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.
允儿真是千呼万唤始出来
灵魂伴侣存在在传说中
我不知道为什么这么多人说烂片但我并不在乎，还好没有因为影评和分数错过，在此时此刻，见证了这么多纯澈的情感，希望与内心的那份共鸣，一起化作最美的新年祝福
一月一号看的，也算是沾了沾气氛。
讲故事的人告诉我们不是要找你的灵魂伴侣而是要找到灵魂伴侣
剧情老套，但是很适合放松心情观看。大概剧情都能猜到。
就是一个拼盘大电影。开头和真爱至上也太像了吧。
出轨感觉像是男人基因里的本能，不出轨的男人要么是出轨的成本太高诱惑不大，要么是抑制本能的内酚酞本能进化了
看出来导演想打造韩版 Love Actually 场景集中到酒店倒是比较特别 但是多线故事并不是很成功 个人比较喜欢morning call 和经纪人两条 其他多多少少都有些崩坏 还是有点可惜的
不明白为什么分数那么低～我觉得很巧妙，同一件事，在不同的一对人身上演绎出不同的结果，找到谁是对的那个人。值得探讨，值得思考～
像个贺岁片的拼盘，和和气气的，剧情也没有大起伏
老了，对这种霸道总裁爱上我的戏码实在提不起兴趣了。
姜河那那段最有戏剧性，年末看这种群星电影还是不错的，不需要用太多脑子。
韩版真爱至上，如果没看过原版的话可能还能看看，看过原版就觉得这个太一般了，看了开头就能猜到结尾。看下去的动力是志敏真的很可爱～
剧情很碎，当个贺岁片要求不高的话看看还行吧。鹅姐的声音演技不错，很适合这个角色，听着十分愉悦。韩志珉太漂亮了。
温暖桥段大杂烩也还是让人挺开心的 李栋旭还是和小时候一样帅啊
温馨的爱情拼盘 营销一下可以称为韩版《真爱至上》
很久前我就意识到所谓“唯一的灵魂伴侣”是个伪命题，身边的伴侣往往是天时地利人和的结果，换个条件状态心境，可能关系就会天差地别，甚至不会成为身边人。我们以独立个体状态进入关系，而关系又会在不知不觉中塑造我们，重点不是“唯一”，而是专注和“眼前有缘的那一个”的发展。但电影有趣（和有更多可能性）的地方，是让人看到和不同对象与不同状况下合情合理的发展，恰到好处的切换也让观赏更有趣味。很可爱的意大利小片~
允儿演的很好，声音巨好听。祝你新年快乐呀！
喜欢叫醒服务和自杀男孩这条线，林允儿出场真的好美，天台对话好可爱，姜河那在这里就是来颜艺的吧。另外一条十五年朋友的故事真的看的好迷茫，电梯里的真心话时间，看到了情书明信片又假装不知的你，到那一刻才释怀吧。弟弟好帅，天桥表白还挺浪漫，专属高中生的中二环节了～合家欢电影，无功无过，但是也能看。
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