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.
尝试记录下自己的观影。前期有点拖沓，但是抵不住后面一小时的泪点狂崩。看完是十分难受的心情
期待值挺高但没有达到预期，剧情略俗套也没有预想中那么感人，女主鼻孔相当瞩目
5星全为了支持中岛健人。听说他要拍了就先找了小说看，其中老套情节很多，哥哥找了电击治疗被骗这段，都搞不清这讲的哪个年代的事了（虽然小说是17年出版的）电影版也没有按照时代变化稍微改动一下。本身小说描写的比较出色的，美咲变老的一点一点的心理变化：最开始是疯狂涂护肤品，掉头发抓狂害怕、不敢看镜子害怕看到自己变老的样子…电影里似乎是一下子就完全变老了，没有循序渐进的描写美咲对这个病的害怕。变老后平铺直叙，对心理变化体现太少了。结尾彩蛋那里有个他们很早以前就遇见过的那段，俗气但是我挺喜欢的。女主选角外形其实很符合角色很可爱，但是演技真的尬。强行表现元气，有点演过头了。中岛虽说演技和以前相比自然很多，这个角色完全没有中岛味了，但几个感情爆发戏处理的不是太好。虽然感情很真，但是演戏也要有适合的演法啊
女主哥哥的女友真的不是一般滴好啊………就女主和女主哥那个狗屁态度又出钱又出力的还被骂“你这个外人”……爹的 我都想进去打人👊 我真的对女主和她哥对嫂子的态度大无语………🙄️… （（kenty好有男友感😳（(///▽///)
完成度不错 自己本来很不擅长看这种死人纯爱 可能就是因为见不得这种 我真的哭得好惨 谢谢各位在这个时间带给我这样一份礼物
两星半 中岛老师演技生涯中遇到了和他旗鼓相当的对手 和女主演技烂的不分上下｜他俩一哭太丑了整的我又困又想笑｜虽然be了但结局还行
1星给主角团的演技，1星给若月，1星给Mr.Children的新歌
脑洞大开的小清新甜剧 男生眼里的故事温馨甜蜜略带遗憾 女生看到的悲情绝望的 最后的故事在大哥那里得到和解(￣^￣)ゞ 对女主的演技有很高的要求挑战 这是略感遗憾的事情
虽然是kenty粉丝，但是不得不说演技有、拉垮。剧情就是很俗套又很催泪，因为kenty的演技让我眼泪憋回去了。
松本绘香是女装版的贺来贤人？？？有了这个想法之后，这片子像女装大佬的纯爱
這生存力戰鬥力黃政民你是丁青上身了麼，敢綁架電梯戰神，我黃氏滅了你們！韓國警方到底是怎麼得罪電影界了，哪怕在這種翻拍片裡依然在又廢又蠢的打著醬油。。。。（唯一驚喜原來黃政民朴成雄也能嗑！）
虽然很催泪，描写女性爱美的那部分很不自然，是因为原作者是男性吗，而且女方一直以美不美来衡量自己的价值和值不值得被爱，包括后来不愿意再见自己嫂子的心理变化，都挺违和的
平平无奇的两个小时…
看完了，日本为什么总喜欢青春伤痛文学，春天看剧想看点快乐的啊…
昨天翻译完中岛老师的访谈，想着还是看看这部吧。结果还是想像中的老套，但不妨碍欣赏他的颜ww希望中岛老师可以有越来越多的电影工作，能参加奥斯卡颁奖礼走红毯讲出究極の天国言葉「セクシーサンキュー」
早衰症题材第一次看👀我以为男主会认出老去的女主，结果并没有（预判了我的预判）男主发现粉毛帽子的时候读信真的有伤到，感觉日影很神奇的是，它带来的效益不是立刻显现的，是偶尔哪一天看到类似的事情，然后密密麻麻在心上抓挠的心痛感。
虐死我了……眼睛都肿的睁不开写实验报告了…不过老师的演技真的好了很多（不然我也不会哭成这样www
太过老套的泪点还是很有效，樱花那样漂亮的恋人一直在笑，甜蜜温存。
甜度不足，刀子有余，故事俗套，却不够感动
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