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.
剪辑有点过于煽情，但还是非常推荐！点映不多，看到有排片别犹豫！
全员尬演，唯一的收获是发现窦骁变身加拿大国籍了~
几乎每十分钟一个反转，不过都是在补充新的剧情，而不是基于现有伏笔的解密，导致观看的时候少了些“原来如此”的快感。换句话说，电影之所以有些可看性，完全是因为这个故事是倒过来讲的。如果按时间顺序讲，就真的没什么可看的了。
北京残奥会苏桦伟在田径200米夺冠时，影片过度煽情而弱化比赛效果。一个小时的铺垫，层层推进，却在最高潮处拉胯。典型的虎头蛇尾。不过影片所呈现出来的体育精神却值得称赞，让人热血沸腾。我们要建立体育强国，期待日后，马拉松超越日本；展望未来，奥运金牌碾压美国。故今日之责任，从你我做起，从每一个爱国同胞做起。切莫因为一时之疫情而毁了万年之基业，切莫因一己之乌纱而扼杀我国体育崛起之萌芽。体育总局压力山大呀。
3）为了反转而反转....这片看到最后，主题是啥？看完就忘，劣质剧本杀电影。
明明是看开头就可以知道结局的励志成长亲情电影，却也被骗了几次眼泪。荧幕上的吴君如真美啊，温和、坚韧，表演非常熨帖，张继聪帅到我，方sir角色太有魅力。剧作上稍显不流畅，很多有趣的话题点到为止，部分台词矫揉造作，比赛的镜头调度也是煽情作用大于一切，理解这是影片一以贯之的风格，但就是，我不够喜欢咯。6.8分。
真正让人感动地地方不多，主要写出了残疾运动员坚持的不易，父母对弟弟的行为简直丧心病狂
一直向前跑，就不会迷路，可若是生存的坦途藏在弯道口，不迷路的机会成本由谁买单？
影片根据残奥会冠军苏桦伟的真实故事改编，讲述了残障运动员所面临的困境。剧情感人励志，吴君如的演技太传神，很好的诠释了母爱的沉重与伟大，青年演员也贡献了精湛的演技，情感真挚而不刻意煽情。一刹那的光辉代表不了永恒，但是在赛道上，只要笔直往前跑，就不会迷茫。神奇小子也有神奇妈妈，望着妈妈！Set Go！
“你走得很慢，但是你跑得很快啊。”
身体残疾没有打败他，母爱激励他，虽然很辛苦，但他成功了！
交易之前拖沓的剧情实在过于照本宣科，再加上翻来覆去的单一摄影，味同嚼蜡。就交易那段还算有点意思，大屏幕直播有点扯，最后强行完美结局，就还行吧。
ps14岁的阿伟演员神似荣梓杉..
和同期的《扬名立万》很像，都是把简单的故事换个讲法，真相其实很简单，重点是叙事手法。
多次反转反转得都能猜到结局了，范伟老师现在无论演什么角色都是小品里的痕迹
怎么说呢，今天北京残奥会开幕式，六公主来放这部片子，当然要给六公主面子啦～
看完挺心酸的，退役后的运动员能干什么维系生活呢。
点映观看，主要没有原声版，听的是国配，这样大大降低了观影体验，演员演的卖力也很不错，但是一股子配音就很出戏，所以还是推荐有条件一定要看粤语原版！吴君如在本片当中有着《岁月神偷》的影子，演技很有保证，也算是港版《阿甘正传》，整体中规中矩，国内的体育传记电影还有很长一段路要走，还有很多需要努力与提升的空间
死者、凶手、外卖员…房主、公司老总+助理打手…
文本层次稍显贫乏，部分段落重复闪回剪辑拖泥带水，大概30min就能概括的故事容量，尽管形式上用了诸多巧合与设计推进。论以非线性多视角花式解构黑色幽默，还是宁浩玩得最溜。
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