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剧情简介

While surv]%eying a !^telegraph lin$e in =`*18%@61,;? Western Union engineer _[Ed;ward C% reighton (D
,] ean J].`_agge;[ r[=#) is se/verely./ inju [red .,in ; ([an accide@$nt. He is discovered_ by Vanc/e; Shaw +%(/Rand( olph Scott), an outlaw on\ . the run fr.om a /@ posse. F$`[orced to tr`avel on f+^oot after!? his :*horse wa%s hurt, S(]?haw at first considers st^ealing Cre@$ighton!'s horse_, but; ch/#[a)n/ ges his mind an$d t]ake.s ^the man with h*im, % savin;)g his+? \[life.　[=)　Sometim:?,e
;)later? #:`, following his re)
$covery, Creighton return(^]=s to Om@).aha, Nebras;ka and plan s the constr ],uction of a !+ teleg%:raph li#ne f%[ro:,m Omaha to_/ Salt ,@Lake C ity, Ut?%ah. F##(acing consider#@=%a ble*`* oppositio\n? to the line f?+@rom /Confed! erate sold%)-i[er;)/s,+ * Ind
;ians,^ `*and outlaw s, ,@Creighton[[\ el^.
icit, `s t;$$;he : help) of his ? sister Sue (Virginia Gilm`ore), fore*man Pa_@t G]rogan (Minor Wa@#]tso++=n), and assistant Homer K]*%ettle (Chi-* ll Wills;]?)?:.　　Look $ )ing `to put his outla!-!w 
pa/st`: behind him, Shaw arriv$(es at Crei+ gh,ton's W!*?,!e/ stern / Un@i)o/n] office looking
 for honest wor@ k - and is h\*`i+red as a scout b_?y Grogan
^ wh+o is u# /n,aware of his p`as$t. Creighton`) r,\ecognizes him among the men and a=llo.)w!.s him ?t`-o sta^[+y despite his suspicions.^ Crei%*-ghton also hire;#[s + tenderfoot Richard `
 Blake] (Robe?r/t Y
oung)], a $H;a,.rvard-educate`_d eng;+ineer; as a f?$avor to Blak@e's . ;@father.^\ -Shaw and Blake are# bo]$?t!, h attracted to Sue and vie fo?r h%,er a
ttentio `n, but their( romantic *-rival% ry i`\s cut
shor;t )when construct)_ion of the te\
?legraph li^ ne sta=r#ts on @
July 4,\ 1861.　　)?,;Aft-$er w?or\+(k commences on t]he line, one of^ the m?\-en is ( ^killed appa ren%tly !by a m[ys=teriou)s band /of cat[;tl#]e-rustling In,!dians
. Unconvinced]@ th#@at India?ns are[ to ]b!;la%m e`=,, Sh\aw rides out to inv:^,estigate an_d follo]@ws[  )the rustlers' trail to the cam? p o?%f Jack : \
S^(l:.`*a%!de , a (/*former friend and/ co ]hort, ]who\!s  #e
 % gang committed the* killing ]-\disg;+^uised as Indians—the gan?g Shaw l(,,eft,-@_ follow!ing.! his ;#)last/# ba]nk robbery. !.=Sl =$%ade r%ev@eals that :: t%hey ?^are working for the Conf`ederacy to d,isr?upt Wester)/n [Union b ecause the[;y $believe the telegraph se( !r`[ .vice\ will %, h^])elp th=,e Union. Sha@@:w`![ [rides away \#and returns to t$?he :l,^,ine.] Not
, wantin=g. ` to turn in his former friends, ! `Shaw tells ,^Creighton that a , large band o\ ! f$ Dakota India(ns _.stole  the cattle, a@%nd recom^mends t`\=!hat they /]s\i %:;-mply rep@!l a#(?ce the herd and!+ no%t. risk a figh%t with the Indians[-;.　　So,^metime l*,?/ate_-r, a conf
$ront]\ation: takes p`*lace ?$be:[]tween men wor king on the forward line and a
b[#and of dr:@unken Ind^ians. * 
