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.
网友推荐并给到资源的青涩小甜剧，适合不动脑子打发时间，还是忍不住开倍速了
Kleinn•林紓嶼譯&校對-1/雙關語是最難點
本来我也想聊一聊10年来美国校园剧题材的对比，但是又想到我非常喜欢的Juno，（更何况EllenPage已经不再是女儿身了）。LGBT其实只是一个壳，如果关注内核的Crush只是一部普通套路的校园爱情，但依然能让人悸动。不得不说AJ和Paige站在一起就觉得很配（但是01年的罗温要注意一下自己的鱼尾纹了）
还挺好玩的。尤其是喜欢的人出现就会自带背景板和音乐出场简直太传神了。
果然小甜片就是会让人心情好，甜甜的女孩子也让人心情好。不得不夸一夸造型，每个人都很有特点，也很好看。再就是终于不是gay蜜了，男闺蜜真的好懂她啊。
3.5虽然很无聊，但是谁被可爱哭了，是我TT高中时代的初次crush就是这种感觉啊，停不住的微笑，止不住的心跳，我眼中慢镜头的她
#和nz人一起看# 近来看crush和heartstopper，觉得就是把异性恋的校园青春片换成了同性而已。从社会文化角度来讲当然是好的，异性恋和同性恋在影视艺术中逐渐有了平等的表达方式。但从艺术创作上来讲无疑是糟糕的，只是滥俗的情节罢了。
I’m queer+ I like puns+ no lesbian died + happy ending. What’s not to like???????
AI妹子太可爱了吧！就是突然唱歌有点尬，很治愈的片～
Hey. I'm working on it.
5.5。青春懵懂 年少美好 充盈着粉红泡泡的成长故事 多少有点too good to be true.
“才过去了三天而已。”
理想美好的女同版校园青春恋爱片，看起来像是女同天堂
大熊猫为了多分一口食物会假装怀孕。
硬生生把我看睡着了，这电影适合很小的群体，时间不富裕人群无浪费时间和电！
从剧情想给三星半，但看了评论里一些zzzq论，果断四星。女人之间的爱情小片还需要更多，哼！（姐妹情是感动点之一呜呜呜呜
最后居然是男主儿时送给女主的礼物，被甜到了。其他各方面都是中规中矩，及格线
电影塑造了一个家庭内校园内对同性恋青少年都异常开明，多元包容的环境，包容到作为观众我觉得我要不是弯的我都不好意思在这里念书。但同样是青少年电影是和《真心半解》相比真的的过于彩虹糖一样的甜剧快餐了，学画画方面的“出柜”与互相误解都没有很高明，最后展现出来的画作怕不是要尬死我。两个女主不来电CP感不强更是罪大恶极。Gaby的女演员很有A妹的感觉，赏心悦目。可能我不是青少年了，面对“我要让Gaby爱上我”这样的台词简直在挑战我的逻辑，她不爱你，你凭啥让她爱你？？意义何在？
可爱的小甜饼电影，AJ绝对是我的菜啊，故作深沉的腼腆运动女，笑起来感觉天都亮了！
这种校园，这种家庭是真实存在的吗？
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