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.
，男票看得很激动lol btw两位老大哥好帅啊值得多加一颗星
中间睡着了，后来开始枪战的时候醒了一直精神抖擞看到最后
有点类似剧本杀(？)的设定。 几个主要人物形象塑造得很突出。
小到警察局大到白宫伦敦，巴特勒走哪哪陷落。
居然只有不到600人评分？这片子虽然小成本制作，但其实还是可以一看的，比某些几亿票房的国产片好多了。
前面一半都是引子，正准备睡着的时候，反转的让我睡意全无。一直努力在想坏人之间的结果是什么？一个故事其实简单到可以常理之中就是反转的最好交代。再想想国内的电影，编剧真的是太累了。
芭蕾好功夫……但怪怪的，没在喜剧和正剧间找好平衡。再正经点儿，可能在英国（对不起，应该是英格兰）以外的其它国家地区都是林示片吧。
女警无论智谋还是武力，都强大到不可思议。杰拉德巴特勒沦为配角。
听说有彩蛋，有人猜是二战，那列老这唯一的镜头，将是引出第四部的点睛之笔。邪恶右派势力的崛起。蛤蛤
女主演的挺好～结尾那几个镜头把我看懵圈了……女主驾驶救护车是要跟男主对决吗？人家刚救了你的命～这逼装的也太……
愚笨的米国条子在自己的空间内被枪枪夺命，他们存在的意义就是成全职业杀手吗？！警局成了杀手技能大比拼的竞技场。阴谋也好，黑幕也罢，几个人一台戏，打打杀杀，躲躲藏藏，有趣无趣，见仁见智。
神勇女警之我的队友都是猪。典型的「有个好点子但方方面面都执行得差口气」：如开篇引出巴特勒片段，摄影不给多处中弹的警车镜头，不给醉汉镜头，不给警察镜头；所以我们既不知道那是警车，也不知道他醉了，更不知道那两位是警察——全靠台词。知道沙漠夜景很美，但必须让位于视觉叙事，不可喧宾夺主。神经病杀手属于典型的「炸裂」式伪演技，同时耍的也只能算「伪笑话」；反复靠冷枪反杀只会暴露编导的无能；为了高潮部分的两次绝处逢生，前面的送女儿枪和比拔枪快均属为了埋伏笔而埋伏笔，没扣住核心故事，太散且篇幅过长；三人对峙时画面被监狱栏杆割裂，无聊正反打看得缺乏霸气，好歹学着用用镜子吧？集中两大动作片主角，但只有末尾撑住了场面，其余部分废话多得让人恶心，装逼起范儿也慢到夭寿，剪到 60 分钟以内正好。尾声反转拙劣而无必要。
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小成本电影，也没能拍出大反馈，故事比较平。一般吧
【2022/05/19 英国编剧真能编】
杀手三还不够疯狂
运镜 场面调度挺酷的 黑色幽默和复古质感也及格 虽然是小成本 但剧情有点差强人意
密闭空间的犯罪动作片有好多珠玉在前，本片并没有太多突破，既不是爽片，也没有成为烧脑好片。黑道掮客、职业杀手、好警察、坏警察等各色人物和一个目标多路人马的设定，如果拿给盖里奇或者昆汀，也许又是一个多点叙事反转不断的精彩故事，本片的线性讲述比较平淡，节奏虽然还算紧凑，但剧情走想基本能猜个七七八八。不过几个演员基本还算完成了任务，陷落哥巴特勒，战狼哥格里罗表现中规中矩，反而是那个神经病般的杀手抢了最大的风头。黑人女主的存在纯粹是政治正确的结果，主角光环太耀眼，散弹枪近距离射杀都能用防弹衣挡住。几个白人警察杂兵太无智商，挂得都那么潦草，严重拉低了全片的质量。小成本片子就这样吧，打发地方时间将就看看。
这个警局是离室内有多远，郊外吗？啥啥都孤立无援的，里面的人物其实性格都很鲜明，最喜欢最后俩人同时收听那首神经病唱的歌。
台词和节奏比007无暇赴死强太多！一部爽片，黑人女主演的不错，反派气球老头非常出彩。
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