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剧情简介

　　While su
?!rveying a telegraph line in :\1861, West?].
[ern U\@,nio-n engineer Edward #.$%Cre !ighton (Dea*=`n Jagger ?:) i+!s severely i!.`nju%$red in an(_ accident. He; is di;*scovered by Vance S=haw (Ra- ndol[ ph Scott/=
(), an outlaw on the .$run` from a posse. Force!d to travel on foot after ==-hi%=s horse was
= hu$-rt,\ [_ ,`Shaw at  @first consider$/s stealing Creigh. !t+ )on&#]39
%s ho#$,rse, but changes his mind and takes the man with him!, savi@/;ng his life.　　Someti-m$ e later%
, followi@ng his r!ecovery, C:@)#reighton ret;urns to Oma= [ha,`/? Nebra*sk
a and plans =t^ he constructio;.n o+f*] a telegraph# line fro^m Omah=a to Salt *
L[ake City,!\ Utah. Fa*^cing cons%^ide`!rabl__(#e o(@pposition t-* o the$ line f%+rom ] Confederate so@ldi:ers, I#nd (%`ians, and( =outlaws, Creighton elicits the h%+elp of his; sister Sue (Virginia Gi:_ )lmore), foreman Pa^ ?t $ !G
rogan (Min-or Watson), a n
.-d* as_-s*`istant Hom*=er Ket.tle (Chill Wills/#_). :　　Looking to pu?t his outl. #aw %@past behind !)_!him, S#haw a[rrives at @Creighton)['s Western Union office looking f?o[\%r%  honest work and is hired as a scout by Grogan\; (( who is un@@/$aware]  of his past. 
Creighton \r)]eco]; gniz$e
#=s hi^m$;!
 am-=ong: the men *=and allo[]w^$`s# him to +)#stay despite his suspicio:ns. Creighton?+( also ;hires t ?end*e`rfoo?t ![;Richard B`(,,lake?], (R .@ob[]ert$ Y-?]oung),^ a Harvard-educ`)`ated eng`$ine=`er / as *a fa+##vor to Bla`-k)e's !;fat:her. S*^:haw and `Bla*ke a re both 
.=attracted to Sue -and v@*/ ie for her attention, but the@%i(*r roma?ntic #/rival-ry i*s cut ?/@short when construct/ io^-n of th\e telegraph lin) e s-(ta;rts /`on July 4, 1861/)`[.　- !　After wor, k -^:c-o mme-
nce;s on the li.ne, on$e of the me n is killed appa#rently $ by a myste_
; rio(!us band of )*catt^le-rustli%ng Indians. Unconv!inced that Ind=^ians are to blame;\, Shaw r;ides out  to \ i)nvestigate and f)ollows-(` the rustler
+s' trail to the c *(amp of =(?Jack Sl !,ade,=.. a f.\`^orm%:(er fri:]%en !.d and @
`c@+*o([hort, w?hose gang+(, c_[@#ommit;t*]ed t* he killing di -sg +)uised/\* as In ) dians—the ga-ng [.Shaw #left following his last bank robbe ry . . Slade re::ve^als that t`(hey+ a(_
re wor$%%king for the C+(onfederacy,  to disr upt Western Un]_ion be:cause th:ey bel
+ieve the telegraph service will he]l*p the $*Un_ion. Shaw r-ides away and .returns \?;to the line. Not wanting t\o tur!*n :%in his former friends, Sh :[aw tells Creig (;hton t,h] @at a - lar-_g_e ba(= nd of Dako ?ta In] -dians stole the c_ attle@_,$!$ and r;ecommend( s that they simply %replac/`e the herd and not ./)ris:k ^a fig_\ht wit;#\`h the India!/?ns.　　Somet(+%im\= e later( %@, a confront\?ation takes place bet#
wee)n men)( working on [
(t=he forward l#^#ine and a ban`d` of dru# nken I_)$ndian #s. When one of th
