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.
请永远相信你自己的第六感！如果你觉得有什么不对劲了，肯定是出问题了。另外那名清洁工和一直偶遇的人是波恩扮演诶，指向型太明确了吧。女主真的很像凯拉·奈特利。
血腥比不上《窗边的女人》，惊悚甚至比不上《门锁》….
说好听点儿就是氛围感拉满，实则是剧情拖拉，靠着近景和慢镜头补时长，但胜在画面细腻、演技在线、结尾反转让缺点没那么明显。女主和罪犯的关系很像动物世界里的捕杀时刻，通过静默无声地监视、若即若离地跟踪、常规友好地交流，直到斑马放松了警惕，躲在草丛里的老虎眨眼的功夫，扑倒了斑马身上撕咬其腹部直至死亡。全世界女性在现代社会的生存安全仍然存在无法可依、不被重视、自我怀疑之类的问题，能做到的只有穷则独善其身，达则兼济天下。
氛围很到位，想起来之前看过的《84年夏天》，差不多的剧情，都很简单，很有意思
srds女主真的也很神奇，为什么不拉窗帘啊？怎么敢和他隔窗对视的？怎么敢跟踪他的？遇到这种赶紧跑啊，面对陌生的国家，不相信自己的丈夫，无用的警察，渗人的监视者，可以想象女主的无奈和绝望。最后开枪杀死恶魔，天！女性真的是弱小与勇敢的结合体。这个变态选角长相就让人不寒而栗。危险是无处不在的。这个老公有什么用！？我真的无力吐槽。麦卡梦露有种独特的美与性感，她的眼神有种抽离感。
这种布景的片子看了好几部了 有一个疑问 搬进新家装窗帘难道不是最基本的操作吗~_~’ (还有个略剧透的忍不住想说 - 如果最后对着傻大个老公也来一枪 我会给四星)
明明挺有意思，却拍的这么傻逼。
铺垫一大堆，反杀一瞬间。女生真的要相信自己的直觉啊。
三星半吧，怎么接连看了两部恐男片。真感觉能体会女性恐惧的还得是女性，能拯救的还得是自己。
异国他乡，语言不通，被杀人犯跟踪，最亲近的人却认为你疑神疑鬼，所有一切叠加在一起，简直太恐怖！
不想谈现实意义，直接聊剧情。整体的剧本结构真的是老本子了，感觉在中断就猜到了后面的剧情，基本没有经验的感觉，开篇女主的表现很有感觉，把被监视的状态表现的很彻底（失败无能的丈夫的设定真的拴q），然后时长拉长之后，就略显疲惫了，如果说是为了符合全篇的基调，感觉还是不够高潮，唯一被吓到可能是那个列车开过….甚至在最后男反派抓人那段我甚至期待不要出现，希望不要套路，但还是来了…顺便呼应了那把手枪…唉，可恶啊，我自己将电影观感大幅下降。同时里面的男性角色确实都挺无用的，加上剧本里有一些不合理的地方，可能这也是导演故意忽略时间跨度的问题吧…小成本制作，被气氛火热女主演技打三星
氛围很到位，想起来之前看过的《84年夏天》，差不多的剧情，都很简单，很有意思
那个老公真是又蠢又窝囊，最后一幕还没反应过来，像个傻子似的在那杵着，摊上这么个玩意真是够呛！
那种被凝视的感觉和毛骨悚然的紧张，从腿一路爬到脖子的凉气太真实了。 看的时候忍不住抽。 影片最真实的，就是塑造了一个男性凝视的世界，即使女主勇敢自信细心大胆，也没法避免被伤害。 梦露演技太好了。
[视]shudder，96.2分钟，多个网站都显示是91分钟，夜店微露，结尾微血。女主视角，北欧风慢节奏，麦卡·梦露颜值难撑这么久，前期红裙亮眼，后期<环太>男配开口，有电影院
那种被凝视的感觉和毛骨悚然的紧张，从腿一路爬到脖子的凉气太真实了。 看的时候忍不住抽。 影片最真实的，就是塑造了一个男性凝视的世界，即使女主勇敢自信细心大胆，也没法避免被伤害。 梦露演技太好了。
氛围感很不错。近年比较流行这种窥探类电影。
除了可惜没给丈夫一枪，那个无能的policeman，以及那个女朋友（女主邻居）丢了没事人一样的帮人半途而废的胡子渣男都该来一枪……男人永远不会共情女性，只会说你不要再疑神疑鬼，我很累，还和同事吐槽老婆。
成年男人比任何妖魔鬼怪都可怕，偷窥的成年男人再加上了变态二字。释放女性低安全感的焦虑的惊悚片，整体完成度很好。
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