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.
挺真实的 好像就是发生在身边的事情一样 很贴地气
没想到很不错诶！就很有潮汕本地的风情，龅牙女士是整部的笑点！
剧情不复杂，台词没废话，配乐好听，武打还行，女角儿都省钱，导演比王晶强
我看的时候还挺有代入感的，觉得片子是不错的…本土温情系，潮汕地区真的蛮有意思的，有机会想去旅游…母亲这个角色诠释得特别好，和我妈妈那一代很类似的，本身自己没读过很多书，但很爱自己的孩子，老公不太给力，唯有靠自己撑起了这个家，伟大的女性…
初看潮语电影，稍稍尬住几分钟后渐入佳境。没有硬尬的剧情，表演可圈可点，很街头巷尾，看不出“演”的痕迹。演“妈妈”的素人演员演得真好，完全能hold住。
标准套路的武侠电影，剧情简单，打打杀杀，却广受好评，只能说全靠同行衬托，但每次看国产武侠，总觉得像中小学生作文，即使是满分作文，也不值得成年人看。
为了一个萍水相逢的人 能付出生命去帮她讨回公道吗？成瞎子说“我眼睛瞎了 但我的心没有” 这就是大侠风范吧。
制作精良上佳，打戏流畅犀利，远超预期。谢苗最近两年网大也差不多了，可以从男二男三开始走走大银幕了啊~~~
大城市中年女性困境——家庭不错学历很高工作优秀人品上乘仍然要被方方面面配不上自己的婆家挑剔：你各方面都能找个更好的本地人。（说实话杭州比潮汕差吗，江浙明明地图炮开得也很厉害😊 但作为民俗片看我很喜欢。最近国内的民俗片各地开花（上海代表爱情神话，台南代表俗女养成记，重庆代表作品太多了不表…）希望越来越多的这种片出来，让我们感受到中国各地丰富多彩的文化特色～骂这个片封建的大可不必了，事实如此，这本来也是传统文化的一部份特征，强行闭眼和抹杀和强行把全世界变成纽约大都市的人有什么区别？
服化道和动作戏不错，不过剧情属实简陋了一点，74分钟云上映还是聪明的。
中小成本的武侠片，高潮戏用心发力，动作和舞台式的布景设计让人眼前一亮。上次觉得还算不错的武侠片已经是绣春刀了。
武侠之味已经很浓，但是对于反派两位高手描写过于浅薄。
第一部拿龙标的网络电影，制作水准确实高一些，但还不知道这个龙标对行业有没有什么意义，还是说单纯是有关部门在标榜自己审核水准和对影片质量的把控。影片故事是行侠仗义对抗强权的老套故事模式，武打设计偏游戏化，有两处“必杀技”场面设计，呈现效果上来讲还算不错，虽有夸张但在情理之中。祭祀场面和雪景调度似乎明显借鉴自日本剑戟片，武打设计、人物造型上有徐老怪的影子（宇文公子的部分镜头跟《龙门飞甲》的陈坤如出一辙，小boss也是徐克电影里常见的“黑脸怪”）。当个武侠小品看还不错
故事有点老套了，但是制作很棒，动作场面也很舒服有创意，这个捉刀人…悬赏令…BGM是在致敬老牛仔吗？
调亮调高清的电影频道业余群演武侠片，别说剧本编剧不行，演员演技不行也就算了，台词都不行？煞笔营销号能不能别吹了？所有钱都用来买营销了吧？
情节推进较慢，但瑕不掩玉，神州浩瀚，不应只有一种声音，一种镜头，一种电影，希望越来越多，具有地方浓厚特色的电影，出现在大荧幕上，优币驱逐劣币，让现在荧幕上的牛鬼蛇神无所遁形
希望这类作品能越来越优秀。
三星半，十步杀一人，千里不留行，可惜琴娘回来送人头。就这么简单，回来就干三件事，公道，公道，还他妈的是公道
“用你酿的酒洗你的血海深仇”，不是很复杂的故事，但拍得很精细，剧本、节奏、运镜、取景都看得出功夫。3.5星片。
因方言与略显生涩的表演包裹，令如此平庸俗套的题材，还不至于太难看。
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