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.
13岁小孩逐梦百老汇，中规中矩的励志片。但放在迪士尼的儿童/歌舞坐标系却是了不起的进步
皱着眉头看完，中规中矩都算是夸奖了吧，我的真实观感的话，只能说这部片子简直是陈词滥调和刻板印象的集大成。
太赞了太赞了！！惊喜啊惊喜！！看的我只想现在来顿烧烤！！！！什么烤串大腰子都安排上！
开场偏突兀，感觉就是个怪小孩的故事。没想到勇闯百老汇参加试镜，晚上路边卖艺成为网红还有点意思，主角演的很卖力了，可惜故事相对一般
这个剧情和演技确实只能上个网络大电影，不过好像也确实没有烧烤的电影
有个别亮点 整体剧本还是感觉需要打磨呀。故事有点弱 但是美食镜头都拍得不错 可能改成美食片会好点🤣
11.14 下午 虽然俗了点儿，但我好久没这么笑过了
男主的哥哥真好看啊啊啊啊啊又清秀又阳光运动
小品界的MTV，其实还是很不错的。观众想看的，都照顾到了～
作为一部网大没拍出烧烤的烟火气和东北的粗犷感也是十分失败的，与其引用些网络过时梗不如多从《人生一串》中吸取点灵感。
全片2分无新意，只有男主老婆的那句台词：“两个工作你选一个，选一个自己喜欢的。”那个片段瞬间泪目。这大概就是真正爱你的人吧。老爷子不愧是老戏骨，唯一一个演技在线的。
是不錯的！
一部呈现效果还不错的少儿歌舞剧电影。本身歌舞剧题材就不太好拍，而且是少儿的，难度更大。演员的表演都很到位，所以最后一也不错，但是配角感觉有点故意安排成了亚裔，男主的女票安排成了一个非裔，看来导演这是谁都不得罪，讲政治的典范啊。男主在百老汇载歌载舞的片段，还替tiktok做了个广告……
随便点开的，没想到还不错！有笑点！比那些东北莫名其妙的网剧出彩多了！
中规中矩的迪士尼小鬼头歌舞片，我是来看菲比的，老了很多啊，唏嘘
挺有意思的，中间看医生的那几个小情节挺好的。
佳佳应该是个温柔的人，不愿意他作品中的角色太苦，即使经受考验，也给人物做了美满的背景设定，冲突根源也是由善意而起，所谓一群好人，皆大欢喜。 但是创作者，越是爱手下的人物，越是要对他们下得去狠手，作品才好看。
为了zzzq，选角很随意，亚裔的母亲是白人，然后什么肤色都堆满！
real typical broadway show
②开篇旁白跟主线剧情文不对题。跟旁白搭配的剧情应是：男主自己是烧烤店主，为维护自家招牌/保护美食街，参加比赛，PK连锁烧烤店的资本入场，最终赢得比赛。剧情虽然俗套，但爽点足。 而且为了跟开头旁白衔接，以倒叙开始，插入事件起因，结构影响观众共鸣。
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