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.
前夫、比sp好看，这个系列可以完结了！深山小律师可以say bye bye
似乎叫sp比较合适，没有电影质感……嘛，比起先行版，河原穗乃果没那么聒噪了。觉得前两部tv版音效和冷笑话梗恰到好处，电影版却感觉有点哗众取宠了，所以说剧情（案件逻辑）真的很重要。另外，电影版的案情真相蛮现实的，为了包庇自己的小孩，村民们合伙把下毒这个罪名扣在别惹头上致使别人被判刑死在狱中，家庭被毁，女儿失去双亲。最后查出了真相却因为过了时效也无法追究，全员无罪。人在做天在看，做人还是要凭良心。不是不报，时候未到。
坐船出海就有leader的感觉这 是故意的吧？是故意的吧？（流泪
看之前：南云律师是个反派；看完后：就这？明明两小时的时长，总感觉没演啥。另外，女主这个抽风的设定我也不喜欢。佐田所长承包笑点。
大过年随意乐呵乐呵，谐音梗我的爱，最后揭晓真相，“嗯？就这？”
5.0 拿20年前的悬疑故事炒冷饭…没新意更没诚意
这个反转是有点扯的，好像编不上了硬塞上去一样。南云的演员好帅啊。
这帮人好像都没老哦，没事可能重温一下下之前的。
评价是不如SP的映画，梗有点太密集了😂
本集唯一不吵的几分钟：那个妹妹演奏会的时候
今天突然刷到电影版就看了下。看完我恍惚了。我记得两季我都很喜欢的！就那种冷幽默自己真的很喜欢马子俊和香川。电影版的动机和逻辑过于荒谬离谱和幼稚了，我惊了
【大量剧透】从推理剧角度来看，撑死给3分，开头就隐隐觉得整个村子不简单，中途基本上可以确定是集体作案，但是最后动机也太特么牵强了。从人性探索角度来看，这个动机可谓是充分展现了日本人，尤其是乡下地区的排外意识，不值得、真的不值得。以及，剧场版主演团演技原来越浮夸了，不知道是导演的问题还是怎么回事，可以好好说人话偏不要，搞得冷笑话梗都有点不好玩了。本来还很期待西岛叔演反派，虽然开篇不就发现不是好失望，但是叔后面完全拉回来了期待，那种隐忍又痛苦的感情，真的好充沛，主角团完败啊。
结尾find the answer响起的那刻，有种什么都还在的错觉。
我只是不理解，为了保护两个啥都不懂的孩子而冤枉了一个无辜的人，害得另一个孩子失去了父母，这是合理的吗😔
吓死了这年头还能在影视剧结尾听到拉希的tie（
其实整个案子就是个大bug，15年前即使技术手段不支持破案但起码逻辑推理不会落后那么多吧。。。这个剧让我想到了好多关于日本、关于法学、关于我的一些青春回忆，所以还是有点感慨的。没看过sp所以南云其实是反派？..但在这里因为这一路的经历所以感化变好，这点上有点子强行上价值那味，不过起码最后还是圆回来了，岛儿在演奏厅的那段戏是真的好，那种从一开始的逃避不安到听到演奏后的放松再到沉浸音乐后在回忆中眼含热泪，这种层层递进的一种细微的情感演绎得真的太精准了。看到最后突然想到，在某种程度上来说南云不就是低配版的家福，一直逃避不愿面对造成终生的遗憾，在这点上深山用自己的一些行动给出了最优解：真相是必须面对的，逃避和谎言只会将自己和他人陷入更深的泥沼之中
为了拍个电影版也是努力了……松本润的睫毛，翘过女主。熊本城已经修好了诶，想去
好看的妹妹在开头都用力出双下巴了 不过妹妹真的头发遮住耳朵很仙气 话说这真的不是搞笑剧嘛 哈哈哈哈 有些对话做的颜艺真的好出戏 哈哈哈
很喜欢这种温馨的日剧啊，从lemon miu404再到99.9。很舒服的画风和剧情。
电影版剧情实在太垃圾了，不配拍电影，漏洞百出的作案手法居然没有一个人发现就冤死了一个人，不如接着出电视剧，还是第一部最佳，女主也是最喜欢第一部，全程注目男主眼睫毛
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