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.
黑了一把政府的味道，新人的表现很在线，印象中日本黑片都是靠老人撑起气场的。结尾看到狼那段没明白意思
片名怎么也不像悬疑片。更像是文艺片。
7.5
本来时隔好久已经把孤狼1的内容忘掉了。结果重回开一看感觉又有那味了。
漏洞较多，可惜了，本来能成为一部国产经典悬疑片的
接着第一部走钢丝，感觉更暴力也更无脑了，公务人员的腐败无能更进一步了。漂亮的妈妈桑是最大亮点了，结尾两人的打斗很是无趣，上村老大找死没商量。看看什么时候有第三部了。
“从来没有爱过这个世界，它对我也一样。直到她的出现，把我的世界扯出一道口子，让黑暗从这里宣泄出去，使我不再害怕，一个人独自行走。”
影片完成度很高。年代感和边城气都营造得不错。可惜女主动机成立牵强，编剧还自作心虚一个劲儿借男主口发问她为何要回来报仇。剧作也就现出硬伤。
略长，剧本扯淡，但觉得人物个性展现得很有劲。
一代目还算有点本事，依靠手段在几股势力之间斡旋，这部简直要什么没什么，男主靠求人和挨打维系着黑帮之间的平衡，你敢信？还有一堆烂梗，前面怎么打怎么不中，最后时刻百发百中，以及关键时刻永远没子弹的手枪。只有警局的条子们一如既往的愚蠢和腐败。
这部全是年轻人,一个年轻人干翻所有老人,西野的妈妈太违和了,才几岁?无论是两个孩子的妈妈还是俱乐部的妈妈,真的不行.
为什么?
男主角剪了短发对比第一部的青涩感确实出彩很多，但还是被铃木亮平的气场压制，这个变态反派绝了。
故事线没有第一部精彩，卡司没了役所桑整体弱了些，亮平优秀到我以为他是一番。其他都跟第一部持平。三星半吧
第一部多震撼啊 第二部全员脾气暴躁 第一部桃李职场新人的角色演绎得不错 第二部老油条明显演技不足 靠技巧浮于表面
虽然故事和拍摄都很棒 但是总有一天说不出的差点儿意思，给4星吧。
以眼还眼
太平淡了，现在来看这个系列风格有点偏老派了
前半部几个反转还是有点意思的，最后失控了有点崩
不如第一部，只剩下了低俗血腥镜头来吸引观众
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