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.
中国电影牛逼
“你我不过人生过客 即使此刻看着同一片天空” 这么横向对比花束的村花确实比本片女主更漂亮更养眼更有气质（且不在一个数量级） 要找到配得上池松宝贝同等演技力不容易
居然在金色印象一边捏脚一边热泪盈眶了三次………男孩子们好可爱！青春好燃！【音乐好好听】
2022/02/23@シネ・リーブル梅田。我单方面宣布是今年日影优秀作品之一。看预告的第一帧就喜欢得不行，主题曲也是第一耳就觉得很棒，在唱片店听到每次都会驻足听完。分手的男女在后来的生活里会偶尔突然想起和前任的一些往事，没有大喜大悲。电影里的场景转换让人的心理上有一种fade out和fade in的感觉，而这种拍摄又不是通过物理的剪切实现的，正好就符合了电影作品名‘ちょっと思い出しただけ’，真是一种高超的讲故事手法。東京テアトル怎么尽拍这种淡淡的情侣日常而且还能拍得这么好看！可惜就是发行方不太行，排片场次和院线都太少，今天休息日电影院全场满座，全都是二十多岁最多三十岁的年轻人。
开篇就是一部充满少年活力的青春轻喜剧，笑点有些高级，所以全场爆笑的时候并不多，更多的时候都是微微地会心一笑。本以为仅此而已，后半部少年们开始为“不能称之为梦想的梦想”而努力的时候，我却有些热泪盈眶，为了当下想做的事情而执着而努力，即便在大人们看来没有任何意义，这就是少年人的心性呀！是一部让人重温青春时光的电影呀～！
如果是原创该有多好啊，这玩意不涉及政治，不涉及上层建筑，基本上可以正常发挥，为什么也照别人差呢？
搞笑欢乐+青春激情+好看的画面构造+五位不同类型的185以上大帅哥 我真的瞬间沦陷 爱惨了呜呜呜呜 祝大火！绝对是黑马（全程看都在夸帅+可爱 太养眼了）有幸见到五位主演 还主动问了问题 记录一下哈哈
越看越乱 感觉越淡 大概就是很多事不如相忘
关灯抓玩手机的
日版轻松戏谑的高校青春派风格，国产版以“张伟”的成长心路为主导线，寓意每个平凡生命可以活出精彩，国产节奏更偏教育意义一点。这也没什么不好，剧本大致走向是一样的。直到团体上线，专业教练，临时取消，集体冒险，编剧逐渐离大谱。我觉出的味是国产编剧没能走出“团结紧张严肃活泼”这几个指导意见总纲。然后在这种高大上结构里，硬要把少年的青春秀同样拉高到正式比赛，人生梦想等等，就让原有的故事架构变形了。
选角是可爱的，可惜原版的轻盈夏日感一点儿不剩，有再好的剧本打底，依然不敢放弃国产青春热血系产品的老毛病——喊口号+拍MV。
一个国家也不会有未来
影片太多煽情，不够热血，又一次拍出了想象中的国内高二生活，有几个演员年龄离角色有明显差距，演技也不足以弥补，看上去很尴尬，大部分演员都想用呆萌来表演，这样真的很娘。。。
看完发现自己果然还是喜欢青春片啊！成长好难啊，男主演的蛮好的，特别是让人觉得可怜的部分。音乐都跟好听！
因为它给正在迷茫挣扎的自己带来了坚定想法并往前冲就完事了的信念，虽然我已经30了，虽然看着看着就笑了，虽然人物并没有那么丰满，但这股劲儿就够了。
花束みたいな恋をしたanother version
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作为原作粉要为成功本土化点个赞，特别好看。最后的花游汇报演出前半段的团队操呆板僵硬，是少年日常被规训的产物；后半段奔放肆意，才是发自内心美好真诚的表达。
比较工整的青春片，虽然情节有些老套，但是看得出是认真拍的，不是为了捞一笔钱而已，但要说有多好那确实也有点撒谎，艺术创作也有通货膨胀，也必须推陈出新。
松居大悟x 池松壮亮x CreepHyp 我还是很吃这个组合
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