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.
首先，眼镜那么脏了就先把眼镜擦一擦好不好。
一点都不浪漫，刻板印象大杂烩…Maybe I am old fashioned…亚裔为什么把自己的位置放那么低呢？And，男主好多管闲事…
极地探险，危机重重，怎么拍都好看。小菜鸟都懂得出去做事要留下字条告诉别人你的行踪，你这个老手船长还说不用留，结果犯下了低级错误，误过了来营救的船只。所有说团队协作很重要，遵守专业规则也很重要。
彩虹版傲慢与偏见，多少带点真，又够欢乐爆米花。打开前以为会像Eating Out那样粗制滥造，打开后发现制作还是花了钱的
本来是来看可可爱爱的二哈的，结果都被吃了，船长还差点抑郁了，艾玛，景色美是美，就是太冷了。
去掉一些刻板印象的话勉强算一部及格的love comedy。杨伯文的演技意外的还不错。
《关于都2022年了我还是每看一部通讯录浪漫剧都想要重温LOOKING这件事》
非常沉闷的电影，老练的船长生死关头的心理素质还不如菜鸟机工
夭寿啦oliver passed the bar变律师啦
一个读alice munro的男人写的故事不会太差
hhhh他们说话好作啊哈哈哈smell the bottom
整片浓浓说教劝你找个老实人，还有不必要的尖酸和骚味，把同志拍得这么刻板母拉拉也是一种旧观念了。只有渣男能看，其余演技尴尬。
而电影所描述的，更像是给一场及时行乐的大型派对硬加上追求爱的标签，不是说不可以，就是很无聊
A cute reimagination of Pride and Prejudice (or shall we say a reimagination of Joe Wright's Pride and Prejudice). Love the dynamic between Howie and Noah, and the portrait of Howie's insecurity, it is way more interesting and touching than the romantic storyline.
有人只想追寻自由，有人却要寻求真爱，虽然最后两位男主都找寻到了多金帅气的真爱，有那么些许不真实。
There’s not enough Asian gays in Hollywood!
颜一般，身材都很棒，Dex迷死我！这种当代叽叽喳喳姐妹happy的无脑同志电影太少了
烧0岛！√
同志版的灰姑娘的故事，结局是美好的，而且还是双份的。里面的亚裔受略娘了一些，几个亚裔演员整体的状态也不像30出头的 更像奔40的。适合下饭的小电影，看着很欢乐
Dex出场的那一笑真是好心动，可惜是渣男呜呜呜，下头了🥲
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