e) Ind:!ians tri=_es t_o stea(l so,^]me e^#:quip] ment, )@a nervous *Blake*@? shoots him, ig@\\nor\ ing Shaw's ;]/ o rde.r to r/`emain calm. ,After word arrive?\s (t,\h ;at th/e main c-amp is und;+er at-^ t,!ack by )(o_ther Indians, the W[e;stern^? _`Unio@(n ?men ),-_rush )back @/to)![ help with the de@fense. A:t _[*the main camp, Sla^(de'!s m!en, who ar/ _/e/,) aga`in disguised as .India]ns`!, stea!?l the Western U:+(%nio. n,#] ho
*rses. The company-.-  d][iscover th]e ruse whe%n one of _(,?the wo
`u$nd\ed Indians^ turns out] to be a white man. =?%Forc-,ed to buy b^=[#=a[.ck thei-/r sto[len horses@= fro=+m S[;?lade, Creight]`on becomes suspicio(/us@\ of Shaw'$]s involvement, espe+ci/]ally when he admits to ;k[!`$n
o- win_g.), the g!ang/.　　Soon t]he U.S. =\Army ]a$]!%rrives and anno^`#unce
_\s* t=he : India n$ s have \+:n\ ow re _f^used% \ to al(=lo- w$:] the _+teleg@?(raph lines to go thro!ugh their* territ:
or,y /in respon?\se t.*o Bl=ake's shooting.` ; of the drunken I\ndian. Creighton, Sh+(=aw, a- nd B^%l-!ake rid[**e out to c/*[o;nvince Chi.,_:ef.
Spotte. d #,=Horse t`o al? low them to build the line through =[@] Indian territo / :ry, ^eve+=+n thou^#
gh =^.the man B*, l[(ake w__ounded was Spo[#%)tted Horse 9s son._.!$ Cr?eighton is finally abl$ e to per\;:suade the Indians`? to )-_allow th:$.em ;*.p.[assage, and work+@# cont/inu))es $#u$nt/_il the company approach^es Sa=lt Lake  ?-*City.　　Sometim`,+e later,+,+\ Shaw recei -ves word_ that Jack Sl :ade wants to meet with_ him.* On the way to see Slade, Shaw i[]s  ( captured% an+d bou; nd by Slad*(e's me.n. Slad` e says his group is [going to bu^)rn dow!)n th`_e Western Uni on camp an;)d+) th[ey don&==#39t[_- w.a.nt Shaw to *[interfere. After $Slad-e and his men, rid/$$-e of-f, Shaw esc=`apes from + his#*] ropes+! ;but arrives ba =ck too late to preven_t the fire. ;
He hel$_ps re^-scue some o#+f !\the Western Union ^men f]rom th=e f[/_ lam .e;(s-%[ @\and bu\rns his ha ./#nds i:.n the proce:ss.　　Aft\\er; th) `e ^fire, Creig`[hton?:+ )conf[r;]:onts Shaw for an exp lanation%, bu  %t Shaw  does no #t! ! re(veal\ w.(ha]t @],he knows_ / ?+and is fire#@d by C ,^r(@eight)on. A] ,s[$@/ Shaw le+aves t
he cam!`p, he tells Blak=e :\) that Sla*de i s !?act.;ually Shaw&,`#39s brothe*r and that he\*,, Shaw, will find Sla))\]+de']!s gang and stop# them fro)^^m interfering with the )telegraph project.@$  Shaw rides off a^nd finds S]lad@-e and his men in* a nea
#$r by] to%wn. At+? +the ^barbe ?r sho` p,%_ Shaw@@ confronts hi?s brother,),
whose gun is conc]ealed u-?$n,der the barber. ['%;s sheet. S?la%:de shoots
) %Shaw thro.]ugh the s?heet. S? :haw fight+=s bac;k in s ,pi; @t
e of his@$\ .wound\, killing some of the gang members, and^ then dies. Blake a@(_rri( ves ; and# co^ntinues _? th.e )fig[]ht with S+ .l?ade wh *o dies ,from his *wou#nds. Soon a `f(#.ter, the Western :Unio !n _?[li._n+ e i
s c@+:
omple%ted an!\d the workers c_+_e+%lebrate. When Sue lamen,+@ts \the ) abse=-nce of Sh?]?aw, ^ %Creighton t ells h?!er that Shaw can h@ear +,. #them.