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.
被普罗米修斯的女主骗来，上当了，脑残剧情，可怜这些演员剧组大冷天的受苦了
在黑暗中的冰面上悄无声息地滑行，有种冷冰冰的浪漫。那一刻，像极了我们的人生，孤身一人，如履薄冰，蜷缩在脆弱的冰面上四顾无人，徒然等待，等待大厦将倾，等待万劫不复。
咋说呢 。虎头蛇尾，电影想表达的东西太多，却有什么都没突出。
-在这场该死的战争中，
本来想给四分的，在我看日文版一部分没看懂的情况下，总的来说气氛烘托的还不错，但是有几个致命的扣分点，女主偶尔的傻逼行为，女主女儿的叫喊感觉不是很合理，紧张的情况下不是应该安静？强行推动剧情。再就是结尾真的有点烂，在她授予勋章的时候完结就好了。 男主挺帅的，真的惨，最后硬闯实验室尬死我了。 结局泳池里还挺有美感的，中间很精彩，整部剧推动剧情的小细节应该处理的更好的，可惜了。 不会真是受死亡搁浅的启发吧，虽然我很喜欢这种类型的。
看着看着突然放起了音乐裁缝的歌，给我恶心到了，选BGM之前都不查查有没有争议吗？
穿冰鞋为国家突击，毁病毒为人类而战。冷酷绝境里的末日生存游戏，画面感强但剧情稍弱，劳拉的铁血女王人设加分不少。
带小朋友去看的，丁点大的小人说了一句”这个电影不适合我看”笑死
我也想为国家完成一个使命。不知道还要封控多久……
一般，太多bug了，母爱拯救世界也可以毁灭世界！
啥啊都是，可惜了女主的龙纹身的女孩还是很不错的
滑冰千里送毒，后因被骗并没有见到女儿，又强行偷毒毁毒！
两星半，熊孩子太糟心，只有开头用心拍了，其余部分都在融梗，光沙漠船就看见《兰戈》《天空之城》等好几部动画片的影子
不知道说些啥。
总是混合突然爆发的情感，大吵大闹，大哭大笑。一份这么重要的任务，选这么几个垃圾。扯淡及了
怎么说呢，为了应虎年的景的合家欢式的贺年动画片？但就觉着给大人看吧，嫌幼稚了 ;小朋友看吧，内容又有些超龄，结果有些四不像。
女主就没想过这可能不是病毒？要是什么特效药呢？？
喜欢的题材。Noomi Rapace 适合演这种类型的。
上天给了你们最雪白的大地 你们却在上面进行着最肮脏的勾当
除去略显颓废的结尾部分。冰上戏，北欧风，还是相当得我心的。
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