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.
电影题材蛮新颖的，打戏动作也很到位，整体来说还不错！
删了舞台版几首歌……舞台版的张力更强，电影版到情绪高点总是不上不下，卡住的感觉……
最喜欢新的回顾warrior queen那一段，有pose那味了。
最喜欢新的回顾warrior queen那一段，有pose那味了。
7.5分朝上。叙事中上，结尾打戏有些拖沓。
理查德格兰特真的好适合这种角色，全片最佳片段就是他讲述那段心酸往事的老旧式录影了吧，牙叔，戴安娜王妃……一众icon，就是那时的他们的精神支柱吧。
利申：没看过剧版。合格青春片，除了歌不怎么好听外问题不大，焦点放在少年烦恼但也有短暂穿越回旧时warrior drag现场，没有强行跟爹和解令人欣慰。比同期DEH拍得用心多了不得不说（
不同于《内在美》爱情片动作，这次是为了爱情的动作片。
那些说变来变去的人，你们这智商还是滚出电影院
打斗吗？看起来还行，故事的剧情也算紧凑，只不过反派过于低智商，过于弱智，拉低整体水平，而且这个所谓的，附身，也特别的离奇，没法解释，也解释不清
I'm not gay.
踩了我的俩雷（场面过于激烈的动作片➕大情大爱）题材这么有趣为什么看完觉得很无趣的😓
前半段节奏太慢了 看的人好累 题材有够新颖 不错
6.5。女主不错，但是花瓶。创意还行，但叙事还是韩国那种爱情戏。剧情借鉴了永无止境和其他一些磕药电影，但是灵魂转换这个比那些电影还扯。
目前分数对于这样的影片明显是不公平的，大家似乎被大量烂片麻木了，起码人家敢想敢拍还能拍~~不要因为豆瓣评分和名字而遗漏的影片~~3星再奖励一星~~
前面有种套beauty inside的壳加入了悬疑+动作的感觉，但中断开始有点混乱
还算中规中矩，在情节基本没有改动的情况下添加了不少细节，可惜表演张力不够导致情感传递不到位，包括妈妈这个角色也居然没能打动我，但冲着John McCrea演年轻时候的loco chanelle我也要多加一星
题材非常的好，但故事稀烂……男主为救女友，开始每12小时就灵魂上身一个人的故事。结构上再下点心思就好了
剧情其实就是那些剧情，但换了个多视角，就让人耳目一新了。
韩国片很出色的电影，创意新颖，制作严谨，动作戏合格，就是差点好莱坞擅长的那种剧情和人物高光点，再把气氛带到几个高潮点就绝对是一部年度佳作，估计未来会有好莱坞翻拍。
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