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.
很不错！国内也可以多一点这种套路的恐怖片，建国后不许成精，所以拍更吓人的偷窥跟踪男和连环男杀手吧。
在被孤立的环境里面，女主在不被信任的情况下，完全可以录声音，拍照片，拍视频来记录，而不是一味地和观众玩心理战，最后还整出被割喉后还绝命反击拔枪击毙凶手。
不紧不慢的节奏让这部一个半小时的电影观感变得很长，Burn Gorman的外形适合演恐怖惊悚片的反派就像他也适合演吃瘪挨打的下属一样。
电影的色调很漂亮，尤其是女主从男主公司走出来那一段！
前期铺垫很长，一点一点积累情绪，还有一些伏笔，例如女主的职业是演员。
解说/来到异国他乡的妻子语言不通，并且遭到丈夫的忽视，而隔壁楼发生了凶杀案，似乎有人在偷窥她。女主结识了隔壁的脱衣舞娘，但她突然消失了，上门交涉偷窥者，反被对方报警。女主心灰意冷准备离开这个国度，原来的偷窥者其实就是杀人凶手，最终被女主成功反杀。总之女人要相信自己的直觉。
从一开始就是孤立无援的状态，异国他乡语言不通，到典型的女性困境“我觉得你想多了”、女性互相相信、和受害者有罪论。很典型的片子。几处视听处理都很好，但有点点拖并且结尾拉了
偷窥图谋不轨的人不是最可怕的，最亲密却最不信任你的枕边人是最可怕的
情节简单，全靠氛围。设定在罗马尼亚，虽然有服务剧情的一定的合理性，但还是会让人联想到，制作方是不是多少带点对某些东欧国家的偏见。
女孩子要好好保护自己啊。
【C】老生常谈的故事，有几幕的氛围感做得较好，但是展开很无能，过程很拖沓，反杀很牵强。
真拖沓，不过气氛烘托的还可以。这种女性的视角看着是挺恐惧的，因为中间一段精彩的戏份加一星，结局好拉啊，看到地铁那里的时候，我还以为会结局在地铁里呢，最后这一段就像硬凑的。不过，让男友看到最后的画面在我这有加点分，电影意义有上升。
较为沉闷，最后女主竟然没死并反杀，还是比较爽的。是不是有点罗马尼亚。
3.5吧，还算比较不错的，气氛营造的还可以
前3/4太文艺片风格和色调一度让我以为是女主疑神疑鬼了 骚瑞我有罪
影像质感十足，但是故事结构以及悬念设计还是相对保守
氛围营造的不错，而且越到后面越让人紧张，女主内心的绝望让观众感同身受，结局的反转既让观众松了口气，也让很多的疑惑得到了解答，整体不错，如果对凶手的动机做些合理的铺垫的话可能更紧凑和流畅吧……
结局差点意思。如果是罪犯与男友刚好错开一点时间出门，提着割下的女友人头前脚离开，女友过去打开门发现女友的无头尸体，画面定格在男友惊恐的脸上当作结尾还差不多。既惊悚又留下悬念，还有一点反套路。
凶手杀人门也不关，窗帘也不拉，或许导演最后还是讽刺的女性被害妄想症。
顺滑层层紧扣的紧张感，松弛有度。以为最后会给前男友一枪的！
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