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.
哎？这集没越啊…别说这个系列还是挺有意思的，继续拍我就会继续看！
前两部都没看，这次冲着粤语直接看了第三部，情节还算中规中矩的港味
2022.7.13和老公一起看的，挺好看的，吴卓羲演的贺俊好帅啊五官好好看，还有那个刀疤的演员不就是一路向西那个男主吗哈哈哈哈我认得他的五官，怎么肥了这么多啊好油腻了
更注重于打斗，而不是剧情，只不过是女版的个人英雄主义
结束了，成为了教育片，内战，外战，内外战，拍的不错。
流水线模板人物纪录片，看完并没有很清晰的富兰克林的画像出现在脑海里。
Maggie Q仍然又美又飒，然而剧情主旨太陈腐牵强，加上这个我真的搞不懂有啥意义的结局，两星不能再多。虽然不是什么佳作，但那些打斗场景还是很霸道地在我的潜意识里蔓延开来，成为做梦的素材🤪
还是能感觉到温情，从一看到了三，的确是对这个系列有点感情的。不知道会不会真的像结尾所说，拍人物传记。
本来只是想2倍速随便看看，没有任何期待，结果居然还可以，监狱官和囚犯一起斗前监狱长的故事。可以3⭐半。准备去看前两部了
麦吉Q又演女杀手了，故事乱乱哄哄，一会儿柔弱被水邢一会儿突然身手了得，一会儿杀的天昏地暗一会儿又和老男人滚床单，什么和什么
都是谁给了她心魔，又是谁带她走回光明。#靠近男人会变得不幸#
😂是因为没了张继聪吗，不过还是有点意思的。小反转一套套的。还是那句话，如果网大都是起步这个质量就好了。
他最几把无聊 还是死了吧
Maggie Q仍然又美又飒，然而剧情主旨太陈腐牵强，加上这个我真的搞不懂有啥意义的结局，两星不能再多。虽然不是什么佳作，但那些打斗场景还是很霸道地在我的潜意识里蔓延开来，成为做梦的素材🤪
Everyone has his/her highs and lows. Dealing with artist ain’t easy. 于圣淘沙露天电影院。
这就是想表达的太多，没什么亮点，还是好好听唱片吧，也是难为演员了
太爱珍妮花，无脑五星。希望她将来能像瑞一样成为永远被铭记的女王。
主要是看了前两部了，这部也算是一个完结吧。说实话还没有前两部好看
87分钟。不知港版是不是长点。
看到了一个女孩小时经历性侵，生下孩子，长大后又嫁给了家暴男，终于鼓起勇气结束这段感情后，貌似又把家暴和脾气暴躁继承过来了，唯一感觉是所有讲述60、70年代的黑人永远都是低下的，貌似他们黑人就不管做什么都是正义
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