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剧情简介

Whil?__e surveying a teleg
/ raph:^] line in 186/%)@1, West[$)ern Uni(on engineer E,d?;ward Cr(@eight/on (Dean Jagger)  i%^s seve+r^ely?_ inju]red in an accident. He +`$is+# discovered b,y] Vance S.@@h\?-aw (R/)and
)olph Scott)=, =a_^n]. outla. w `;on the ru=(n .fro+m a posse. (\F/?orced to ..t# rav\ el on foot\ ( after his[ horse w-:)as hur)/*t, Shaw; at ]!f % +irst \/[conside?rs stealing:)); Cr(eig$.ht(o;n's horse,;!; b
?ut change/s his mind */and ta$
k/es the man with hi/^`m, saving his li$#fe).%　　So;#!^m)
+-etime later, fo ?
llowing h)is reco\ve#.\ry, Creighto?n returns to
- Omaha,  ,Nebraska #\and plan)?s the construction of a )^telegra;[_, ph line from ,$Omaha # to S#( ;alt Lake
@ Ci$ty, Utah.\^ Fac#)ing considerable opp=osit=$ion to the line from^ ! Co-/nfederate soldiers, In@,?dia_]!ns*,^]@ @;and outlaws], Creig\\hton
@.elicit\s t\ =he hel- p of,[! his @? sister =`+Sue (V%irgin-ia  G,ilmore), fo=(reman Pat Gr %ogan (Minor*[ W a tson),(/ and assistan(].t Homer/ *Ke`!ttl[\e (C:hill Wi/%(lls,.$`).　　Lo/oking to put his outlaw past beh+in.#d] ,]$him, Sha %%w =`ar%ri:,ve- s a`t Creighton's =Western Unio: =n of
)fice looki^^n!!]g for- hones t w+? or]]k and .i#s h:

ired a$#s// a scout by Grogan. ]
who is$ u +nawa[,re of his past.;. Creig=:h?to+,n recogn ,izes him among the, me#`n an
#,?d : allows@) him to stay despi te his suspici=ons. C @reighto/$]n [,/*a]lso hires `/t %[,e:
nderfoot Richard Blake (R*obert Y
 `oung), a Har*,var*@!^d-e]\\duc@`]ated engi-*neer ?as a favo+_r !to Blak_e's father!. Shaw and B %]\lake(; are both attracted #. \t$^( -o Su.[e and vie( for her attention, bu) `t the*ir romantic rivalr=y is (\cut ?!s]; hor=^t when .constructi;on of [ the telegraph line )starts on July 4%=, `1861.　　After work _commences@\: on  the l#;ine.:*, -one of the men ;;is k :illed\([ appa`)rently b/y a mysterious ba@
(@nd of cattle-rustlin;^g Indians.
 Unconvi,nced that India`ns are to blame, Shaw rides out t;o  i`n$]vestigate #and`$ follo:ws. ?$t he rustle= \rs' trail to the camp of Jack Slade, a former friend
and c:ohort, whose gang_: co ;\mmitted the killing  (disguised a-s In.^ dians—\the ga+,n*g S=+ :haw left following`) hi$s \ @last bank robbe +ry . Slad_%e reveals+ that they are w=
[;orki @ng+; /.*!for ?_#the C(onf^,ederacy \to di%#srupt Western_$( Union because@* they bel)ieve the telegraph ser!+vice
 w[](ill^# he?l);p;
,* the Uni;(on. Shaw rid%/.es away an#[\d returns to the l)*ine. ?[@Not w _*a.:n/;ting to\ _ turn in his former frie([n ?ds? ,. Sh\aw tells Creighton tha?t?: a l?)[arge band of Dakot+/a I/%nd[) \i an+s sto l e the cattle,=;# and recommen?
ds that they simp:-/ly= repla=+ce the herd and n ot ri#^sk a ]fight with the Indian/;
s.　　Som.;etime later, a #con%frontation t:
^ak$#[es p?)-lace between me..n working on the forward li`,ne and a band of drunken Indi:,\ans. When one of th)[e I.ndians tries to s
=t
=e?al some equip^]ment =
, a ,nervou_+s Blake#?`( sho o\ts him, i%;gnoring ?=Shaw;_'!
