM的哭死了！影院里，我前后左右男男女女都在哭，都在抽涕，我的纸都不够用，我新做的眼睫毛哭掉了好几根，太狠了！徐帆老师演的妈妈太抓人了！好几场爆哭的戏，想回去好好听我妈唠叨，抱抱她！
好厉害啊阴沉自恋的jk是怎样的，如果是这样的话也不失可爱吧。虽然这么说，这大概是一部需要观众努力忍住不爽的电影：小爱的自恋、自私和横冲直撞的性格太遭人恨，但她的个性也令旁观者喜爱。她身上发生的青春风暴，家人对此一概不知。——青春是什么呢？青春是因为自己痛苦，所以故意或无意地让他人痛苦，是不知道拿欲望和破坏欲如何是好，是搞砸一切，是搞砸后还有余地。（另外，女导演好啊！不会刻意去拍女性身体，我看下来很舒适。）
就是临死了 都还得救赎所有人 榨干了才能走 是吧 能有多无语就有多无语
这么温柔的女孩子哪里找
生活本来有很多岔路的，走错了重新回到正途就好。
喜欢女主的眼睛，明明很多光。她们两人接吻的时候好温柔啊！
这是我见过最累的妈妈，也是最咄咄逼人的妈妈，这女儿是我见过最叛逆最气人的女儿之一。她像是所有人的妈妈，为了每个人而操劳，为了每个人而活，却唯独活得不像自己。张歆艺的刘玫似乎更让人能感受到正能量，演技也好。徐帆说话太做作了。全片每个人都不咋正常，都有人性的缺陷，这么多千奇百怪的奇葩角色，人物间的冲突矛盾却出奇的简单，虽然哭的我鼻涕一把泪一把，但艺术展现我并不认可。
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