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.
动作太假了，每到打斗的情节，摄像机的镜头就一直在切换。
65寸之第十五部
我就冲那四星哥哥的那句出乎意料之外，这戏我就没必要往下看了
时隔多年，童年偶像“小谢苗”重出江湖饰演一位东北警察，剧情干脆利索，打斗也丝毫不拖泥带水，剧情上，实在想不出都21世纪了，东北还有这些“歹徒”？小马仔们拿了多少好处费，敢用枪打警察？这种下半辈子在监狱里度过的犯罪行为，他们不带脑子？可以给到7分，希望以后有更多导演慧眼识珠，多给谢苗一些动作片约，毕竟在这“娘炮遍地奶油乱喷的娱乐圈”，像他这样的演员十分稀有。
谢苗演的精彩，有正义感，也很能打，还比较机智
我们中国自己的警察故事，本土气息十足，十分喜欢。
能给7分，竟然还不错，这不比看扫黑除爆强。最关键的是这部网大竟然让我明白了什么叫他妈的虚拟货币。
剧情紧凑，武打设计很好。虽然剧情经不起推敲但是我觉得还是给5⭐鼓励
动作指导可以。编剧很工整，学校良好作文级别，没经历没生活没实感。综合来看网大里算不错可看的了，6.5分。
谢苗怎么把自己搞得这么瘦了，脸都凹进去了，打戏还是不错的，演技也是可以的，剧情马马虎虎。
最后，谢苗真的好帅，真的好帅！
剧情简单，但是动作戏可以，拳拳到肉，谢苗继续加油，演技也到位
意外的好看 拳拳到肉 除了反派的设定有点拉胯 整体感觉真不错 粉一波谢苗 未来可期啊
打戏很棒，情节有点简单，不过数字货币洗钱什么的操作还是有的。现在年轻人能演得出动作戏的，好像也只有谢苗了吧
整體而言還算不錯的電影，尤其是那幾個反派演的還是蠻入骨的～劇情相對而言比較單薄，打戲可以～謝苗沒有小時候好看了
起码可以给四星啊，剧情打戏都不错。个犯罪都市2不相上下。
二乎的片名，二乎的剧情，二乎的角色，贡献了突破简陋成本的动作戏！几场打戏，简陋笨拙，但是凌厉到肉，特别是房间和客车里的小空间打戏，肉眼可见的困难，全靠演员自己和摄制组人力，非常的敬佩！有导火线的味道。
不想说什么，2星给谢苗，虽然长呲了，也是见过世面的演员。就那几个配角，真心太丑了，那什么肥头猪耳的也配演动作戏？简直辣眼睛。
我现在已经期待第二部了，我特别想看李红旗暴揍100个黄X韬、菜b坤这样的
看过之后觉得还行吧，难得的大陆网大能拍出这种动作片，看出演员在打戏上面还是用心了
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