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.
头重脚轻，情节很俗很烂，有些地方真的没有任何说服力，剧情转折也让人满头问号，欧文已经不是《午夜巴黎》那个状态，总的来说就是抖音快手版的《诺丁山》，但这部浪漫喜剧又有某种程度的纯粹和复古。只是看着男女主的一举一动都在streaming，让我思考世纪之交那些年长的人看着《诺丁山》时是否一样无奈（应该不是）。
Jlo本色出演，虽然挺无聊的但是谁让我是她的粉丝呢还是很喜欢哈哈。她也算是天山童姥了，感觉这二十年没变过！很久没看romcom了，作为一个电影还是挺一般的，有点霸道总裁嫁给我反过来的意思
意外地甜蜜好看！新时代的灰王子故事。J-Lo太有魅力了！
看的版本翻译得太差，只能靠着自己的懒英语瞎听听吧
Jesus好久没有看到烂电影了。这种题材要么搞成喜剧要么浪漫爱情片要么搞深刻一点的剧情片，这种看了开头就能一路直接猜到结尾的电影居然拍了将近两个小时…
三星全给洛佩兹的美，剧情很垃圾，除了歌曲环节其他全部看不下去，还不如全部放mv好看
剧情太平了（只有我从男主脸上看出了川普吗…
被JLo美到了！电影后半截yanchh 里面的扮相好美艳好女王，虽然角色并不是女王型，但不妨碍我脑补。然后影片提到的三段婚姻就是在影射JLo她自己吧，还有开场婚礼drama也是在不就是在说自己跟Ben的婚礼在几小时前取消的事情吗？
很普通轻松的romcom 闲得没事干随便看看
就是甜甜的LGBTQ主题的圣诞romcom呀~两个男主都太cute了呜呜呜
剧情很有《诺丁山》既视感，不过还是欣赏不了詹尼佛洛佩兹，还是喜欢大嘴茱莉亚罗伯茨
时隔多年，居然还能在《诺丁山》之后再次看到好莱坞拍重量级女明星＋路人男主的故事，好一波回忆杀！欧文沧桑了，但身上的标志性气质没有变。詹妮弗从和大本复合之后，状态不要太好，戏里戏外都赚足了眼球，二十年了，老明星再演小妞电影，还是能站住没有垮的。
还算可以，虽然剧情有点老套，但里面的歌曲好听，而且还有点小搞笑和小浪漫，不乏味，能看。不过，欧文威尔逊怎么老成这样了。
JLo都没老，还是我小时候看怪兽婆婆的JLo～大本真幸福～
这类片子太多了，哪怕找再好的明星来感觉都拍成一个样子，至今没有人能超过诺丁山，令人惋惜……
看这个电影，让我走出了sad的情绪，只有强大了，才能自由“选择”爱……
不要太苛刻，虽然情节是完全没有任何新意但至少歌好听 梦很美。
我初中写的小说都比这剧本有意思 剧情不流畅 看得摸不着头脑 以及不知为何 整部电影都散发着浓浓的古早气息和廉价感
爱永不死，失去过某人的悲伤会像灯塔一样，召唤他回到自己身边，逝世不是真正的死亡，别被忘记才是。
感觉剧情浮于潦草了，氛围感差点意思，J.Lo颜值撑起了整部电影。
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