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.
7分还不错挺爽的，达不到小而美的程度。剧情虽然几度翻转，却惊喜有限。血浆很足，娱乐效果不错，但故事本身很一般
以为只是个搞笑片，的确是个搞笑片，可搞得满屏的血浆，整个把好好的度假小屋给毁了！
荒诞活泼紧张现实，其实婚姻最本质的东西就是利益，这是最坚实的基础
夫妻俩扔下他老爸自己开着车跑路的时候真的是觉得这俩货也不是什么好鸟…
5.5分。生活经济跌入谷底的夫妻俩，最后反杀三个在逃犯，暴力画面也是够血腥，最后在湖中那一段，妻子犹豫着要不要放弃丈夫，丈夫睁着带血的眼睛，紧张惶恐地看着妻子，夫妻俩的关系也太真实了，还靠这段经历大肆营销大赚一笔，最后改编成电影丈夫还给自己挽尊，节奏快又暗含讽刺，但也有不合逻辑的地方，实在不是我的菜。
差不多三星半，前半段相当不错，后半段血浆有点滥用，希望这类片子在cult的同时也注意一下收放有度，观感会更好一点。
“一辆该死的娘炮车
脏活累活都让男主干了，男主的老父亲还跑来送人头
太矫情了。
7。血腥喜剧。嘲讽新能源汽车太搞笑啦，哈哈哈哈哈哈
Vancity Theatre. 全剧的人都有一种古怪感，然后酝酿着酝酿着也没有出现一个畅快的坡道。女主角的演技真的很棒，即使在欲说还休，云里雾里飘着的我，还是跟着看完了全片。也许这个daughter = 玩偶吧。看完想试试看削橙子连根线了
脏活累活都让男主干了，男主的老父亲还跑来送人头
是的，那个怂的一批，自以为是，性急易怒，小家子气的人，就是我。
内心的博弈在影片中化为两个角色的人物关系，有些深度不足
影片中血浆横飞惨叫连声，
最大意义在于完美教授了什么叫“开头出现一把枪，后面就得交待枪去了哪里”
有两段剧情真妙，一是逃犯试图强奸那段，我不厚道地笑了，二是结尾的黑人。剧情上最不合理地方是逃犯们在第一晚夫妻睡觉时，就可以控制局面了，偏偏没有行动。忽略这点，整体算是还可以的动作血腥爽片。看完还是觉得男主不靠谱，他居然拉了个第三方的人加入，这人太无辜太倒霉了。
北欧风室内和ins风户外的打打杀杀。剧本很扎实。老头形象塑造的让人出乎意料的圆满，固执血性。反转也很多很有趣
前排提醒，看简介也看不出来的，除了最后5分钟，这不是喜剧😂，如果喜欢昆汀和北野武，那就可看！
以为是个别出心裁的剧情片，结果只是个三流恶趣味搞笑片，里边所有人的智商都在人类平均值以下
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