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.
srds 编剧水准也太chā了吧！不如小学生的水平
对探险故事没有抵抗力，无论电影还是书籍。很想看原著《两个人对抗霜雪》（电影中如此翻译），搜了一下，找不到这本书，不知道有无引进中文版。
Greenland 🇬🇱
早知道留个纸条就没事了。
我不信任何高高在上的神灵，可清醒的知道我们都是那群在后知后觉中于认定里咬着牙继续前行的傻瓜…
男主我本来也不大喜欢，拳击和宗教部分都没啥兴趣。
前半段看的很感动，后半段实在没拍好。一个teenager都不知道什么是自己，又怎么做自己呢？立意和冲击感都有了，但是逻辑并没拍的很顺畅。好在演员演的都不错，除了没完没了的澳洲口音！
这个世界足够大，有很大的空间让你去展示自己，be the one。
3星，青春校园剧，老套但是有点另类，三观很正，不错的片子。
受洗之后出了这么多事，这也算是对他的考验吧😂
我们来到这个世界，不停的纷争与对抗，最终对抗的还是自己，在不停的寻找内心与灵魂的真谛。
本来是冲着演员来对待，马克沃尔伯格。印象中看他对待片子没啥烂片。起码到目前想得起来是这样。看到一半发觉是梅尔吉布森得片子。没啥 好说的，荣耀上帝，表现的手法各有不同。在这边不得不提起他既往得片子。这一部实在 算不上太高明。
不要浪费时间，告诉那些爱你的人 他们不算数，因为只有他们 才算数。
生命中的矛盾无处不在，生命中的倔强难能可贵。编剧导演奉献了一个深刻的故事，Mark也奉献了精彩的演出，除了Mark的少部分情节和台词过于硬以及吉布森老爷的角色气质不对之外，整部戏故事走心，音乐用心，演员费心。评分可以更高。
挺快乐的 dilf Justin哈哈哈哈 喜欢金发甜美妹妹
过去挨的每一拳都是对上帝不公的抗争，现在遭受的所有苦难都是上帝赐予的礼物。宗教的洗脑作用太强大了。
对探险故事没有抵抗力，无论电影还是书籍。很想看原著《两个人对抗霜雪》（电影中如此翻译），搜了一下，找不到这本书，不知道有无引进中文版。
情节不复杂，以为狗狗会成为主角，结果不到20分钟全死了，歌颂了相拥相伴的兄弟情谊，不是猪队友。但是弑君者怎么成这样了……
看着别人的一生，虽然与自己大不同，但是整体的代入感还是次次打动我...
“Grief ain't a disability. I looked it up.”
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