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.
Only one panda is cute?
有点低龄向了，但是这就是13岁时候的我啊！
一把年纪看coming of age还是被深深打动，大概那些抉择和蜕变的瞬间有太多共鸣。比喻的精准运用重回inside out的水平。中国文化的展现还是略显尴尬但是整个电影很有亚洲味，y2k元素也让人重回童年。
（很好奇是不是每一个进行支付的消费者都会询问MB或MG为什么不从良而是选择做这个～
自《伯德小姐》之后第二次感受到了什么叫强烈的共鸣。
东亚文化家庭对欲望的压抑，青春期的躁动不安，对自我的认可……妙处在于女性对自己的认可，最后也没有割舍掉东亚文化部分，而是选择与之拥抱、融合、和解。
差点看哭… 你不用一味满足父母期待。故事整体单薄了点，但好处是轻松，属于那种满分的四星电影。
讲东亚母女关系确实讲得又好笑又切到了痛处。
还是很皮克斯的，用抽象概念（turning red panda）表现情感矛盾。我觉得男性无法get这个片很正常，除了没有生理期这种天然不同外，女性跟妈妈之间一生的情感羁绊，和男生与妈妈之间的联结方式完全不同。这其中的微妙，懂的人自会懂。以及青春变形记，这个中文翻译非常好。
我发现这电影对于套路台词的理解和展示最为贴切，我终于明白那些台词到底是啥意思
势利→女主说女招待：我显然没把你教好，不然你怎么沦落至此（当waitress）。这太刻薄了吧……
3.5，尽管前一个小时剧情稍显俗套刻板，但也为美美与熊猫分离那一刻蓄足力，就这一点打的很准，且输出的情绪充足，创作者找到了一个很好的主题切入，故事包装也贴合。nice
拍得太好了！成长就像野兽，多好的隐喻啊。喜欢最后的设计，展现出了一个妈妈毁灭般的掌控欲，而美美也喊出了：我就喜欢男孩！我喜欢响亮的音乐！我喜欢扭动身体！实在过瘾。成长是个大麻烦，但我们总要面对。最后妈妈也终于明白：“你走的越远，我只会越骄傲。”
乖惨了哈哈哈哈哈哈哈，成长鸡汤啥的无所谓，难得有个华裔主角故事，还有我们的小熊猫宝！
还是比较传统的故事，长辈相对是保守的，孩子是相对叛逆自由的。但现在的长辈曾经也是孩子，现在的孩子以后也是长辈。而本片让人印象最深的，莫过于妈妈了，她同时兼具了这两个身份，当最后美玲在竹林里安慰妈妈的时候，真是很感动啊
我咋觉得有一点点教中国小孩不要听妈妈话的意思呢🧟
妈妈在成为“妈妈”之前也是小女孩。妈妈在成为“妈妈”之后就要克制自己了。
讨论了很多很多，关于两代人的想法，亲子关系，欲望，思想的解放，身体的接受，女性的处境，MB或MG的处境…讨论了这么多又留下来很多思考空间，而不仅仅只是空洞的表达。
太好笑了，我觉得这是我几年你看过最好笑的电影，因为和我儿子的奶奶一起看的，所以看的台湾国语版，但一样很棒，我想这部电影留着，等我儿子大点了，给他看，太可爱了，而且主题非常棒。
喜欢前半段和结尾，中段匠气略重。以及大根的点评真的一针见血：我们女的就连叫鸭的时候都在幻想亲密关系。太可怕了。性就是性，身体上的亲密不必、很多时候也不能指向心灵的亲密。而且真正的亲密不是追求来的，而是当你拥有之后你后知后觉意识到的。以及，性的释放与舞蹈确实关系紧密。夏天到啦，不如跳舞！
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