s  or _der to ?$remain calm. %Afte^(!r word/$[ arrives #-th^at the (main ca%`-mp is )und e[r at![tack ]b y other %
Indians, the Western Union me#\n rus_[ h back to he`^lp with the +#defense. A
\t the main camp, Slade's men, who are ag\^ain $@disguised +)# as Indians, s+: tea+:l@ t?]he Wes @tern ?Union hor^.%s $:%e s. The%\ compa ny*/[/ discover the ruse w?he@n #.on )e of the$; woun^?..ded Indi#`ans tu rns ou+t t(o 
]be a white man. F-:@orce# d
*to  $b_uy b
%%ack thei_,r) stole;?n horse$s  ]`\from Slade, Crei@ghton beco\;?mes suspic:!ious of \`%S(h[ (aw;;'s involvement, espe++cially when he admits to knowing the+ ga@!ng.　　Soon t,he U.S. Ar^/my: a= ^rrives an_ d announces the India,ns #;ha$ve now refused to a? llow the t_%
e-;legraph lin/es to. go!/, t[]hrough their territory in response to Blake's sh!.;o[?_oting of th
e dr!*unke]
 n Indian-. ^#Crei/[ght*? on#, Shaw, and Bla__ ke ;?ride), out to convin ce C[. h^ ief# Spotted Ho=+rse to allow `*t%$$hem to =\b_ui\:_ld : * % `t he line through I%ndian territor?y, eve,.n though the man Blak*#\-e wo:unded was !S
.#potted Horse's son. Creighton (,is 
f.inally able to 
p ^ersuade t. he In;d ;]ians to allow t=^hem*] p?? ass@#age+., a;nd work co@?n_ti] nues u[ !nt/^$il the co$mp,any approaches Salt Lak\e% $ City.　[　Sometime later, Shaw re.`*ceives word ])that Jack +-/Slade ^; wants 
to meet with  him.[ On % ,_the way to see Slade, Shaw is captured, and ] boun/ *d *- by Slade's men. S]\lade says$^ his group is going \%to-= burn] down the Wes#tern Union camp !!?and they do.n//'t
wan?!t Shaw to interfere. After Slade an% d his m[[en rid-,e $ %off, S+haw esc[ apes fr om his _ /r:`opes but arri= ,;v:es back `( t`[/oo late $]($to _@) pre@,]vent the fire. He helps ) r/)es,=cue some of the]?; Western Union men f\;rom the flames and burns his h+ ands in the p-rocess.　 _　@+ After the fi:[_re, Creighton?  confront.:s Shaw for  #an expla!`*n.+ation?, bu)![t Sha-`w does not reveal what he= knows a.\ nd is :;fired by Cre%+/ighton*
. As Shaw le@[`aves the (camp, he tells Blake t#=hat Sla de is ac`tua%;?lly Shaw 's brothe?r and tha!t he, Shaw, will find Slade's ga+=ng + ]^a+:,nd sto/(p them f rom int #e,.#$rfering w$it#+h the t@ elegraph project?*. Shaw r+ides off )]and fi!=nds Slade and hi(s men i/n a n?(ea=]rby town([. At [the bar?*/ber@+ .:sh@op, Shaw co
$#-nfro/, nt: s
-;his brothe\r, w #+hose gun is concea,led .^under the barber's she,et. Slade sho:*;$ots ; Shaw( th$ r
\* ough$@/ the* sheet.( Shaw fi**[ghts back
;in sp;ite of his wou[nd, killing so,?-me of ?^th+e ! gang memb;ers, and t-*hen =//di_+*e= s. .Blake ( arrive^-
s and cont ]:,-inues the fig)ht ;w%ith Slade` who dies from his w,.ounds. Soon after, the Wes\`tern Union lin)e^ $)is completed  and t\[he?! workers ,,cele;brate. W.;.h!en Su, ][
e laments th+/e abse]^n.ce o`f 
Shaw, \[.Cr[`eighton tel!#ls he@$r t$h@]@%at Shaw can( hear th %em.