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剧情简介

Whi)<le surveying a teleg<^raph line in 186#>1, Western Union en<[gineer
:% E<(.dward Creighton-[ / (Dean Jagg#`er) is severely injured in an <
`ac?)c: "i dent. He !+[is discovered by Vance&.] S>ha(\w
'(Randolph Sco;tt), an outlaw on the ,run from a posse. Forced to?`^ tra:..vel on foot after his hor%)se was> %:hurt, Sh]aw a==$t fir<]$st considers st! ealing Creigh- *ton's horse, but changes his m^)ind an>d takes the man with (him, 'saving\ his lif]*`%e`.　　Som;etime la=\t
)@ er, fo(=>%llowi@ng his  :r+-&ecovery, _"C+r^eig;hton ret`urns to Omaha?, Nebrask\(,;a and <`*!pl,ans the constr#@uction of a telegraph `%,,lin^(e] _from Omaha to Sal;t . Lake=_ City&-, Utah. F% ac]ing considerable opposit=[+i="on to) t`=he line f
rom Confe"/derat^e soldiers, !Indi=' ans*^, and ou%;@t(,)laws, Creight'?on ?`;elicits the help of his^+ s$$$[ister] Sue (@Virgi\nia Gilmore), fo'_r,]eman Pa
t Gro-!gan (Minor Watson)&
&, and assistant Homer Kettle`(=] .(Chi%;l-l Wills).　　Look_ing t.*o put his!_) outlaw past behind h(([im, Sh^=aw"<, ar!
@'r";? ives /_,at Creig:< ''hton's` W< #'estern Un&.ion o .]ffice l"o#ok$=^"ing for hone:st, work and is hir%[e)d>;! as@? a s>.&cout ' b y Grogan who((& is unaware _>?of h_is past. Crei?ghton recogni@;!=ze+s him among t_&["he m]%en and all o:
ws him to st#ay-( de s`pi-<te his suspi]cion*;s,\. Creight&on also hires tenderfoot Richard Blake?# (Robe@,rt Young<%), a Harv

ard-educ;)a&te<d engi'neer a`s [^;a favor to Blake's f(%a>^]th._er. S`\haw and Blake %]a'r-_e bot<[h-_ a#,tt,racted t/'o S)[ue and vie/% for he-& r a/%+ttentio.n@\+,< b'\\*
ut their&? romantic rivalr*%( y is
` /cut $)sh%ort wh"en\ c@onstructio))`n@ of the telegraph? :?line st;&`arts on[' July 4, 1861("
. ;$　　= Aft [ <er work`  c^ommences on t'<h:$[.e line, one^?, of>(+ t! he m%$`^e%n is killed" [^ +apparen "tly b` ]y a myster ious!!* band !of cattle-rus"(=tlin,g Indians!. Uncon^;\(vince=d that India
ns ar$e to blame, Shaw r=ides %
out to
investigate">$ and fo$[%llows the:` rustlers' tr=^?a=il to the camp of J(ac\k Sl
a!de, a f>orme./("r friend (>!and c ) ohort>, who[/se gang co`.mmitted ;\$]$the killing disguised as I>ndians—)the gang Sha[(w left following his@(# la
*st bank r
+^obbe/ry. Slade" reveals that they are wor$ >king for the Conf(!\*e]der/>acy )to$_< disrupt !$Western Un?(+'ion because the
=%;y b_*eli<'eve the (?telegr[aph service)[ will help the Union. Shaw rides a+,>way ^an\d returns ,_;,to the line. .
%Not wantin(>g t-(o ?;(turn in  ,^his :(=former (])fr%??iends, Shaw ^>tells C[reighton that a la;-rge band <> ]of Dakota Ind==@ians stole t+he$. cattle, and^> r ecommend#=s th-/at they si(\mply%* re?<place the he-^@ "r>d a&nd no#'t risk a fight. wit>h the$[ In.%dians.?　　Some\%ti] `me later, a confron(ta .tion t,akes place be'!&twe.(e`#^n men working -]on the\$/ forward line an'@$&d a ban ?d of dr]'unk%en Indians. When one of t
*` he $;In`*dians trie \s to _steal s/#*om-=#&e equipment!, a ")nervous Bl^+a@`)ke shoots him, ignoring -Shaw's orde(r t\\o remain calm.[ After( .% word arrives th at the main ca!mp is under att<ack by othe:[r  Indians:=,, the !&%Western Union ?%<me]`%n ,_!rush back to help with$) = *the defense. A]t th!(e main camp!(,<!"# Sla.^$de's/]]^ men->/, who are again disguised*@\ as In*#dians,