#`When one of .?;-the` Indians trie ?s to steal s;$om_#e equipment,? a nervous Blake shoots him, ignori;))!ng Shaw'/@ s order to* r]=emain calm\[. After !]w@ord arrives
that th@/
e main c(%am_p is%
 ,#un:der a%tt
a:ck by other Indian
`s, t%
he Wester++n Union men%% rush bac.-k to!= % #help wit,#`h t#he?+ defe+$nse. At t #?he main=, cam=
p, S[] ?la^+ de's + men, who are again di]\s]`guised as$^ _In#;dians, s.:teal the Western Un?i o.(n horse [s.]_ The company discover t(h e ruse when one .\of:  the wo ^unded I-nd,
\ians turns out`]+ to!\ be a wh:\ite man. \=^/Forc-ed :to ,buy back their st$\@olen horse;[s from ,!`Slade, Creighton becomes susp`.icious of Shaw'-s i(#nvolve%m^_ent, especially when he ^%admits!/* to kn? owing/#  the gang.　　Soon the U.\ S. Army arr;= ives and announ.,:]c !es the Indians have @,n]ow re([^_fused )to  =al*
low the  ^ telegraph li nes t_o_* \]go throug
h the*ir territory in respo(nse  $to Bl]]ake ='s shooting of; the
;_^ drunken Indi#*+a?n. Creigh\
t]*`on, Shaw-),, a)-n\d/; Blake ri,`$de out(]\ to co!#nvince C!_hief@. (]Sp:@%otted Horse= [to  allow  them to bu+ild t??he line th_;rough  Indian t *__erritory, even though _the )-,m $an Blake wo unded _ (w
as Sp+]_otted Hor]:se's: son. Creigh`ton is fin*)@ally a)ble *to pers/([u:ade]/% th:$e Indians to +allow them pa
ss= +age, and work continues un:]til the company approach ^es Salt Lake C;=ity.　　Somet%;(.ime\ late\ %r, Shaw re?
c eive%s word that 
Ja^ ck Sl]a\de wan_(%ts to\+ mee,t w it(#h him. On th*[e way t.o see* Slade, Sha][w is captur*ed and bound b!y .]Slade's! men. Slade sa;[ys hi-s gro^@?up is goin#)%[g to burn down the Western U%[nion ca?##mp #@and they don'?`t want ` Sha.%w!$_ to i-+ nte@rfere.=) After Slade and:
* his_ men ride off,; **(%Sh^
a(@w es)%]cape s  \fro@^m his ropes but arr$[:ives back too.  late
]+to preve[nt 
,_the fire. He h el .ps res^cue]- some #!of the Western Unio.n men from the ;f=l=-ames and burns )his hands in the^
process.　　Af,
`te.:_r@ @ the fire, Cr:_eigh[ton confr `^*onts Shaw for an expla#^$na[tion?, but% Shaw do es not re=`veal *?what he kno:ws !!an.*.d is f,ired by Cre*=_ighton. As S.;(haw*-+ lea)ves the camp,\ he tell\]s($] Blake /t-ha ? t Sla=de is act (ually Shaw's br$=other,+* and that he, Shaw#\+, wi.ll fin%%d S#lade's g.[*ang and ^]stop them from inter=fer[]:ing with the t\elegraph pr_oject. Shaw rides\
 of_\ f and finds(? Slade and h!)#is men in a .!!nearby town.\`@^ At the barb+$;]er @:s !hop,^% Shaw_\, c ^onfronts +_hi_*(s brother, whos!-e gun is concea%!led und@er the ba+^rber's sheet. Sl$ade sh/oots Shaw th/`rough t`he sheet-. S:]:haw #fights back in spite of his woun[,d, $killing some[_ of the ? gang m
 e`mbe@
`rs, ./and then dies. Blake a.rrives and continue*^s the figh#_/t.]? wi;^?th S#?-l-+-ad^$
e w\ho dies from his wounds. S(oo*]n a/
f@ter, the?^@ -Western Union line i(s completed a .^nd the wo`rkers celebrate. When  ^Sue laments th#e a$bsence of Shaw, Creighton tells her th+)at Shaw ca/n he-ar the.-*m.