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e surv_e^ying a' ) tele;graph `]`line in 186,1, ,?>W(?]e`(st?ern Union engi-?(neer. Ed^ward Creighton (Dean Jagger&)) is s%
everely i+-njured @i/@[n an acci'
de.\nt. ; He is discovered by Vance Sh@#aw^% (Rand\*?olph S>;]cott), an outlaw on the r]$un from/>= a) posse. Forced to `?t r.^'avel o+(n foot]` after his horse was hurt, Shaw at first consid">er? s stealing - C[reighton's horse, bu<
t chan,/ges ?his m!ind and takes t[he man([, with hi$m, sa(#ving his life.　　Somet@,-i_\me la.,ter, -/following h_/_i$?s recovery, Crei_ghton return<s to:  Om]aha, , Nebraska and *##p :lans t;'he construction o" +f a tele?=]graph line from Om+:a ^*`ha to Salt Lake City, Utah. Facing (*consider )able ]opposition to the-\ line f#.rom  Confederate soldie
/@r s, I @nd: ians, and outla,@ws, C[^reighto-@)n eli;)cits the &.h\$<elp of his sister Sue  (Virgin!i) 'a, ' Gilmore), &^foreman Pat Grogan  (Mino-r 'Wat))son), $*"a;(!n'&d a-`s>sistant Hom*er Kettle ($Chi,*>ll$ Will<*/s).　　Looking to :@]p!$u t hi&s ^outla !w past be,!hind;# him
), Shaw ar\+!.rives at Cre= i =gh@ton's Wes`'t,ern Uni..
^o`*n office looking/`= for honest work and is hired as $a% :%*sco; ut by Grog; an who  is u"naware of his +>`past. Creighton recogniz/\es him%` amon,g the .@
'men ;[and all<ows him [(t_<o  sta!y despite hi_-s suspicions. Creighton also hires t'en
$der(>:
"foot Ric$-h]ard
@]' Blake(" (Robert Young), a  ""Harvard-e^-ducated engineer as a' f%-avor to Bl=ake's f;$`ather. Shaw and Blake are both attra&] ;cted to#\ %_Sue a`-nd: vie fo,r h)er a/ttentio#!?n, but th,^eir romanti& c _)rivalr ^+y is 'cut short when const.$r#uction+! of the tele!+grap 
h li=#ne st^&arts on J:'.uly 4, 186-&.1.　　After)< work co((mm^enc)es?[:= on the lin
_"$e, one of the

; men is kill e%d appar -e."<`ntl%;^y by a [\mysterious band o]f%. cattle-r%[+ustlin)/+g! Indians. Unc>>onv&[[inced tha&:t In^@dians are to blame]>, Shaw r*)ides`& out to i,nvestigat=$ e and foll;,ows the +:rustlers' trail t'o the camp o f Jac k Slade, a fo r?:>mer;: friend /;^%an _d co'h,<ort, whose gang commit `ted the killing disguised as` Indians—the "=_g*an<@g Shaw le' ft following\ his l=ast b[ank robbery. Slad/ e reveals );that [they ar<e wo"=rk:$,='ing fo!r th_ ]e Confeder,\'acy to disr_u@*pt Western Uni*#on\_ > =because they>#'
bel%@\ieve the telegraph # se@!rvi.! .ce ?@]will he?lp the =[` U'_?ni!(on. Sha@
,w rid )$es aw[-ay;*; and return^s to th:e l%@ine. Not wanting to turn in h$=is f+,!ormer friends,) ;Sh)#*aw <=tel/ls Creighto&n t+<hat a la+*rg)$!-e band of Dakota Indians stole t;he cattle, and recommend:<) s t[(>ha-t they simply > replace#/* t he herd a;/\nd_/ not ri /\sk a* [fight with the Indi .$;a %>'ns\.　　Somet\>'ime l$<(ater,# a c $&onfro[;ntation !%ta_`kes place between men= worki+*n:>g on the  forward ['l&>ine and a ba.n#"# d o`f d@runken Indians. >W#/?hen one of + #the Indians )tries" t([o st]+ eal< some equip<%m$^!^ent, a n",;^e*% r?=vou%
:s []Bl?
