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.
如此真实真切地反映社会底层受到的暴力与凌虐，这不是仅仅在印度上演，而是在全世界各个地方不断不断地生生不息。无论是暴力抗争和非暴力抗争，我们只有旁观，仿佛那是在另一个时空，与我们无关。
正如女友所说，要警惕完美圣人英雄型电影，除了情节和人物设计，相比辩护人差了几个档次了。不知道什么原因，导演对节奏的把控也不太好，没必要拍那么久的。再吐槽一句我看的版本翻译真的太差了。
看到后面热泪盈眶。人人生而平等，不畏强权，争取人权。
正义不会迟到的 不过前提是要争取 故事很好 就是拍摄手法没那么多电影的质感
趁消失之前看完了，这个评论区即将重演电影出租车司机消失之事。
三星半。不能给太多，怕太骄傲。比较商业片，非常努力让观众能看懂。胜在题材承担着足够的社会性，选角也极具魅力。但是还是逃不过印度片比较夸张的表达方式，还是不太符合个人审美。
21-300. 1）打人場景太真實了，看得萬分心痛。因為他們貧窮，沒有文化，低種姓，就活該被如此惡劣的對待嗎？窮人難道沒有尊嚴嗎？最後真的好希望奇跡發生，男主可以挺過去，可惜來不及了。警察如此暴力執法，實在看得太生氣了。但是再往下想想，警察為什麼敢如此暴力執法？更深層的原因是有上級在撐腰啊，所以案子阻力重重。但是真的好感動律師的付出，“我是個律師，但我首先是個人。” 2）缺點還是歌舞部分真的太多了，減掉點會避免不少沒必要的鏡頭。不過這是印度片特色，也可以理解。總體而言是最近看的高質量好片。
有时候，我特别好奇，难道做一个坏人特别幸福特别开心？为什么要做一个坏人？晚上睡得着？吃饭很香？会有很多人爱你帮你？不理解。
印度版《辩护人》。首先赞扬一下印度电影人一直以来一丝不苟的工匠精神，虽然这也可能与国情有关，但这满满当当将近三个小时的无拖沓剧情，没有一丝的多余剪辑，真是让人肃然起敬。
只说那些配角。这大概是我看过的印度电影里，肤色最黑，样貌最丑，形态最底层的一群演员了，很怀疑他们就是本色演出。许多表情，眼神，肢体形态，职业演员也模仿不出来，猜测是低种姓的群众演员。而印度职业演员有种说不出的拿腔作势，尤其是主角，一看就是高种姓的，骨子里那种无法掩饰的骄傲与“正义感”。
不输辩护人的佳作，各方面都很纯熟的片子，人物脸谱地恰到好处，煽情与爽也毫不过火，节奏紧凑转折适时，加上现实主义与人文关怀，达成了票房大卖口碑丰收的所有条件。值得注意的是，本片最后的落点还是从上而下的改良，基层人员背锅，这也是现实主义题材最稳妥的着陆方式了
影片的现实意义非凡，几乎可以忽略其艺术性，不同地域、不同时代、不同环境，却能让大多数人感同身受，除了来自真实事件的震撼，本片主创人员的专业素养也扎实过硬，其实难的不是敢不敢拍，而是在一部电影的时间内让人产生共情。
这个社会意义得十颗星啊。超级英雄片的处理把一个非常沉重的社会议题变得偶尔迸发一点娱乐精神，三个小时看下来也不累，这样才能触达最广大的受众啊。广播质感也是杠杠的，印度电影有一手！
系简炜。任大。
都说这是印度版辩护人，但其实韩国还有一部很优秀的电影叫断箭，律师的老婆仅仅出场几分钟就可以比肩此片女主200分钟的精彩与坚强！五星超赞，好片
技术层面太多初级的电影手段了，在严肃和嬉闹之间来回横跳，为了主题的深刻性多给一星。
能拍、敢拍这样的题材值得表扬，但是从艺术的角度看，拍的太过脸谱化，以至于不吸引人。
除了這部，印度的電影院還出現了同志片，這就是差距。
虽然有很多程式化的印度电影镜头，但基于真实事件的扎实剧本和合理的表演，给了电影非常棒的观感。即使可以猜到其中角色的遭遇，也会好奇会如何推进。
这种片子可以被拍出来，本身就是一种伟大。虽然时不时唱歌让我出戏，男主也过于耍帅。印度有爬满火车的人，印度也有宝莱坞。
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