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.
整部剧下来看得我莫名其妙，整个故事线就是找弟弟，结果三个弟弟来回找，找到了亲弟弟，杜佳豪那边也没个交代，虽然大家都明白了是镇长和九叔公，但是没个交代还以为姐姐把杜家豪都忘记了
有点感人 能吐槽的点太多 有这时间宁愿去看书
估计看过的人会陆续进来打低分，但我觉得这片子做的还挺用心，比那些玩烂梗洗钱硬植入的野鸡网大好多了。应该鼓励国产惊悚片的创作。不抱希望反而有点小惊喜。
边干活边看，氛围营造得挺好的。影片三颗星吧，最后温情部分姐姐带你回家共情了，心疼弟弟，加一星感情分。
刚刚看完#网飞# 出品的电影#夜读惊魂# #Nightbooks# （以下可能涉及剧透……）
莫急莫急，亲情+破案吧，导演不容易，投资人估计哭了吧
带着娃睡觉前一起看的，以为他会直接睡着，结果越看越清醒，很容易进行联动教育（大误哈哈哈）。就是娃看不懂字幕听不懂对白，一直让我同声翻译，观影感受有点累😓
冲着芭蕾去看的 只是舞蹈桥段太少 女主颜值真是可人
一直记着女巫在绝命毒师里的角色，那双标志的双眸和浓密的睫毛，奇幻的服装
原来还尼玛是个续集 两人真就有上一次合作 城郊的另一边2
被预告吸引来看的，有期望值的百分之八十。故事线完整，氛围营造到位，是部不错的悬疑恐怖片。一直很欣赏王真儿的演技，但这次有部分台词输出差了点意思，再有点劲会更精彩；还有点不明白的，后期被当作幌子的水猴子是弟弟，那水生杀害的是什么？最后有被小清河感动到了，可怕的从来不是“鬼怪”，是作祟的邪恶人心。推荐观看。
女主亲弟弟把女主养父母的弟弟杀了？其实剧情不连贯，说是家族遗传病，1里面男主就是他爹没病，男主他爸就是他爷爷也没病。他妈他外公他舅舅都没病。。。基因突变打水猴子的英雄儿子忽然就变水猴子了，小丑就是他智己么。。。还有这部片子和所有的恐怖片一样，里面的角色都喜欢晚上出来活动好好的，不知道为什么不白天来找女主，都喜欢晚上提个油灯来找女主[破涕为笑]，然后一个个领饭盒
规规矩矩的拍了个故事，有几个恐怖镜头但不恐怖，色调有了氛围没有，没有明显的坏处也没有啥优点吧（除了转拆靠一封信然后就知道真像这点很生硬外）
国产鬼片逃离不了的命运：亲情牌、阴谋论、政治梗
前面恐怖氛围很到位，但实际没有什么恐怖情节，结局很感人
画面没话说，人物太脸谱了，情节emmmmm
本以为是一部小成本喜剧片，没料到是一部大制作，场面够大，里面还有致敬马里奥赛车的桥段，包括扔香蕉🍌
PG评级的儿童向恐怖片这视觉尺度也算不错了，概念也算清晰，最大亮点是Krysten Ritter的表演，就是故事上没有提供任何真正的惊喜。
这部剧里最恶的就是人性，因为自己也有弟弟，所以从开始看的时候就很难过，不想去评论什么好坏，就是感觉太悲伤了
virginia vs. alaska哈哈哈.要不是两位女主太美真的三星都不想给. diana在里面演的角色不是很讨喜. 感觉故事拍得太急了，芭蕾片段不够，做成mini series会好很多吧.
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