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.
34分50秒出现了彩“蛋”注定了这是个不正经的DC漫改片，全程特别漫威味。这个派大星，感染越多威力越大，人类毫无抵抗力，老鼠对其免疫，像不像某病毒？滚导特别指出，这是美国人发现并送到国外研究感染，他是不是映射着什么？哈哈哈。7
我不懂，都可以完美克隆了绝症怎么还治不好？（对不起我有点杠）
Apple TV 出品“黑镜”系列之《天鹅挽歌》
在特殊的位置有一粒痣
真的很cult了，在爆米花片中少见的血浆断臂等重口画面。不能喜欢哪个主角，因为不知道是不是下一秒就莫名挂掉。花路打斗那一段太有感觉，爵士乐的随性配合着打斗的随性。海星怪兽突然就给我了日本特摄的感觉。影片体现的反抗精神藏在娱乐外表下，也算是提升了内涵。
很悲伤，被戳到的点还有一处是cj打架时，c突然病发而j扶住他
顺便一举拯救当下萎靡的爆米花和超英电影!!
星味少了些，好在有滚导音乐和趣味的加持，印象最深的肯定是鲨鱼萌萌
看了简介才去看的，设定很新颖，但拍得却很俗气。正确的拍法应该是让观众跟随克隆人的视角，最起码要以克隆人为主角，讲述本体死后，克隆人替代本体生活的故事，而不是让观众看本体临死前的各种麻烦事儿，搞的像部家庭肥皂剧，白白浪费了观众宝贵的周六晚间时光。
类似克隆题材已经很多了，与过往不同的是，故事的内容更新出了相对无害的理想结果，组合了“身体克隆和思维上载”两个重点为一体，合成出相对完美的生命延续体。 始终相信不久的未来，这样的选择将成为必将面对的现实。 如果可以这样完美的交接，何尝不是种选择。 但其他影片中也曾阐述了另一个问题～阶层始终存在，技术不是问题的时候，如此美好的身后故事，要用什么物质代价来付费呢。
软科幻轻伦理，主动被所爱之人遗忘是最痛苦的事。
不能细究，无脑看就完事了。又黄又暴力，有笑又泪点，极佳的爆米花电影。前面太搞笑了，奇奇怪怪的超能力，一打就废，哈哈哈哈笑喷了。鲨鱼男和小老鼠有点可爱，反差萌了属于。小老鼠拯救国家，训鼠者这么吊，是怎么被抓紧来的？
反派实在太弱了 不过也没办法 谁让自杀小队成员普遍能力一般 鼠妹和鲨鱼都超可爱
我是对科技发展持谨慎态度
斯科塞斯形容漫威为独立于电影的“视听娱乐
所以如果无缝衔接 完美复制
画面很棒，演技不错，但我不太喜欢这么平淡的片子
穿越生死是人类梦想，虽然不能穿越生死，但如果有个生死过渡的交接站也不错。
3.5分 每一个道具都在我的审美点上，但过于煽情和拖沓，故事线过于简单且直白，可能我已经是个肮脏的大人了吧
吃对面的人的巧克力，就能得到爱情吧？哈哈。
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