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.
两星半 中岛老师演技生涯中遇到了和他旗鼓相当的对手 和女主演技烂的不分上下｜他俩一哭太丑了整的我又困又想笑｜虽然be了但结局还行
能想象得到剧情，但是还是意料之外的从中间哭到结尾。很多地方都有哭点，虐得好久才回过神来。中岛老师几个情绪爆发点都代入得很深，沉浸进去了
细节蛮用心的（贴近病者和照顾者现实，在我这里就自动大加分系列 XD）两个Kento，永山家的演技太厉害，中岛桑就还请继续加油哇……
纯爱套路还是拿捏住我了。
我这辈子也get不到死人纯爱有什么好看的 不是为了中岛绝对不会看这类型……看了之后也还是理解不了 bgm挺好听的 约会的部分看出了点点cp感后面又觉得有点弱 cp体质真是玄学 之前的她很漂亮也是时有时无 加油啊
6.x分妥妥的 前段中二纯爱感（日本人很爱这样吗?），感觉精神受到了冲击......结尾很虐，一度想哭。片尾挺好的，一定要看到片尾!
是能猜到走向的很典型的日系爱情片……感觉中岛老师演技有进步一点👍🏼
纯爱电影，剧情走向没有新意的看了这分钟就知道下边是什么剧情，铺垫部分和高潮部分的起承转合时间分配有点偏差。点进来看这种题材的电影，只要能让你哭出来，那就成功了一半。本体三颗星，多的一颗给中岛进步的演技
剧情虽然老套，但是演员演的很好，动人的地方也会忍不住想掉眼泪。有遗憾才是人生常态，失去的时候不是终点，人生还很长，不可能一直沉浸在悲伤与难过，向前看才是对逝去的最尊敬的态度。生活就是要寻找热爱，保持热爱，不然是熬不过这漫长的人生的。
除了爱情的部分还不错，哥哥跟他女朋友塑造的更成功，全局最惨的明明是哥哥好伐，男主哪里苦大仇深的，与其说是爱情片不如索性拍成亲情更好，俩人的爱情就莫名其妙
世界上那些最容易的事情中，拖延时间是最不费力的。
以及男主个别镜头非常少年，扛着自行车下楼梯那段太有青春电影内味了。
偶然在B站看到的cut，若无其事的点进去看，结果高估了自己，剧情真虐；然后就去看了全片，虽然剧情很老套，但整体还不错的，真的好刀~
kenty演技进步了！但男女主感觉相爱得好突然.....剧情感觉也猜得差不多，带一星粉丝滤镜了
哥哥真是有主演气场，完全压所有主演一头，话说这一类过于离谱的患病纯爱，一定要把两者爱情的分量和细节演出来，要不然会很脱节，主角可以符号化但是不能平面化，话说中岛怎么看怎么像只可爱的兔子
看剪辑后去看正片的，真的好讨厌日式贬低自己的口吻。“我只是随处可见的那种女人，性格也挺像大叔的。”然后让男性来表达，就算是这样的你我也喜欢。男女主性别调换一下应该不错
恋人向樱花一样快速凋零？剧情过于老套 整体都很平淡..感觉男女主人物刻画的也很一般吧 还不如哥哥嫂子刻画得好 最后竟然没能认出女主..不过中岛老师演技有进步了啊 私心给他五星了
もう〜ケンティ不足ヽ(￣д￣;)ノ=3=3=3ケンティに会いたい
在樱花盛开的季节里一见倾心，纵使有再多不舍，分别就像风要刮，雨要下，该来的终究会到来。
哭了两次：嫂子说被讨厌也没有关系以及kenty发现老人是女主之后爆哭的地方。这种电影如果自己一个人我可能已经看不下去了，但跟朋友一起看的时候边看边讨论剧情反而看得很起劲，超过预期的惊喜感
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