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.
网飞平均水准。劳米拉佩斯适合大女主，动作片也演不少了，问题在于性质雷同，跟本片同一问题所在。
看完去搜女主竟然是01年的，，，最小的演最狠的角色哈哈
这部电影乍看观感并不差，甚至前半段就影片整体质量来看在网大里应该算是第一梯队水准了，特别行动小队在冰面上的夜行，孤寂而浪漫，而冰面下的尸山血海，对比之下同样令人震撼。不过，自打主角得知任务所运送物品的属性后，居然执意选择继续前行，影片就开始朝着傻逼圣母发现被骗果断自产自销的路子上发足狂奔了。接下来所有的关键情节精准地选择了最俗套的处理，看完让人感觉像吃了一坨屎，主题格局和角色形象彻底崩塌。二星不能再多，Netflix自制网大真的越来越糊弄了。
蛇蝎美人最为致命，这类剧本虽然可能水准一般，但是演女主的一定是顶尖顶尖的美人。
“结束战争”的唯一方法是自杀小队带着“神秘武器”滑冰到奥德，一行六人最后只剩下两人，途中发现是生化武器，为了阻止生化武器的研制、使用，女主带着样本自杀，全片以女儿贯穿了女主的信念。挺不错的。倾覆的救生艇周围，各种姿势冻死的人与冰面融为一体、年轻狙击手的口述，无不展现了战争的残忍
滑冰去……战斗 比较新鲜 战争题材的片子 胜就胜在除了枪和子弹 冰刀也是武器 最后想说 母爱无限
我觉得挺好看的啊，拍摄手法讲究，故事紧凑，主角漂亮，演技也很好。这不就够了吗，一定要剧情有多么复杂，悬疑吗……
当评分 低于6真的是烂片，浪费了一个下午看这个破片！
欲擒故纵真是高，把人迷得魂魄抛。用小电钻用镰刀，子弹一颗注了销。
-my landlord
2.有些场景的设定还是比较震撼人心的，如被吊死的逃兵，平民被处决后露在冰和水之间的遗体等
-oh，that is a good way to save on rent
片子有点烂，女主有点美，没让我睡着就值三颗星了！
评论区全都是女主的颜粉，很少看到一个女演员的颜值可以盖过电影本身。女配竟然是《安娜》女主……
抄袭恐怖鸡，社会深度又跟不上，啥时候我中国文化这么有优越性了？
剧情又烂又老套，但是lily真的美得太过分，安娜都失色不少…立马去关注了一波ins发现王校长也关注了她
奇怪的电影，不是我喜欢的
法制天地现场版，告诉你美女勾搭的背后，一定有个光脚恶汉等着敲诈。
真就是破烂稀碎的惊悚片 全程靠女主支撑着看完
初中习作水平的剧本和台词，演技拉跨的男女主，却能请来大牌影星配戏。莫非这片是娃娃脸女主的某个俄罗斯糖爹投的？
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