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.
기적과도 같이 아빠와 아들의 마음의 연결되다. 죽은 누나와 같이 살아오면서 꿈을 이루는 이야기
冲着允儿看的，允儿真的好看又活泼灵动啊！故事其实很简单，没有什么跌宕起伏的情节，就是一个成长于深山老林的理科天才一直被自己的母亲和姐姐因自己而死自责，在姐姐精神陪伴的鼓舞下以及小女友的鼓励下，和村民建了一个火车站，最终和火车司机的父亲达成和解，赴美读书，放下了心结。
允儿演技有进步，但感觉李星民的桥段有些刻意，男主演技在线。故事有一些散。
故事理得没有那么顺，但编剧思路很清奇，突破可突破的极限，也算是一种有惊喜的表达方式
开头对姐姐已经离世这点其实暗示不少，但是当影片回忆小时候男主不愿离开这个家不愿离开姐姐，还是令人感动。对于女主部分，其实就是“缪斯”，是个引领男主的角色，导演在这部分节奏还是比较快的，几个场景就表达出来了，而后期与父亲的感情和解包括反转两次，有些冗长，没有高潮只是反复渲染情感会使人看的非常累。这电影是个家庭故事，但如果没有外力（外人）来推动的话，也就还是维持之前七年的状态。对于影片前后两部分，衔接不连贯，导演剪辑功力节奏都很有问题。相较于编剧的前作担保和导演的前作现在去见你，这影片显然是稍逊一点的，但是演员把剧情上剪辑上的遗憾给弥补回来了，总体来说还是不错的
韩式温情片通病🈶剧情逐渐无聊，很小的故事视角是不错的，比起允儿似乎姐姐这个角色更像女主吧！
这可能是全亚洲乃至全球的共性：父子之间总是讳莫如深。但好在，那些爱和歉意，总能借着韩影之口讲出来～
3、朴正民演高中生太成熟了。允儿YYDS，出名这么多年了还这么水嫩。
故事核心：从对家人的自责中解脱出来，外加有点突兀的爱情线。
尽管主线有点乱，情感有点散，但仍有值得一看的温暖。
略带痴性的小男生小女生之间萌萌的爱，似有似无的悲剧伏笔，看起来很棒的剧本，但是在后半程节奏转变上，回归到家庭悲剧的打捞上，直接把开局气氛沉到了底。
自我和解…
爱情线: 如此不真实的缪斯女神。政要富家女和乡巴佬天才小子的青涩爱情。
有几段青春懵懂的试探和误会太好笑了。
一部情感元素和浓烈的电影，改编自真实事件的故事，也可以如此淡然，父子情比姐弟情好看得多。
最大的区别是，帮助Will解开心结的是友情，而준경这边则是血脉亲情。共通点是两者在挣扎的过程中都受到了爱情的推动，并在结尾处给出了能够开花结果的走向。
父子两人因为各自的负罪感而躲开对方，这微妙的心理错位呀～还有爸爸不去参加子女毕业典礼的理由竟然是“觉得对不起妻子，只有自己一个人能看到那么好的场面”啊编剧对角色心理把握得太好了～
亲情线感动 姐姐最大亮点 但是加了一些多余的剧情拖垮前半程的节奏
评论区很多人说主角大龄违和，但1988余晖不也挺自然的嘛。
国产电影赶紧努力吧，看看人家把一个普通的故事拍的这么有诚意，感动。对现实不满地挑战和与过去的和解。和林允儿的感情线好多余啊！
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