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.
我操好爽！！！！btw哪里有这么智能的语音助手？
但剧情还是从一开始就吸引住了我，想知道结局，想知道原因，结局也真的没毛病。
喜欢女主离开公寓的几场戏的不规则构图，带劲～
角色设定简洁趣味
快节奏的90分钟流媒体“小”电影，在看多了敏感话题、炫技特效、冗长复杂等令人头晕目眩的“大”电影后，这类“小”电影非常解腻。虽然角色塑造不完整、悬疑细节不足以及些许剧情漏洞，但事件框架完整、剧情发展流畅，灵活多变的镜头，麻雀虽小，五脏俱全。只有女主演技在线，为女主和“小”电影加一颗星。
“后窗”、“放大”、桌面电影、疫情、AI、女性相助、现代人心理障碍...迷影梗也好，当下热点也好，这么多元素堆砌，但剧作实际上很单薄。
看起来似乎只是一个必然的未来里与ai有关的良心声音诠释员?奇遇记 奇遇才是重点这样...（可能不够奇遇...但是配乐很奇遇...
整体质感比现在电视剧还低成本，真的电视电影那感觉...但表演和导演做得还算可以了。毕竟典型的set up和play off做得到位的片。但也仅此而已
就喜欢这种从莫名其妙的开头然后慢慢揭开迷雾的真相。男主演技不错的。为爱而战的格局虽然小了点，但打戏还是可以的
“看”的两种作用力：监视与帮扶。索德伯格终于收起了玩心，认认真真讲了一个大数据+疫情时代下人人自危又休戚与共的症候。
要不是冲着女主，也不会看的。片子🌟🌟女主➕🌟
原型事件比电影精彩，体量填充存在严重注水，改编成短片会比较好些。
非常简洁直接的片子，前面叙述太长了，做成一个短片可能会更好。里面的运镜挺喜欢的，用不断重复的以及一种富有节奏的运镜和近景去凸显紧张感，很老派的呈现方式但却不违和，属于一种惊悚类的小品，胜在一个小巧
继《零和一》之后又一部后疫情电影，索德伯格成为疫情后遗症/社交媒体监控/性别议题的真正阐释者
没明白套了这么一个壳，他想讲什么。决斗搞得有点意思，用钉枪杀人的想法不错。
上世纪侦探电影的变体罢了，未免太过老套。社交网络在现代电影里产生的作用越来越大，我总觉得这会对电影的质感产生影响。zoe真是头发越短越好看，太性感了
千万别惹技术宅，女子射钉枪反杀三名职业杀手，顺道加个可有可无的疫情元素
人工智能+新冠疫情版本的《后窗》，有点意思，索德伯格拍这张小而精的电影简直手到擒来，可惜高潮泄了，反杀像开了金手指，虎头蛇尾得很明显。题外话，女主简直过着我想要的理想生活，可以宅家工作谁想出门，两次发色都好好看。
2.“被窥视的生活”；
杀手无用，宅男也太工具人了，剧情属实过于平淡，最后的反杀也很无聊
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