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.
摄影师和导演最先领盒饭，因为他俩都没有“性”行为 … 哈！
铅黄电影的味道还挺对的，就是这个内容……拍个小黄片把你们刺激成这样，至于的嘛……
把两部B级片凑成一部B级片。女主跟老妇人居然是一个人演的！凭空加1星。
[1]盲目刻板而又压抑的灵魂是否也曾会感到羞愧？[2]那台黑白电视机太懂什么是讽刺了。
关心一下老年群体的性爱需求吧😂不满足就去杀人可咋整😂
我是唯一一个发现有结尾彩蛋的吗 回到了老太婆年轻的时候 解释了湖水里车的来历
质感其实很不错 个人觉得比soho惊魂夜执行自由很多 可惜就是暴力或情色作为任何一种引人买票的元素 它下料不够 毕竟不能要求恐怖片迷沉溺于影像质感
完全没想到女主和老太竟然是一个演员演的！！！化妆和演技都太牛了吧
很难喜欢，电影虽然复古却也顺便把上世纪屠杀片的各种缺点全搬过来了，色情+血浆，明摆着套路元素去吸引观众，可效果也就那样，衰老和所表达的人格“互通”算有一点新意，但一部电影最需要呈现的东西都拍得很杂乱，再想增加一点思考也是毫无作用的，不过老人做爱确实有一点诡异，以及没想到的是女主和老人是同一个演员，再次感叹化妆技术的强大
女主一开始几次看镜头，以为会搞点什么。鳄鱼初见那块有A24的感觉；杀人的理由既然都这么胡逼了，手法不如再飞一些；对传统剥削片的小讽刺与小继承；奶奶被震飞好评
前2/5巨棒 导演贼会拍电影 绝非简单的恐怖类型片
关心一下老年群体的性爱需求吧😂不满足就去杀人可咋整😂
这应该是近些年看到最猎奇的恐怖片了，弗洛伊德说性和攻击性是人的基本动力，被这片完美诠释了（不是
一星给被猎枪后坐力弹飞的老太太，一星给《农夫家的女儿们》。不知道有没有人看过10版的《新红楼梦》，aka“鬼楼梦”，里面的部分bgm太有鬼楼梦的氛围了，看得我哭笑不得笑到起飞。
女主之前拍过达科塔约翰逊的翻拍版《阴风阵阵》，怎么又接Cult恐怖片……
一句话影评:千万别惹性饥渴的老妇人！
质感和主题都好，看的太舒服了，B级片往往都是血腥和色情，但为什么一定要密不可分，这个做的真好，
“应该是他妈的恐怖片吧”哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈
前半部分有点无聊，后半部分还行，总的其实还可以，不至于6分都上不了吧？究竟是老人变坏了，还是坏人变老了？其实我觉得两者都有，从心理上来说，在中下阶层，有的人老了真的会不再像年轻时去考虑什么道德、社会舆论之类的，从而做出一些离谱的事情。是的，我这么说，我自己也会老。人生的意义就是为了走向衰亡吗？
X stands for: 关爱老年人X生活
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