ake`$? shoots him, i-gnoring( Shaw's '/^order to rem##ain[ calm.  After@]_ word arrives!+ that   th*(e m +#ain camp i] s und-"er attack by othe`r Indi<ans, #the Western U>]\ni\
>\on men rush _(bac&k to  ;he ,)l'p wit +>h the @* d":efense. At the main cam\ `p,', S
__lade($'s men,&> who a:-re^"  $agai]n disguis.e*d [ !as: I<#ndia[*ns, st!? eal the W_ester*_n Union horses. Th e compa<@ny discover the ru/:]@se wh,_en on.=!<e o($)f t:'/he wounded Indian ='s turns out to be a white man. <Forced to buy back[&; <their @sto;len" horses fr?om Slade, Crei"gh(t;=<"on >b]ecomes"  sus <
piciou[s of Shaw's in@vol< vement, especially when he<` .>admi`ts to knowin?/`;g the gang.　　S^oon the! U.S". Ar[ ;.m(>/y ar=;.&rives and ann+="ounces  the Indians +>have now (^refused to allow# [the te/`=legr&aph lines@> to go t]hrough;**& t"/heir te`rritory in response</ to Blake's shootin$<<g _>of the dr*,unk/@)en<' -Indian_,. Creighton, Shaw, and >Blake ride ou^%*t to convince Chief Sp"?=ott/]%#-e"d Horse to allow them to ^(!.b ^/uild the line through ^%Indian t^
errit-o(,?)ry, `eve# (n though the m@]''an Bla!ke wo !:%unded w!<'as+*# Spotted H! o.rse's so`n;. Crei\>g@& $hton .;is finally$%^ ab le to-; per+ ,/su*ade th@`"e Indians>% to allow them pas
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$g , e,'$ and%  work co/\@ntinues=; until_[_ the company ap'+proaches :+]S\al$\\t Lake :=City.!).　　So_met ) -ime later, Sh+aw receives word that Jac[k Slade wan@ts to m^eet  'with him. On the way t.o see *"%&Slade, "^,
Shaw "#is>_*` ;c.\aptured and
b&o?)und_< by ;,#S_+la
d&e's men.,>` Slade sa!+ys *his group(*' is goi\/<ng\-& to( b `(`u<=rn ,dow -n the Western U:=]nion c"#amp an!?)-d they don't wa-nt Shaw to :interfere. After ]@Slade and=' his men ri@"de off, Shaw<  % escapes from his rop>es but ar(_rives back to(o late to prevent the fi( re. He ;helps $rescue so/m!$e of the We "stern Unio <n @!men fro*'%&&m the fla)/)$mes and burns his ^^_ha-nds i.+n the process-=^. :　　After the fire,^] Cr/ei)/&^ghton %(co) nfr`,<onts Shaw f<!#or- an e >-xpla*`"nation, # bu,.t Shaw does not r*: e(%veal wha'&?t he k:[:nows <\and is ?/@(fir]),ed by Cr( ei(_ gh&-t# !on. As Shaw le=;a*-v:='^es the camp, he tells B#l\@ak
e tha*& t Slad [e is actual(ly Sh> &=[a:# w's brother and tha'):t ,;?he, S$'haw,(/ wil`?l find(= Slade's _gan'"-g=^ a(nd stop them from$
 inte/rfering wit =/?h the tele graph p+roje/ct. Sh\#-aw rides o ff`< and finds [-:Sla'\de=!): and his:( men #in a nearby_ town#]_. At t.&h _e > [barber shop, S `\ha?=w c,on$f;>ronts his brot+h!'/e/.;%r+%, w> [hose gun is concea\@,l+ed unde(",r the ba&.rber
;'s ??shee%:t. Slade shoots Shaw thro"ugh &(the sh ^%eet. Sh+)
;aw fights back in spi*. te of h,is, wound, killi"
)"ng(/#/; some of th>#e`  gang me"&"^mbers, and then dies. Blak$ e^&( ar%<ri *<ves an\d continues t#&@he++ fi%'*ght with Sl=(ad_e who dies :'f\=rom his wounds. Soon after, the West
(ern Union line is- comp\
(lete]['d and", the worke+(rs celebrate. When S$u+(e l-^a< men.;ts(- the ab<; sence of Shaw, Cr_)eighton +;tel'ls her t<,h],at Sh<_aw^ c"<].#an he':ar them.