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.
要素过多，剧情一般，boss好脆，主要是配音太出戏
剧情一般
我还以为是温馨日常篇，大灾难下的人互舔伤口相互疗伤，后面剧情来个360°大转弯，竟然是玄幻打怪？就一般般吧。
很温温柔柔的
还是觉得神神奇奇的世界挺有趣
不是很懂后面打怪那两下子是干嘛，要就全程叙述神奇缓慢的人间天堂，妹妹就是个需要被保护的不会说话的小女孩，我能给四星。
前面氛围气氛还行，后面打怪是怎么回事，难道不是所有人一起奏乐跳舞拼尽全村人力财力来打败怪物吗，前面所有的铺垫到最高潮急转直下，我都看呆了。好吧其实我是看到这片子有佐藤拓也打酱油，饰演了一个“荞麦屋小哥”，全片出场两次，甚至不配拥有姓名WWWWW
能看的只有奶奶讲故事的部分，能听只有片尾（突然听到自己以前听的歌）
老戏骨天海阿姨 松重丰主演 演技是没话说不过剧本就非常的一般浅薄 最后结尾就是让大家消费降级卖了房子去和人合租养老 太不靠谱了 日本已经开始走这种养老宣传了嘛
画面好美。靠山看海，那么大的院子房子内饰也不错，想去这样房子度假一段时间。
轻喜剧，但是养老问题还是很严峻，内向日本人真能适合share house吗
天海女士破大防......
在雅安地震之后看到这部电影，还真是，心情复杂
画面绝美！但最后的boss战过于草率了，铺垫那么多，最后一分钟就结束战斗了，详略太不得当了……而且人物性格也不太饱满。
开头的设定和海岬的风景让我小小激动了一下，结果人物单薄，剧情乏味，基本看到三分之一就能猜到结局了。只剩下治愈了…
片子拍的不错
奇幻和日常部分的衔接有点问题。
后面落了几滴泪，还好是自己在家。动漫看哭不尴尬，尴尬的是我已经三十几了。🐸
蛮有趣的生活喜剧，虽然有点夸张但这好像是大多数老龄化严重的东亚家庭所担心的生活，片子最后他们住进了群租房应该也是日本政府想要现今的日本国民这么做的吧
画风很不错 居然是芦田爱菜配音吗！
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