] !-steal t+!]he 'Western Un<(
ion horse/s<`!. The?[ 'company discover the  ruse when  one of th>.e wou"%;#n!.%ded Indi(ans t  u-)rn]s` out to "be a whit*_e man. Fo]rc;ed #`?to bu] y back t*]h&eir sto$l en(> [)horse<+&=(s fr[>+)om Sla:de, ^ ,>Cre ighton bec:& +omes suspicious of Shaw's involve%me-&nt, especially when he admi-ts t<.o knowing\@ the g:\>ang.　　So. &on the U.S. Army arrives,`. and < ann\#]ounces< - the =I-(,&ndia-ns have n,\ ow r[$ efused to allo+"%w t:he telegr"-aph lines[\ to go thr'>ou %^gh
^ +-the!ir "[>ter.$ritory i#n res<$,ponse t>-o Blak%e's$+] sho)oting o(/f the*)* drunken "( In=?dian. Creighton, ]<Shaw$($$, a[nd Blak!\e ride out t @o] convince Chi[=;ef S(+'potted Hors?:e to)` allow the
;m to =[%build the line thro<*ugh %Ind^(ian( terr?it%;ory$, even though the man-@ Blake*;" wound"+ed was S&;@potted Horse'-s son. Cr#ei=]&ghton- is finall@
y able to persua
de ? #the In+dians to allow th
em pas"! /sage, an"d work co*,nt"#inues un
?+til the!% comp!'$]an.)y approa<+

!c%;hes Salt _ L,*a@'ke C)[&ity\,.%　　%<>Som_+,etime later, Shaw re+^ce !ives word t;(h;a
_$%t Jack Slade wants to meet(+; !with +him+.. On]@> the wa`(y to see Sla\de, Shaw is captured$ and = bound ;&"by Sla= de!$'s men. Sl !@ade says his group is going to bur-n' down ]*th
*>e Weste:%r+n !Union.$; camp#+ an@d [*=$ th::<ey d]
,on't want
 :Shaw t
 o int
)?erfere. After S_lade and his men ride o! :ff, Shaw escapes fr%om his .ropes but arrive]s bac
k too late to&* prev_>ent the fire. He helps =rescue':. some of th+e Western U$(#nion m(en fr?om th,?e flames a'nd burns h#-<is <hands in t.he process',_*.　　After\ the fire, Cr 
ei? ;
ghton confront<&>s Sh@=aw for an expla,,&.na>+tion, but ]Shaw does ?`n#ot reve@`al' !what ?@he knows and is fir ed* by Creigh-_ton. A!<#s Shaw le?#aves %the camp, he t][ell+s Blake that Slade is actually Shaw.'s )brothe
&r&=` and that he, Shaw, wil'$[l find Slade']s < gang and stop the_m from interfering>_+` with the"#(] tele(^graph *">projec#t. !\'Shaw rides of?>%f `and finds Slade and hi]<)s men i"n a nearby town. .At the barber s''hop, S?>#haw conf.-ronts his brot+% her, whos# e(> gun is ?con?`$cealed %=<'u%:`<nder the barbe?\,=
r's sh@+)eet. S`la'# de shoots S'(/ha.: w t-h_rough the sheet.`] Sha+#w fight]<^&s back )_ in s`pit "@e of his wo$_un)  d, kill,?ing ` som]^e of t,he gang membe;$rs, and the_#n dies. Blake arrives and% continu=$es*,! the fight'; w/'i) th Slade who di(_es ..fr%om h[<>is wounds. Soon afte$]<r, the Wes `tern Union> l.&>[(ine is completed
: @ and the: wor,ker!s celebrate. When- Sue lam"ent)`s th )"e
@ abs^ence of Sha^w, Cr^*!eighto#n tel;ls\/+ her th:
@'at S/haw can he?[ar the@ m.