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.
这导演水准下降很多，主角光环亮的我闭上了眼，情节老套，喜剧又不特别喜，悲剧又不正经的悲。可怜的只有失孤痴呆老太太和失孤单身母亲。嘻嘻哈哈插科打诨，浪费了几个主演，他们明明可以演别的类型电影。。。
剧3星 给金社长➕1颗🌟 挺轻松的剧 前面有点闷 逻辑就那么回事吧 作为周末消遣看的还是蛮开心的
五星， 是因为这不是以往的灾难片。这是讽刺片，充满了大量房奴的台词，是对房地产的讽刺，是对房经的嘲弄。什么科学原理，又这又那的，片子的本质到底要干什么？所以，片子还嘲讽了不如黄色大水桶的一堆饭桶。
灾难片还是喜剧片？一个二个全部智商下线的样子
中国历史上有太多可歌可泣的故事，只要带着一份爱国心，带着一份认真拍电影之心，就能拍出好看的电影！
一部灾难片居然各种喜剧效果，也是醉了，演员们挺拼，特效也是用了些心。但记得的只是拿着白蜡烛引导修灿从即将被巨石砸中的车里逃出来，以及将生的希望留给一对父子只托付带走了孙子一绺头发的老奶奶。
饰演主角华继良的谢苗和反派角色专业户杜玉明不负期待为影片提供了精彩绝伦的打戏，也给有些单一的剧情主线增色不少。影片评论中很多观众讲片子不错但故事简单了点，我深以为然，细纠摄像、后期、演员和角色设定都很有质感，但剧情设定整体冲突感不强，作为直隶钦差大臣仍需克服内忧外患的重重关卡才得以销烟的故事刻画比较简洁，可能拘于影片时长的原因，有些意犹未尽。
我刚说给个五星也不是不可以，结果就看到这么低的评分……看了下大家都很纠结逻辑的问题，那我觉得扣个一星也可以啦。这毕竟是一部灾难喜剧，我觉得完成度很高，人物也都很丰满也很搞笑，就是一部挺成功的商业片啊。
②剧情未涉及任何政治一方，留给观众说
拳拳到肉，故事完整，情节流畅，表演在线，唯一的缺点就是主角嘴里总是嚼着什么东西，对于网大来说算是很拔尖的了
这群人智商好像都有点问题喔，bug和逻辑问题简直一大堆。 4/10
灾难片+喜剧效果+1.5倍速，让韩式煽情也尬的很
谢苗表演不论武打还是剧情表现都十分完美！相当成熟的演员，相信以后会有上佳的表现得，我很看好！
就是很公式化和流水线的电影，乏善可陈……只能说韩国电影工业拍这种已经驾轻就熟了
moviemovie cityplaza, 喜剧型的灾难片还是满有新意的。
自救片 韩国写实人性确实是我这几年所爱 不得不否认他们的渲染气氛恰到好处 没有更过 对于个人来说刚刚好 看来具备自救意识很重要 宣教他人也很重要
意外惊喜，五星鼓励！好故事，好台词，好寓意。“做个这样的官，一点也不简单”。动作导演秦鹏飞，《龙虎武师》里面有介绍，未来可期。片尾曲《无惧》仔细听完，很给力。太喜欢小野了！
【黑米影库】今年韩国暑期档“三驾马车”里最差的一部了吧，全程缺乏紧迫感，观影结束只想说影片就讲了“组团参观地下室”的感觉！
图一乐可以看，找摩天大楼那种感觉就赶紧关了吧
乏善可陈。强行煽情，剧情想当然，拯救小组业余到不行。我期待什么时候能在中国电影上看到「山东栖霞笏山金矿矿难」。
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