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.
杭州排片还挺多的，去看的人不多，居然一个人包场。被潮汕的浓厚民俗吸引了，仿佛回到小时候
看到片中间的时候，就在想千万不要是俗套的烂结局，一点也不现实。不过，也真有点害怕这片子有过于现实，还是会期待一个圆满的结局。
好棒的电影哦，感觉挺有生活气息的，我喜欢他们家潮汕的那种房子，自带庭院干干净净的样子
电影全过程，我又哭又笑😭😂
嗯，很多场景历历在目，也好想再去一次潮汕，似乎一切也没那么神秘。
我很喜欢，这部潮汕话电影的情节和设定都很真实且日常。潮汕话对于我这个广东人来说都是一种加密语言，印象里潮汕人好像很封建很重男轻女但也很团结。片中确实有部分这样的现象hhh。当然这部家庭片更聚焦于有着传统思想但刀子嘴豆腐心的母亲，接受儿子找外地离婚女性的“思想斗争”。我会觉得有一些代入，我未来的婆婆会不会也不满意我呢？结局是有些理想化的，但如果不理想，我会很伤心吧hh。
凤爪不是潮汕的哈哈哈哈！配乐好牛，果然语言是写实环境的灵丹妙药！春风得意！春风得意！春风得意！
是部好电影 超出我的预期
就是结局还是有一点偶像剧了
真实还原了外地人在潮汕人家饭桌上的场景，一句话也听不懂却莫名的感觉温暖。
估计外地人看了大呼想逃的程度？那个姑娘大概是太缺爱，要不然自己独美倒也自在。妈妈的形象其实还是蛮立体的，能干，强硬，比较封闭，但也愿意为了孩子努力改变。
女性相处片段。算命门口。挤来挤去。
正常情况下，这种大妈语境的片名电影我是不会去看的。因为才女学妹（上海某大学教授）推荐，所以才不惜路迢迢从北五环外特意跑东北四环望京观影（排片很少）。观影完毕，感觉还不错。最大亮点是潮汕文化，剧情完成度也不错，演员演绎得也自然天成。总体还可以，起码能给7.5/10分吧。没去过汕头，所以看着潮汕文化很新奇，最起码满足了对这种文化的好奇心。妈妈表演得尤其可圈可点，分寸感拿捏得很到位。种草汕头，列为疫情之后出行目的地之一吧。
最后在飞机上的那一段看哭了，是真实的紧张。妈妈也很勇敢啊，当年也来深圳做过生意，拉扯3个孩子长大，自己在老家开店生意兴隆，还要负责家里的一日三餐，拜神求神。只是迫于生计，一直没出去玩过。不愧是潮汕的女人，太能干了。
作为一个土生土长潮汕人，我认认真真地要所有人安利这个方言电影。剧情是老套的“外来媳妇本地郎”，但是画面音乐用了心思，如果你想了解潮汕，可以去看看它。里面那个妈妈，几乎是所有潮汕女性的缩影，保守、世俗、固执，像极了我一个许久未见的女性长辈，我知道那也是我的样子。我几乎从片头哭到片尾，每一帧都是乡愁。尤其是片尾那句“我是不是很没用”，泪崩。
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拒绝的时候，女人的人设立住了。
看完电影 很想找个周末再去潮汕逛逛🥳
包场了。开始还担心全程听不懂会不会困，但还是很好笑很温馨很好哭的啊
三星半。非常值得去电影院看的电影，潮汕方言并没有增加观影门槛，反倒增加了趣味性。电影在很多情节上的处理都很好，比如在母亲跟女朋友的选择上，就很现代性。比较大的缺点是，女朋友除了外省离过婚自身是完美的，设定比较工具人，缺少更为个性的设置。
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