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.
好家伙，这点浪漫都被你们韩国人玩明白了。允儿真的是恋爱理想型，不管是长相还是穿着
不是我说，韩国没有人了吗，请三四十岁的人去演高中生。
真实事件改编的很成功，剧情设定有轻松有趣的地方，但也很残忍。
为了我允看的。3.5星吧，其实看之前预设了是个烂片的，没想到居然还不错。我允虽说是女主，其实过半就下线了，但是摸着良心讲演技真的自然了很多！演这种活泼少女已经驾轻就熟了。故事也挺感人的，节奏很舒服，中间的反转也是有被反转到，看完觉得很温暖，其实全片的内核在于父子情吧。爸爸很会演！
很多泪点，动人，但是为啥韩国列车建设这么不合理？为了省钱吗多开一条路不就不死人了
温情小品，取景地风光不错，稍微拐了点弯儿的简单剧情，也留下了几分踏踏实实的感动。// PS. 允儿又是花瓶——不过是一个非常养眼的花瓶~~~
为什么林允儿永远高中生的模样 这是一句真实的赞叹！天才少年的初恋 就是她的模样啊
这样的姐姐谁会舍得放弃呢
导演上一部的节奏很好，这一部怎么这么拖沓，好像有很多想讲的东西结果混在一起什么都没讲好，几个段落衔接的也不是很流畅，有点失望。已经看厌了东亚父母子女之间我爱你但是我就是不说我还要为了你特意疏远冷落你，真的有话不能好好说嘛（内心翻白眼），全片的亮点自然是可可爱爱的秀卿妹子~
一部情感元素和浓烈的电影，改编自真实事件的故事，也可以如此淡然，父子情比姐弟情好看得多。
最喜欢的人物就是姐姐呜呜呜
这次又给中国翻拍提供了一个模板，完全可以整一个中国动车版亲情故事。
本来以为会是甜甜的恋爱喜剧，结果是父子解开心结共同面对未来生活的故事。
姐弟、初恋、父子，男主的三段感情贯穿始终，再加上理科天才和造车站的故事。允儿是真美，也甜到我了，那种羞涩的感觉，再也不会有了。姐姐这条线开始还蛮羡慕的，有这么好的姐姐照顾，所以知道真相的时候吓到我了……至于父子这段我就get不到了，真的就这样和解了吗？和对方、和过去、和自己！说真的要不是男主成绩好，这不就是另一个人间悲剧吗……允儿脆骨！
而关于郑俊京，贯穿始终的是他创建养源站的动人故事，还有他与姐姐的亲情，与父亲的隔阂，与议员女儿的恋情，以及学业上的高歌猛进，一路辉煌。他创建的小小站点有没有发挥作用，片中似乎没有提到，但这个年轻人为了改善家乡人民的出行环境而不懈努力的精神，的确令人钦佩和感动。
2021年12月7日于普汕回程上
2021m62不太好的2021年末，想不到要在失恋中度过了。纯爱已离我太远太远
最后20分钟犹如《天堂电影院》的导演剪辑版。主角全国竞赛、NASA选拔说考就考，某程度来说也是一种爽片。
行事古板的父亲，成绩超群、生活能力极差的天才弟弟，想入非非的女友，意外复生的“姐姐”……一条连接深山村庄的铁路，一段险象环生的必经地，一座没有名分的火车站……很难在一部电影里看到把亲情、友情、爱情都如此准确地表现出来，也很久没看到一部笑过哭，哭过又笑，笑笑哭哭如此反复的电影，电影编剧真的十分不简单。家庭戏最难写，它必须与观众产生共情，并且要让观众觉得这一切都很真实。虽然对于角色人物的设定的确有些夸张，但起码还是按照韩国影视剧最为推崇的套路完成的脚本，内容丰富，情感丰沛，起承转合都极为精妙。虽然这类题材的电影算不上新鲜有趣，但也确实是能赚走不少观众的笑声和眼泪。
男主身上有什么吸引女主的地方吗？为什么那么甜啊。中间姐姐的灵魂状态属实没想到，也很好的解释了为什么不能离开那里。关于和离去的亲人和解的问题，都认为是自己的错，如果自己当初怎样怎样，是不是就会避免悲剧的发生了。希望人人都能放过自己，珍惜身边的人。
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