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.
要不是为了Michael Urie谁看这个啊，但他的脸也崩了。ps. 圣诞住家的房子是跟love hard共用的场景吗？
前面太难熬了 后半段有点感动 一家人整整齐齐的感动 小朋友上台表演也很可爱 俩大侄女太好笑了哈哈哈哈哈love is blind. No. That’s when you fall in love with someone who’s ugly.笑不活了哈哈哈哈哈哈
看拍摄就知道这是明显的电视电影，所以也不需要过多的期望
就是觉得不必所有人都开上帝视角觉得他们应该在一起forever…虽然我知道他们应该在一起forever，好难讲。emmm，算了
umm男主艳福比普天下女子都好到不知哪里去了…相亲那位和黑人男友真的好帅
太假了，一个1一个0怎么能从小会做那么久的好基友，不相信，很少评论呸
很老套但是场景设计很美，就是这对太姐妹了惹，磕不起来。
很轻松很甜很温暖的剧情（虽然剧情很老套）适合在圣诞节看
爱有时需要别人推一把，九年友谊还是变了爱情
难得的温馨爱情片，友情还是爱情？试了才知道。卡司真的很像一家人，配合默契。
這一部電影是在講一個男子僞裝成女子的男友住進家裏，慶祝聖誕,不但被家人說服要做自己喜愛的的人,害他們不知道該怎麼辦才好呢？
把同性cp换成异性cp组合 就是最常见最老掉牙的剧情
大年初六中国年看了部美国圣诞甜剧……只能说“简直了”！
两个男主的人设和长相我都是那么的喜欢，却是那么的难以让我看下去
无论是哪一年的圣诞节都需要这样的圣诞氛围电影而且是HE，和《圣诞速配》达成的默契是双双找到真爱并回老家发展………而且都不缺钱花……，家人完全的理解和支持
这种圣诞爆米花套餐人帅HE就够了，还要什么自行车
过节看用来放松足足够了，特别快乐～ Michael Urie还是那么可爱QwQ 两个侄女太工具人了，家人的助攻也好牵强，虽然我觉得James和Peter也很合适，但这个朋友变恋人的烂俗结局也挺好～ aunt sandy 太有趣啦！🎵 riding solo, single all the way 🎵懒妮yyds
虽然俗套还是不错看呜呜呜😭就很适合圣诞的温暖开心电影
我真的没有看到一丁点chemistry，感觉就是一对好朋友被家人gaslight到互相示爱的故事
多打1星给Luke 。小白和小黑真的是姐妹啊，毫无cp感。
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