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.
这才是“大女主爽文”，太精彩了！日式女性复仇题材，画面很小清新（还有好看的漫画加持），配乐其实有点惊悚片的感觉，整体还是挺奇特的～剧本结构也很有意思～好久没看这么好看的新片了～
感觉完全是驯龙高手的套路，海怪的皮肤堪比坦克。
所以就是成年人比小孩儿愚蠢那么多 小磕唠得比谁都明白
全片就建立在小女孩的幻想和“阴谋论”之上，以及小红和小女孩毫无由来的美好关系还有人民毫无立场的醒悟（根深蒂固的观念和传统怎么可能因为一个小女孩就那么快的转变啊），总之就是莫名其妙。
没有想象中有意思 所以说是海兽不是海怪 最后说的还是最坏的还是人 从古至今就这样 老想征服这个征服那个 最后人类灭亡不一定是战争 最大的可能就是被大自然淘汰
？？？？？史上最奇葩复仇，轻描淡写，绕了一大大大大大大圈，就只是为了让他画漫画。
都不同床的夫妻还在乎对方有没有出轨就挺自欺欺人的。。。😂
这才是复仇，吓死那个出轨男🙂只有日本人能拍出来的电影
丈夫对于每一种个人角色(丈夫，漫画家，助手，情人)的价值都缺乏一个准确的认识。很爽的复仇。
小红斜楞眼那块，笑死我辣
好看的，合格的合家欢动画片，小蓝太可爱了吧！谁不想养一只呢！恨铁不成钢的看我家逆子饼饼
太棒了，你很难说影片是哪种类型的故事，却不知不觉被它吸引，整个观影情绪被它完完全全调动。柄本佑被漫画搞得提心吊胆的情节也太好玩了！第一次看到如此怪鸡又有趣的出轨题材电影，非常非常出乎意料，真的只有日本人才能把女性“复仇”写得这么云淡风轻却又力量万钧。
一切有为法，如梦幻泡影，如露亦如电，应作如是观。黑木华风格的现实题材，日本人一贯的隐忍，温柔的一刀。
从我的危险妻子到这部，面对丈夫出轨的妻子越来越无所谓，不可谓不是一种进步
虚拟现实来回切换哇，如果换个男女主感觉就演不出这感觉了
驾校教练颜值也太低了（高的话更不正常了。。。）
すっごく面白い物語なの，サスペンスのペース丁度いい。リアルと漫画の切り替え超スムーズ，結末の逆転も絶妙！華ちゃんと佑さんはこの夫婦役にぴったり，外見も性格も，キャスディングすごいね。
丈夫对于每一种个人角色(丈夫，漫画家，助手，情人)的价值都缺乏一个准确的认识。很爽的复仇。
一切皆可狗化 但狗化需要契机 小红是怎么转变的？为什么转变的？
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