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.
好可爱啊 最后一段看得有点泪目了 真好真好 不过最喜欢的还是女主高中那段 好美好俏皮
看着图一乐。不过这电影给成年人看吧多少幼稚了一点，给青少年看呢评级又是R，所以很困惑目标受众到底是谁。（另，最后那段关于来自母亲的夸奖并不是因为她觉得你需要，而是她真的这么相信，有点好哭。）
女主最近出櫃了hhh這個電影可愛程度加倍！
前面好好笑 后面满满的感动，特别是女出租车和Step对话那段：“我曾经是舞会皇后，但是我宁愿去上大学，如果我从大学毕业，而不是每个夜晚找男人的话，我的未来会变得更好。我劝你把你的皇冠摘下来，虽然回忆过去真的很美好”。女主朋友们也很supportive,感谢电影为我们造梦，满满的治愈
看着图一乐。不过这电影给成年人看吧多少幼稚了一点，给青少年看呢评级又是R，所以很困惑目标受众到底是谁。（另，最后那段关于来自母亲的夸奖并不是因为她觉得你需要，而是她真的这么相信，有点好哭。）
蕾蓓尔太丑了吧，这女的，dio~~~~~~~
哎！比心😂。
传递的信息其实真的很好，看到二十年后整体氛围的改变也让人觉得感动。
现在连这些片子拍的都不如原来好看了么 总觉得这个时候再拍这些就不能是这样的了 情节老套生硬 真的非常cringy cluless的女主再出现很惊喜但说的那段话是大可不必….
蕾蓓尔太丑了吧，这女的，dio~~~~~~~
非常非常期待的一部，但没有超出预期。电影院那段有点尬…而且舞会皇后的反转也很仓促，更不明白女主当选后为啥跳那个😂（现在的0真是一个比一个好看
pitchperfect的胖艾米已经大变身，而且他还放了grow as we go诶，里面的熟面孔真的太多了。
尬舞挺欢乐的，讽刺了下矫枉过正的政治正确，看个热闹不管逻辑就还好
除了第一段校园舞蹈的惊喜让人惊喜，其余冷漠脸看完。
非常非常期待的一部，但没有超出预期。电影院那段有点尬…而且舞会皇后的反转也很仓促，更不明白女主当选后为啥跳那个😂（现在的0真是一个比一个好看
看名字就知道了 典型的老套剧情
三分美国校园喜剧，非常瑞西威瑟彭斯。很多政治正确讽刺，以及很多政治正确。非常……圆滑的一个喜剧了。
虽然还是熟悉的美式校园套路 但是rebel瘦身之后原来这么好看的吗 20年前的歌单也太戳了啊啊啊啊啊啊 以及现在的zzzq放回去对比一下真是扎心了
20220516 剧情莫名其妙 但是还是想说 真好啊 就是要这样
传统价值观回潮，追求美好追求卓越就是世界上最美的风景线
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