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.
我是推荐这个片子的。男主军人膝盖受伤药物治疗积极锻炼身体，换了领导却因为男主服用违禁药物辞退了他，退休金福利都没有了。为了付账单为了家庭能更好的生活去干了自己不想干的私人军事项目。男主以为是任务是“国家安全”却发现是杀害研究病毒疫苗的科学家，最后还要当作被消耗的弃子让他们自相残杀。
从开头就猜到了结尾。男主过于简单善良。要金子不要命。
铺垫太长，看完还是云里雾里。全员大情种，为了自己的家庭破坏别人的家庭——这不会就叫男人的担当吧？xs
男主太单纯了，自己选的留下来，所以最后讲了个螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后的故事。剧本情节挺单薄的。
小本还是别跟着派派演了，三回都死两回了(￣▽￣)
的确很像等待戈多！中间一个小时真的太绝望了
螳螂捕蝉 黄雀在后 男主角频频犯错看着上火
是不是内心越阴暗的人，越早知道剧情的走向？哈哈哈……
勉强三星，zac演的有点意思，但是剧本里的人物没立住，常年在底层生活，同时经历那么多的怎么可能那么蠢，剧本写的不好，也没啥意思
还是不错，该有的都有，就觉得要啥给啥，太全了
还是差那么点东西。代入感很强，如果自己陷入那种局面估计也好不到哪去。很多人说男主贪婪，但中途他曾敲下一块金子准备走了，但又对本地男心存希望。逻辑上还是有点不通，两姐妹是在这儿守着金子吗，还是她们偶然路过？
生动地诠释了什么叫做“人为财死鸟为食亡”。
头重脚轻，准确地说肚子也轻，雇佣兵公司跟过家家差不多，乱打一通不知所谓
两个女人是其实是金妖幻化来的吧，贪婪者哪配拥有金山？
实际5分，不能再多了。中间剧情还有个重要的bug，把两个受伤的人互换了。整体没啥条理。
有强大的精神内核和干脆利落的动作场面 一直觉得Chris很奶油 这部终于发现他冷静不张扬的魅力 而且中途竟然看到了Nina Hoss... 这阵容真心低调有实力
这也有人能吹起来我是真的想不通。一部短片就能说完的故事硬是拉成了一部长片，贪婪与信任的故事从古至今说了几千年了，可是电影也没拍出个新花样，听他们台词就知道世界局势不怎么好了，竟然敢一人独自留在荒郊野外，实在是让人不解。一部电影从开头就无法说服观众的话，接下来的观感只会越来越差。
故事不差，演技凑合，但是适合快进着半个小时看完，花90分钟不值得
就……挺平淡的？看完了，就这？看完了，脑子中就这俩字：就这？
承包商的行为和现实如出一辙，开发疫苗然后投放病毒以拯救者的姿态把钱和名都挣了，影片有谍影重重的影子大家都是孤军奋战
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