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.
还原港片风格 可是周星驰时代过去了 这是圆导演的梦么 日本原片不看也罢
有笑有梗有迷影，但没有那种高级的东西，怎么说呢？比如《喜剧之王》悲剧的内核。
劝那些觉得无逻辑的朋友放轻松些吧，这无厘头风格的确是非常成功的贺岁档啊，开心麻花把小品变成电影，功底了得，也是对不争气的春晚亏欠做了一个弥补。劝大家都多看看喜剧吧，尤其是在这样的一个即便晴天很多，但一直笼罩在“阴天”下的四月。PS两个插曲以及魏翔最后的彩蛋运用蛮好的，很触动。
一个适合串联段子的剧情结构，加上圆老师标准神经病的演技，一个合格的组合，架空的背景也不会让人太较真。段子都是拷贝的，惊喜还属预告片密集。
没看完走了，真真看不下去，太尴尬了，求一双没看过的眼睛
靠改编别人剧本在国内娱乐圈混得风生水起的开心麻花，看来是打算在“零原创”的道路上一路走到黑了，这次能在显著位置标明改编自三谷幸喜的《魔幻时刻》也算业内“良心”。只不过这种越来越架空化、程式化、玩闹化的流水线喜剧，已经离我们的生活越来越远，除了一笑而过（其实也没什么好笑），鲜有能够打动人心的那份“真”（p.s.隔离No.94）
不带脑子看其实还行，但真的荒诞无稽到极致，想想智商都被摩擦。
如果说这就是春节档最叫座的电影之一，那还真的挺遗憾的。5.5分。
美术差。
我真的太喜欢在电影院看喜剧了 自己看或者在家看可能笑不出来可是在电影院就很有氛围笑得很开心 本来不太喜欢魏翔觉得他有点油腻 可是这个角色很合适 （srds迟到了半小时 看看要不要再看一遍…
意大利突突那里，一个子弹都没有伤人是不是太鬼扯了。这部电影看着别扭的问题就在于黑帮的真，非常不真，无论是艾伦的真杀手，或者是陈明昊的真老大，都太喜剧演员了。本来由真实世界与虚拟表演之间形成的对冲，就完全没力度了。马丽本来我也喜欢的，但，实在不适合这个昔日大美人的角色。两星全部给我从好多年前看麻花时就喜欢的魏翔，花絮那里哭着说是第一个男主角是全电影最动人之处。
没看完走了，真真看不下去，太尴尬了，求一双没看过的眼睛
纯纯一个放大版的舞台剧，布景无比的假，剧情也实在夸不出来，我不是一个笑点很高的人，但是在看这部电影的时候是真的一点笑都挤不出来，后期完全看不进去。一星给那对老父母。
那些西部枪战片、雨中曲舞蹈的小彩蛋，在暂歇的笑声中，也有一点普通人造梦一般的茫远和感慨。
一只甘当黄金配角的魏翔，终于有了一部自己的为主角的独立电影。一个真演员扮演杀手去参与真正的暗杀任务。这样的反差就是本剧的，戏剧冲突来源。从喜剧片的角度来说，各方面均做得很好。开心麻花拿捏这种影片是越来越驾轻就熟。魏成功这一角色，又不得不让人想起星爷的喜剧之王中的那个龙套。小人物的艰辛历程，想必引起不少人的共鸣吧。
致敬了《教父》《雨中曲》《上海滩》《赌神》等一众经典，发现这些影迷梗的过程也挺有趣的。
电影舞台剧化后就特别粗糙，一个是感觉特别不真实，另外就是特别劣质，人物服装行为特别架空的感觉，不过好笑还是很好笑的，开心麻花的演员演技都特别在线，过年图个乐
这种角色非常适合魏翔可以说。
我娘骂骂咧咧回来要打一星，追求意义的人可以不看了，真 一点意义都没有。
只比未成功
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