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.
tmd,tmd，你怎么可以旧情复燃
以Jamie一个外来者的视角去审视宗教团体内对情感和个人的压制，或许有一些真实的背景在，同性之爱成为了一种既定道德的反抗，Marike是矛盾的中心，也是大多数LGBT群体最真实的写照。
虽然结尾重逢的那段看到我笑出声，但是就凭Marike订婚之前二人的种种感觉下一秒就要去doi了的那么多变态细节，难道不是至少吊打cmbyn吗^_^可能是北美口音让这部电影观感略土（蛤），但是真理教的窒息氛围和Jamie强硬的性格之间的鲜明对比刻画得超好，Jamie和Marike之间的对白写得也很聪明。唯二不足的是二人的秘密被戳破以后，Marike家人的反应一笔带过，以及Jamie最后回答的“everyday”。
一方面禁忌之恋是很美，另一方面宗教去他爹的吃人的狗东西
喜欢每一个带着爱意的吻。颜值很可，但是姬片能不能有点新套路，看多了有点要免疫了，太苦了
有西岛俊秀每天唠叨着你的开支，每天变着花样为你做不同的菜，时不时的深夜deep talk，这不就是所有gay子梦想的生活吗（(o^^o)）
有拍的非常精彩，或者是演绎十分到位的片段。但故事本身的节奏的内容有些平庸，结尾草率且拉胯。
日本人是怎么做到简简单单一件事都能这么开心的。好嫉妒啊。
Jaime很有灵气，喜欢她很多微表情，很真实的情绪。简短很A的说话方式，我也特别喜欢，她是有点害羞但是忠于自我的人。Marike是主动的一方，主动拉近关系和亲热，也是先放手的……唉，吃了感情家庭社会生活的苦后，终于敢于再次主动面对Jaime了。Jaime虽有了床伴，但心里还是装着Marike，她让我有一点明白了，即使你心里装着最爱的人，也是可以身边有人温暖自己。就是说两个相爱的人，即使经历了世事变迁，最终还是会在一起的，这是我的一个新感受。
for Beth and Marike's mother
美食少了好多，甚至都没怎么表现出“精致”的主妇料理，还是回归SP形式比较好。加一颗星纯粹是因为从里面看到了想听的温情和道理。
- 2022/05/28，看完。真好呀，看得超级快乐，心里暖烘烘。いいな★～ -
我老人地铁问号了。套路全都在，但是结尾太草率。剧本不太行，张力是够了，情绪都上不去。
前面的进展有的地方感觉不那么自然，但很多小细节拿捏的很让人心动，哼唧~
虽然剧情没啥超出意外的安排，贵在演员张力足，情绪到位，颜值高，BGM配得好，一点一🌟值四颗
其实更有趣的是可以借本片的视角观察下欧美小镇青年的生活。
秀恩爱的最高境界：我想和全世界炫耀你有多好！这俩依然甜度爆表！！
和烧女图比起来电影的conflict要平淡很多 故事的转折可以说是在礼会上点明Marike要结婚的事 但是电影在这之前的叙事和推动并没有把这一点烘托起来 并没有给到足够的落差
加拿大版小镇青年同性之爱。
难能可贵在看似俗套的故事中保持着爱与信仰情感细节的涌动。3.5
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