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.
干净利索，剧情简单一下就猜到，但是分镜和节奏都不错，好看。但，琵琶女回去是干嘛的？送死吗？没贡献没必要，一大败笔。最后，没有看到有逼格的镜头语言，当然，还是很扎实的。
谢苗换成张晋就好了。。。【做梦呢】
作为网大来说 水准已经是中上了 毕竟我们不是网飞
把盲侠弄成赏金猎人（捉刀人），放在唐朝安史之乱后（其实哪个朝代都行）。喝了姑娘的喜酒，为姑娘讨一个公道，凭一己之力铲除黑恶势力及其保护伞。
暴力美学，没有其他，看得很揪心。“世间不公道的事情多得是，你管得了吗？”，“能管一管就一个”，令人敬佩，这就是我心中的侠。
剧情紧凑 该快快该慢的慢 色彩 调度 灯光 除了最后的泡沫飞雪有点穿帮
超出预期，网大里的高水准作品。故事简单，带一些古龙的影子，也让人想起座头市。导演知道节省时间，没有浪费的情节和镜头，雪地庭院决战的火刀也有想象力。后半部分的加速推进和结尾有些草率，差强人意。
在国产同类型中算是中上乘作品，进一步说明，很多电影还是故事讲得太长太烂。
当然这里要再强调一下，浪人形象这绝不是日本的东西，这是唐朝，懂得自然懂，我说的日漫影响是谢苗的人物基本就是座头市加浪客剑心的结合，绝招不就是天翔龙闪吗
故事虽简单，但拍摄极其细腻。就是可怜了琴娘，身中13箭而死的意义没有升华
算近年来少有的国产武侠电影了，虽然是网大，打斗比之前的东北警察故事更精彩，谢苗的动作已经相当成熟了，这部完全有大荧幕的水准。期待续集，希望也有咱们自己的盲侠系列
不过谢苗当然很努力，他长大以后一直就很努力。少林寺传奇之类的其实剧本也一般。在这个功夫片式微的年代他还是认认真真在那条道上在走的。他很好，跟释小龙一样，只是时代变了，这片土地已经没有武侠植根的土壤了。
事实证明 好导演网大还是能出精品剧 久违的佳作 剧情也不拖沓 故事简单紧凑 近几年耳目一新久违的动作佳片 谢苗 真的很看好他 也只有他可以扛起武侠片的接班人地位
很久没有看过这么简单但是精彩的电影了，贪多嚼不烂，一个导演认真打磨一个故事真的很棒，大道至简。画面也很美，雪中杀人，酒➕火焰，剑法流畅，谢苗太帅了！李连杰来客串下那就太棒了！
前段时间一直被这部网大吊打S级古装动作片的营销文案刷屏，优点是，打戏动作确实看出来用心了（谁小时候没看过谢苗和李连杰呀！）但是这个剧情吧…只能说立意很好，侠者因喝了喜酒，可怜卖酒女为讨公道的心而卷入红尘纷扰，但是，细节是真的不太行，成瞎子帮倪燕报仇的前提就有点逻辑问题，成瞎子不就睡在他家旁边嘛，宇文来时没发现他？他武功高强没有感觉？倪燕脖子硬所以没S，没人确认？反派实在太单薄太缺少信念感了，就因为是盗墓的夜明珠，只想说一句，您至于吗…到最后也没讲成瞎子怎么瞎的…我以为会牵扯更深的内情，人物刻画上太单薄，剧情应该为人物服务，而这部电影人物扁平化只是为了剧情而成为好人/坏人，印象最深刻的其实是琴娘，寥寥数语就很鲜活，专场有些突兀，虽然结局为了美感加深了黑白对比度，但是有人记得瞎子进门时是白天嘛
“十步杀一人，千里不留行。事了拂身去，深藏功与名。”好一出目中无人，爱死！
皑皑雪地杀人时，烈酒一刀成焰的设计不错。
武术指导非常好，谢苗灵的，可惜剧本相当简陋，镜头剪辑也是网大统一水准，没什么电影感，比较可惜吧
逻辑有时感到莫名，不过在国产片里算尚可了。多加一星
5上学，谢苗错过了港片最后的辉煌，也躲过了中国影视业的大萧条，等到学成出山，容貌变得普通，不讨喜，昔日的影迷和伯乐也风流云散，这时候他又面临选择，是继续在小制作里摸爬滚打，还是消费仅剩的名望经商走穴？网大里面多次打磨。
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