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.
本片建议学龄前儿童观看。除了剧情低幼，其他方面也很失败aka福瑞控都萌不起来
细节上怡然高水准，但类型上很难突破，和打破刻板印象一样难。
多一个月都不行！
非常有魅力的合家欢动画，我这是看了一场大灰狼版的鲁邦三世剧场啊～节奏快，剧情紧凑，反转多，配乐让我抖腿数次。剧本不错，我情绪大起大落实属自然流露。以及这明亮爽朗的3D效果值得进电影院。
套用Life&Beth里台词“我只看动画片，girl，现实生活对我来说太难了” 奥卡菲娜太有辨识度了，完全没听出狼宝是Sam爹～
类型化程度很高的港片，如果再抓一个新鲜元素能更爆。谢霆锋太适合演疯批了，有被帅到。缅怀陈导。
纯香港电影。非常硬核，非常刚！拳拳到肉的打斗，街头枪战的激烈，小谢的完整演出，陈木胜的遗作，值得五星！
近年来好莱坞动画的新低，对标疯狂动物城的话，简直被吊打，电影总得没有什么特色，乏善可陈。感觉真的是拍给小朋友看的，目标客户不是成人
居然很好看，简单明了。我们每一个人都知道这种电影的套路，坏人然后突然良心发现变成了好人，让好人其实是隐藏的坏人。 每一个都想要快乐的两个小时，稍微然后我们可以从繁重的工作中，从该死的疫情中，从无聊的日常中，超脱出来。好好的让大脑在简单的逻辑中享受两个小时，这其实也一种休息。有时候电影并不需要给我们思考，只要让我们微微一笑，然后心想：我就知道是这样，我就知道是那样。
中规中矩的动画电影，配乐加一⭐
807@橙天嘉禾世纪汇 Viktor 陈木胜遗作。黑帮化警队vs制度化帮队，似乎是近年香港罪案动作片一种偏好，也映照正现实。节奏紧用光妙演技棒还有好几处迷影彩蛋，就算老套又露骨大银幕也过瘾。谢霆锋定格惹人尖叫！哈哈哈哈哈哈
我每样都会亿点点
盖里奇犯罪片式开场，套路满满但笑得停不下来。剧情联想起《卑鄙的我》和《超级大坏蛋》，这类反类型合家欢动画是我的菜，太适合周末晚上了。
狐狸画得太不狐了...................
非常轻松娱乐的美味快餐电影。感觉哪哪都好看，拿捏的刚刚好，不费脑子不搞沉思不讲大道理，不会看完内心沉重思索许久也不会转头一秒就能把故事回忆完。故事本身就设计地流畅精彩，画风也好动作动感。蜘蛛侠真的是开创了动画新道路。人物塑造很棒，几个角色配合画面动作肢体细节太讨喜了，尤其毛茸茸的几个。
一流的动画制作，不入流的故事。本以为是旧瓶装新酒，没想到是旧瓶装旧酒，直接睡了半场。
2、丹哥不要太威武，霆锋不要太帅。
大坏狼，贪食蛇，美肚鲨，食人鱼，黑客蛛，和深红爪子狐狸州长。画风有点复古，剧情蛮有意思。
太闹腾了，技术没的说……时隔一个月没在影院看电影了，激动！感觉今年北影节又有戏了……
10分钟弃 too old for this.....吵死了
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