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.
很old school的恐怖片画风+配乐，让看惯了Netflix流水线式工业影片的有种转换风格的体验，从头到尾弥漫的绝望让人带入感很强
从《信条》开始就非常喜欢这位华盛顿，所以这次的Netflix&Chill时间自然不能错过这部题材和风格我都很感兴趣的电影。前半部分的观光和谈情说爱差点就劝退我了，还好紧张的逃生和精妙的配乐把我拉了回来。剧情呢就类似美帝个人英雄主义版的《金色梦乡》，不过我们的这位黑人主角无论是运气还是身手都非常了得，身负数伤还能重创涉黑团伙，感觉导演到后面都拍嗨了……
我以后说的男主女主都是按照戏份多少来定的，如果戏份差不多/不准确，我会直接说名字）
你追不到我 追不到就是追不到 还再缺了半条手的情况下 然而在雅典街头却没能抢过小姐姐的电瓶车
希腊的风景的确是很美，步调也很慢～别说，面对这异国风情和语言还挺有代入感的，如果按照一开始的节奏不升华为国家政治之类的主题那会更加分，害我还特别去理解女主那意味深长的一笑，不过男主最后那一跳真的大bug啊万一摔死了怎么办？
出国旅行却卷入政治阴谋，语言不通如何逃脱追杀并救下人质？这就是美国游客的fantasy
幸亏是去碟店买10送的那个1……让观影后心态还能平和，不至于觉得：被编剧糊弄得太悲催，为男主的颜值忍得太尴尬。
这本子吧，其实还是很俗套的，类似的剧本这几十年好莱坞拍了不少了，讲老美如何卷入政治阴谋的故事，故事框架完善，剧情总体流畅，嘈点也一大堆，给个及格分吧。
为了让剧情更紧张一点上来就把男主的武力废了，枪击刀扎断指一个没少；逻辑经不起推敲；挺好奇帮过男主的那些人后来怎么样了；打发时间还行，别抱太高期望
挺……无聊的，前几十分钟的重点我觉得应该是个道路交通安全提醒：请勿疲劳驾驶+系好安全带，男主能逃这么久只能说种族和性别加成以及希腊没有天网系统（？）
平凡之中的伟大，不是精心策划的剧本，却依旧抓人。
节奏太差了，可惜了卡司，希腊摄像头这么少的吗
看片明以为是惊悚片。主线男主为了救小男孩儿，顺便报仇？ 无缘无故被卷进党派纷争，大使馆也不帮忙，太无助了🥲
不是激素型的爽片，而是比较写实风格的悬疑动作
男主死掉，女主逃跑可能会更好看些。还有IT男身体素质没这么强的。
本来想给四星，结局部分确实有点硬，但是看了那么多恶意一星，我还是给个满分拉一下吧，很优秀的一部电影！
出国度假真凶险
前半段景色也喜欢，后半段有点拉胯，但是看看还是可以的，泥哥的求生之路。
一对夫妻在错误的时间出现在错误的地点发生了不可预测的随机车祸导致妻子身亡丈夫卷入了莫名其妙的异国政治惊悚事件，就电影剧情来说其实就描述了一个随机事件带来的涟漪效应。贝克特短短2-3天内就经历了这么多事情真的很有戏剧效应，故事虽然没什么深度，但观感跟悬疑还是铺垫的不错。
太飒了，一个来自平民的对抗和反杀，除了大使馆部分有点拖沓，一路节奏高歌猛进，跳崖跳楼男主不亚于动作戏明星，不可小觑黑人的耐力
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