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.
失望枉费1216天等待比上一部还垃圾，盖尔·加朵美死后剧情无聊至极。露丝·莱斯利不忠心的女仆可怜主人也是笨，富家女爱穷人注定没好结果。艾玛·麦基成熟性感与年龄不符，为爱为财富疯狂。两个男的死有余辜，一个小偷还谈爱情。一个活好贪财好色，死于美色。夺命侦探又装又立，这些人怎么敢在他目前装还当杀人犯！！！
新新生代动作片男演员好像只有谢苗了吧，出片必是动作片，从战国时代开始打到秦朝、汉朝、隋唐、宋元明清、再到民国、现代，真的绝了
因为疫情无法出国拍摄，但特效也太廉价了点，卡司也弱，没有顶级大咖，两位女主平时看都是女神，可这片里怎么就没那么美了问号，服装化妆也极弱，这片本来是应该如一场T台大秀+大咖云集+异国风光的，结果搞成这样，LGBT的政治正确算是一次进步，但开场那段导演也太自恋了些，对比一下78版，哪哪都不行。看完这片，倒是勾起了再看82和78那两部的欲望，太太太经典了，建议有预算的女生直接照着这两部里面的裙子随便来一条就能亮瞎十条街
谋财害命的路上容不得名声在外的大侦探，下次一定注意
三星：动作戏看起来挺燃的，应该可以拍成一个系列了
原本以为开头的那段是想告诉大家波洛其实心思细腻能够共情爱情 后来发现不是 只是想告诉我们这剧里的波洛单纯有病罢了（
看电影的时候完全没想到啊……………………
尺度可以的。
动作设计够精彩，拳拳到肉。就是反派三兄弟都是路人脸，没气场没魅力。
几段狭小空间搏斗可能是近几年最精彩室内打斗片段。标准剧情，中上打戏
78th with Tao. ——2022.04.10 @新林楼
3.5吧，东方快车波洛尝试打戏，这部直接开始感情线。林奈特太像女战士不像白富美。没啥阿婆味了，居然硬生生拆散鸳鸯
看犯罪都市2的评论区说它结尾的公交戏抄袭本片，紧忙来看看，怎么说呢，上车，驱人，打斗，只要你塑造过故事，你会知道这个流程是好看的，常规流程罢，且常理来想，国外到底能不能看到一个我们连院线都没上的自己人都不太知道的电影呢？反而你要说开篇立人设的时候用嚣张的在两帮混混中间的jc这样塑造，似乎不乏借鉴的可能，不过我说算了，都是因地制宜吧，只不过巧了都选在大巴上打一场，说回本片，纪录片式的剪辑，不断的在过场，甚至很多过场戏连逻辑都不要了，功能性人物，非常粗糙，常规镜头没有视听，至于剧情你说有剧情吗，真没有，连基本的剧本节拍都没有，比如其实按说那个11应该是黑的，才能带来剧本节奏的起伏，当然也要说，动作戏设计挺用心的，也很有东北气质，早些年的小地方的，还想提一下，知道犯罪都市为什么不拿噼机Q吗，怕过头
这部戏一直没打算看，因为不看好，这是没什么可看的，放着打发时间，没成想打得还挺精彩，全是意外收获吧，7.8
风景很美，平静的尼罗河危机四伏，像鳄鱼🐊，像蛇🐍，令人猝不及防
故事支离破碎 角色莫名其妙 改编负面教材 收手吧阿肯
哎 沒有對比就沒有傷害 78年的那版不好麼？David Suchet的那版不香麼？哎。
当然最无语肯尼斯自恋的魔改。脑海中有着小小灰色细胞的波洛是自信，不是自恋，给自己加一段有的没的背景的设定还要谈一个恋爱，不能忍。政治更是正确得不得了。黑人是好人、女权也要有，同性群体的心情也要考虑，波洛的冷静变成了咆哮。。。
选角就不合适 Simon看着就不聪明的 改编其他的就算了 波洛加感情戏有什么意义 人设都变了 别折腾经典了
平庸乏味过时，甚至觉得根本没有拍出来的必要。
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