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.
一个被关20年刑满出狱的颓废女，社会关系完全断裂，被歧视被贴上once a cop killer, always a cop killer 标签。找工作不易，谈恋爱不易….更主要的是自己亲人不相认，受害人家属不放过等等。这部发生在西雅图的故事，果然色调阴郁，气氛压抑，而且因为情节不夸张，故事贴近现实生活，才愈发令人深思，对曾犯过错但已服刑赎罪的人，社会应如何包容接纳？
桑婆演技炸裂，受不了这种内敛的哀伤、忍耐，她还没哭我已经哭湿了满脸。
是不是只要全程板着脸，装冷酷，就会被吹爆演技？比如《一代宗师》的章子怡。剧情好才是真的好
桑德拉布洛克的每个角色都像是在演自己，没有兄弟姐妹的人泪点都被引爆，只想说声姐姐你辛苦了……
虽然叙事效率不高，支线也支离破碎，但桑德拉·布洛克的表现却无可挑剔，最后一幕的情感力量十分强大。三星。
那之后的那些保护，我觉得就是一种自我感动。
对我而言最有意思的是他作为一个出狱犯的视角。这个世界像一个人的脑袋，然后这一部分人就会承托这个世界的黑暗面，而且黑暗，向他们聚集。
母女我还能理解顶罪，相差20岁的姐妹没必要，5岁擦枪走火完全没有必要帮忙顶罪，鉴定指纹后就改名换姓离开这个地方重新开始好了，替妹妹坐了20年的冤枉牢真的没必要，如果真的为她好坐完牢也不应该相认，不应该让她唤醒起那段记忆
所有的现实主义题材，都应该加分。虽然感觉中间节奏不够紧凑，但看完后，余音绕梁，才能说明问题，当年速度与激情的两位男女主，一个虽然成为the one，但演技仍有待提升，另一个成了重刑犯，但却光芒四射，尤其最后姊妹相拥时的克制，生生逼出我两滴眼泪。推荐！
看了一半多了，看不下去了，一眼看到头的剧情。演员演技没的说，是因为东城梦魇火了也想来一波吗，但是拍的真的太无聊了。豆瓣分太虚高了。
全片压抑，一个挣扎的想要恢复生活的人，被一群不希望她恢复的人拉着回到泥潭。最后结局还有个小反转，人性的光辉最后胜出
看的很难受，是因为家庭的琐碎和艰辛，将近2/3才告诉观众是妹妹犯下的罪，片尾的闪回交代了小孩子的记忆很清晰，知道姐姐为她顶罪。姐姐出狱为了知道妹妹过的如何尝试了各种方法，本以为警长的儿子会冲动复仇，但是life will go on。
所以家里有枪的要把它锁好，小朋友拿了很危险的。
最后的反转属实猜不到 背负了这么大的罪名 姐姐的爱
是那种“说好不好说坏不坏让人没有评价欲望”的片子。话说基努当年是爱着（过）桑姐吧？
值得奥斯卡最佳音效奖和最佳音效剪辑奖提名，和去年的《金属之声》一样声音细节音效层次感太强了！故事还是偏简单偏老套了，前面节奏太慢，后面还行。桑德拉•布洛克表演也还行，不过份量还是不够啊！
情节比较简单，但编剧可以，通过回忆一层层揭示真相，加上女主表演出众，所以完成度还不错，还是比较感人。不过被劫持时女主自始至终没有明说绑错人了，这点没看到有合理解读，阴暗吗？但后来又用自己身体护送出门，反正没说清楚。7.3/10分
烂片，本来就不可饶恕，非要饶恕坏人才算政治正确吗？？？？
情节比较简单，但编剧可以，通过回忆一层层揭示真相，加上女主表演出众，所以完成度还不错，还是比较感人。不过被劫持时女主自始至终没有明说绑错人了，这点没看到有合理解读，阴暗吗？但后来又用自己身体护送出门，反正没说清楚。7.3/10分
这么套路的故事讲得挺好了，总是觉得不适，可能是因为这故事的内核还是一个（类似）伟大母亲的牺牲。
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