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.
电影本身拍的十分一般，在插句题外话，这给字母歌捧的有点高了
和我脑子中的黛安娜差距太大了。是啦，她后期可能真的很难过，而且可能有点抑郁。但是不至于像小K演的这样，让我想起了暮光之城里要成为吸血鬼的那一段。着实看着让人有点不是很舒服，别别扭扭，像卡壳了似的
有让我笑出猪叫的桥段, 有把我太阳穴哭痛的温情, 人老了, 能周五回家跟自己爱的人看上这么一部科幻片, 真的很开心.
好电影！！！
十分难得的篮球纪录片里着重点是讲岁月及家庭的，却又不缺篮球镜头，不错的，很好看！
我是真的喜欢他，罗斯带我进入篮球世界，詹姆斯库里贯穿我的青春，未来是字母哥的
结尾处一声声给字母哥的MVP呼声中我真的被感动到了 自从那年垫脚欧文后 字母哥乃至整个雄鹿队的口碑都断崖式下滑——我不想给他找借口 这动作本来就是不对 不过我们也不能因此就否定了这个人传奇的一生。他的球探报告中最让人惊心动魄的字句“此人长期营养不良导致身体消瘦” 到现在让所有内线球员闻风丧胆的希腊怪兽 字母哥的自律有口皆碑得在NBA排得上号。他的成功 要谢谢有一对无论情况多坏都还很恩爱并且无私为孩子梦想奉献的父母 那个一直在场上给予他力量和支持的哥哥 最最重要的是 那个处在困境中顽强往上爬告诉自己功夫不负有心人的自己 看啊MVP没水货 字母哥做到了！所以在最后 一定要好好记住他的名字 就算很长也不要拼错！Antetokounmpo！
字母哥啊字母哥，真真一份迪士尼励志童话故事，遥想当年购买字母哥一代写下“freak1 嘉字母哥勤奋刻勉购之” 伟大的父母，原生家庭所有的爱。
片子本身太一般了 电视电影的感觉 而且把偷渡的生活描写的比咱国普通人家的生活还要美好幸福 把偷渡移民矛盾转化成了种族主义矛盾 看得我都想偷渡了😂
把控资源、制作话语权的Ryan Reynolds依然作为中生里（大概）心甘情愿躺平舒适区的唯一，继续炮制自己熟悉、顾不得别人喜欢与否的项目。很认同有些先期评价提到的电影与一些早期“寓教于乐”向的家庭类科幻电影的比照，与其说这是个真的要试着成为什么的科幻片，不如说是得以允许家长在周五夜大胆放手将平板/电视交给孩子、插入更多关于成长启示的睡前故事。依然很“心烦”Ryan近年来愈发密集的碎嘴子角色（其余演员齐齐加持也没用），但小朋友演出有惊喜。
这么有特点的记录片 “怎么就中规中矩了”
创意源头是好的，有疗愈，有救赎，有想象力，少年版的小贱贱表现力也太好了吧。只是…后半段像是突然没了经费？变成一出闹剧？没有一个完整的世界观支撑，太可惜了未免。
看字母哥的电影有点怪怪的，因为还是现役球员，对真人太熟悉了（演员的嘴唇还是挺像的）……其实之前看过关于字母哥家庭的报道，但剧里还是挺感动他的爸爸和哥哥的（不是每个热爱的人都能有足够天赋的）……
就电影本身而言一般，基本就是体育成长类电影的俗套，和字母哥的真实成长经历相比差了许多。很久没关注NBA了，不过字母哥的大名还是知道，继贾巴尔之后带领雄鹿拿到队史第二座总冠军，基本能确定入选名人堂！没想到成长经历如此坎坷，不过看了一家的合照，五兄弟配得上希腊怪人的称号，三兄弟拿到总冠军戒指，两兄弟还同在雄鹿队，这也算是创造NBA记录了！
斯图尔特这个一脸便秘的演技真的不行，非常出戏，好在故事可以服装好看
都把反派这么杀死了，还在莫名其妙要遵守时空定律的原因我是没有看出来。既然是穿越时空，好歹把逻辑理一下。
才华➕努力=成功 但是运气和家庭氛围也很重要
比预期好太多，本来想着也就是中规中矩的合家欢科幻喜剧，但是没想到在这一基础上的亲情线，处理得非常令人惊喜。最后十分钟无论是父子线、母子线还是夫妻线都很动人。网飞春季重头推这样一部原创科幻还是有原因啊。
和同期的必胜球探来比较的话，差了蛮多。前者更让人感觉到球员的努力与经理人的拉扯，两者的关系让人更泪目。而这个，运气？打篮球时的技术也看不出来，八分钟攻防转换也是教练的台词...扬尼斯是个好球员，但这电影肯定算不是好电影.
同一个人，可以和他的童年一起去时间旅行，然后还反复穿梭，倒是一件奇妙的事情。#20220423
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