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.
新新警察故事，恶劣隐喻
额，就这……金像奖的水准也是一年不如一年了……
坏人成佛却只需放下屠刀
十分一般，没有让人觉得无趣，可是也不能带来惊喜，很平淡的过去了一个半小时。
预料之内的大反派和令人惊喜的大团圆，合家欢的标准结局谁不爱呢~
谢霆锋结尾站在钢琴上倒向残缺的圣母像。
近年来好莱坞动画的新低，对标疯狂动物城的话，简直被吊打，电影总得没有什么特色，乏善可陈。感觉真的是拍给小朋友看的，目标客户不是成人
属于比较中规中矩的故事吧，故事流畅度是有的，就是没有太多新鲜感，套路比较多…主打的是友情，还有反对刻板印象，坏人之所以会成为坏人，有一部分原因是别人的眼光，但主要还是自己的原因…所以，这个电影也还是没能自圆其说吧～
不错，搞笑可爱，价值观可接受。网上下载看的。原本五一要去电影院看，结果疫情导致影院关闭到现在。
酣畅淋漓的怒火。这一段被搅乱的人生，这不公的愤怒，要如何宣泄。谢霆锋的狠戾与不退，太有张力
THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY DAY！！！！首先death to 3d电影🪦美国动画到了今天已经进化到了最完美的画风，Diane和wolfie是我在tinder上看了张头图就会右划的hot ginger/Italian guy，西装市长老公简直是sana in disguise！！！蜘蛛姐的tail wagging more like TWERKING我好咸死好幸福好完美好接近天堂的一百分钟这就是媚福瑞控我要尖叫着说一百个愿意这部电影为电影院而生
虽然不到很差的地步，但这么落伍的故事完全没必要去拍，而且让猛兽收起天性当无害家畜的情节实在令人扶额，还设计摇尾巴这种明显是讨好的动作，人类真的是很自大。
鲨鱼喊出“我的孩子”那一刹那，魂穿朱时茂版影院安全指南。
很好笑的，跟孩子们看的很happy，最喜欢那个食人鱼太逗了，还有最后一段给蛇戴的手铐居然是戴在脖子上，孩子说那有什么用呢是项链吗？哈哈哈哈哈哈哈，推荐亲子观看
北京电影院终于解封了，《坏蛋联盟》还没下线感恩我戴德了！好在忍住没看盗版，这个片子就该在电影院看，观感会加分！而且它满足了我多年狐狼cp的心愿hhh
没想到自己还是个老文青。
立意老套，呈现中规中矩，都算无功无过啦；过于拟人，不如说就是一群披着动物皮的人类而已，可能用动物来呈现会好笑or有趣一点？只有一点点罢了；与时俱进搞直播，验证码之类的，企图连接观众的生活；但凡换个动物，这段飞车救人buddy情深的戏码都会好得多，蛇是真的不可以，打咩
两星半。乏善可陈之作，情节、人物、世界观都是二十年前的东西，这到底有什么做出来的必要？装可爱都装不起来了，哎。p.s.看之前完全不知道演员表，但奥卡菲娜一张嘴我就知道是她，莫名就有点出戏，太有声音特质而无角色诠释大概就是这样吧。
2D+3D的风格成熟且讨喜，其他程式化的东西，可以说毫无意外
因为是陈木胜导演遗作就不评价了 甄子丹那个角色不死掉就真是很无语
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