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.
巧妙的关于出轨的复仇故事。看柄本佑捉奸有点搞笑又阴森。日影里总有像女编辑那样的绿茶，很复杂，却不能说完全讨厌，总有一种向上的生命力以及唯利是图的理智。
很有意思，结局也很棒，奈绪从头到尾也只在乎华妹画漫画这一点非常喜欢——派你俩下次演个那个给我看看。
用一个扯淡的理由把之前的角色都拉回来演一出更扯淡的戏。比起电影更像是一个超长的媚粉ova
講三代同堂，大家在銀幕前的驚呼啊，這就是fantasy。就是綿延了20年後，輕易調配成的驚喜。我也好high，沒有辦法。
故事一般，很普通；
没想到只过了两年，我就看到了比复仇者联盟4更伟大的作品。
天呐编辑为了催产创作还能这样激励女作者的吗（然而现实中这么能干的编辑凭什么怎么会看的上这种画不出的男作者
一开始以为是温情纯爱，没想到最后是深层次悬疑
想起之前高桥一生拍了个驾校广告 我完全理解了
这怕是个搞笑电影吧，男主的反应很有意思！杂志主编性格也奇奇怪怪，反到有趣了不少！现实漫画交织在一起，亦真亦假，女主用独特的方式报复了男主～
而《蜘蛛侠3》一开头就是史塔克工业被调查，蜘蛛侠无法再依赖钢铁侠和史塔克工业，一切只能靠自己。
玩的是情怀。除此之外 又臭又长 剧情弱智。实在是被圣母剧情恶心到。情怀值一星，另一星给各路配角和各种致敬及彩蛋。
温温吞吞倒没有什么不好。个人觉得驾校教练这个角色可以再“工具人”一点，不然总觉得无论是复仇或者反转都差点火候。
漫画家真的好厉害……漫画既可以是传情达意的工具，也可以是杀人于无形的刀子。编剧太牛了～
日影总是让人失望，太执着于沉浸一种生活感了，却连一个简单的故事都讲不好。有些地方强烈建议倍速😅😅😅
原來，除了經濟獨立、思想獨立，離開出軌原配的又一前提是：學會開車！
另外一个有意思的地方在于三蛛同框了之后我才意识到三个人是如此的相似，群戏时候经常分不清谁是谁，以及特别是加菲和荷兰弟的声音，太像了，确实是三兄弟一样的感觉。
黑木华以前是漫画编辑，现在已经成了漫画家，长进了，但是习惯了元气的她，总觉得这样端庄有点违和
漫画与现实不断交错，摄影机带观众看到的是男主视点，所以在真真假假虚虚实实中唯一能确定只有两件事：新谷确是佐和子的教练；餐桌上新谷说今天是第一次见到佐和子是谎话。除此之外，一切都不会有答案。彻底的复仇+无期限的折磨就是佐和子让俊夫为出轨和谎言付出的代价。没想到华妹能把这种心机腹黑女演得如此传神。另外，如果电影能把俊夫的过往、伤痛以及出轨背景交代清楚的话，俊夫的人物形象还会更丰满一些。
真真假假，虚虚实实，佐和子就这样于不动声色举重若轻之间完成了自己的复仇，看到最后还蛮有大快人心之感呢。
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