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.
画面挺好看的，截图了挺多张桌面。故事一般般吧，可以看。
这个结尾和Les Amours d'Anaïs的异曲同工妙哉。
“我们别无选择，只有竭尽所能。”
结局可以的！放心看～
画风很喜欢，但是故事叙述不行，前面铺垫太长，后面又太仓促， 比较割裂。
男主捧脸是要干啥啊啊啊黑屏你个鬼啊！
从人设到动机到剧情意外程度都非常不错！文艺氛围点满了，看得很舒服。
典型的日本温情治愈动画画风。很多细节抓的特别好。剧本故事就难免流于俗套了，能猜到剧情发展的方向，以及最后红崇也死的太容易了一些。适合夜晚轻松一下的小电影吧。
嗯？纯情百合剧？必看！ 看了半天…我不理解 结局真会玩
平平淡淡相互守护的没有血缘的家人，还有一只猫咪，什么都能满足的万事屋，很好很好的妖怪邻居朋友，愿经历苦难的人们都能带着希望重新出发。
所以，日和，结，遇上了很好的奶奶，奶奶也遇上了很好的她们
你以为是个温情剧，结果是个神话。打斗场面只有两分钟。还没有小学生打架时间长。
女主非要插一脚进去女二和男主中间还去勾引女二这么反套路。整个故事情节比较适合8.90年代
絕了絕了絕了⋯⋯病嬌女主x陰鬱女二，木村因為喜歡小作靠近美雪，結果喜歡上miyuki！！震撼全家的三角戀。喜歡那個千紙鶴製作成的櫻花樹被推倒的場景，小作的情感資訊也蠻幽默。好喜歡miyuki害羞但有大膽表示自己的手寫信！不過每次看到這種叛逆女主都會感覺⋯立本jk偷了我的人生⋯⋯
拍摄地：栃木县足立市。
结尾居然是这样的。“因为是不同的人所以才会喜欢上。“”有那样的一瞬间就够了。”
看了一小时又十分钟30秒。还有30分钟。我看不下去了。
剧情还不错，前期节奏较慢后期又太快。设定很有意思
但是就我个人观感，故事叙述好慢好慢，而且有种一个电影分了好几集拼凑起来的感觉，前几集就好像在说一些有的没的的事，最后一段才到正片。
这是个什么电影？唯一正常的男主反而让人觉得没意思😂
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