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.
不错的情色+悬疑组合，截止到摄影展反转戛然而止效果会更好，复仇很勉强也没意义，真心讨厌自以为是又蠢的圣母白莲花。
还真有点《后窗》、《偷窥狂》的感觉，讨论不道德的窥探与反凝视，捕猎者和猎物身份的转换与并存，这种深度的内核挖掘在当代惊悚片中非常惊喜，皮帕为了吸到黄金乌干达害死男朋友，茱莉亚不惜拿男朋友的肉体勾引目标，俩狠女人。bug是黑人男友上吊自杀还是被人吊死警察不会判断不出来吧，摄影师两口子瞎了眼居然不想尽一切办法报复女主吗?本哈迪的肉体我的妈呀是我我也沦陷啊
妳將看到內心深處的靈魂
结尾的“反杀”确实是有点画蛇添足，交代太短甚至有点魔幻了（偷师美恐草草收尾的传统艺能？）。首尾两个互相呼应的暗示观众做为“voyeurs”的镜头很巧妙。高潮那段戏，嗯....很精彩，懂得都懂。
结局差点意思 不反转好很多 多希望女主和邻居就真的相爱哈哈哈多有意思
还把男朋友的自杀
Lou越来越像年轻时的Adjani了！一直沉重得呼吸困难，到结局那封信时眼泪终于冲出来。突然觉得影片里的很多细节还是关照着现实的，尤其被男权社会训练出的直男癌女人，写实到令人毛骨悚然。
影片拍得还是挺精致，故事讲述得还算流畅，演员的表演尚佳。不过影片最大的问题，在于导演并未想清楚电影主题的方向，即导演究竟想表达什么。她在各个方向上犹豫着，不想做取舍，但表达起来又相互矛盾。其实，放弃一些时髦的东西，就拍一部商业片，恐怕会拍得更好看一些。
很好看的片子，当你以为自己是猎人的时候，其实是猎物。西德妮斯威尼真是天赋异禀
电影想传达什么信息很清晰，直奔主题，过程怎么样无所谓，剧情推进不讲逻辑，必要时刻开启金手指。摄影和女演员美。
表面看是悬疑片，其实算是披着悬疑片下的三级片吧，情色的场面真的是不少，氛围营造的也是可以。剧情前半段除情爱场面外都较为平淡，后半段的大反转刚开始觉得有点小意外，但又觉得有些刻意了，中间也有很多逻辑不通的地方，最后的结局是真的没有想到还会有反转。总体来说，虽说有不少缺陷，但整体故事还是比较吸引人的。
3.5星，没有反转更好，女主的表演加导演的镜头气氛拿捏真的很抓人心，着实能感受到女主的心境。
情欲版《后窗》，女主身材爆炸，导演镜头功底不错，但这个故事结局也太强行了，各种突兀的反转。。。
3.4 前面太长了 一个半小时是正好的时长 后面反杀不错的
当你的女性意识觉醒之后，你会发现你很多时候成了别人眼中的异类，但是哪怕忍受孤独，你也不会愿意再回到单纯无知的年代，自由的灵魂无比可贵。
前面一个小时觉得女主好讨厌，后面的反转其实有点俗，但结局我还蛮喜欢的
西德尼·斯维尼看起来有朱莉·德尔佩年轻时的影子，剧情推动的方式依然是“每个人的心中都住着一个贱人”，不过男主感觉不像是在好好说话的样子。
如果你不是在乎我的外表
比想象中要好看很多，反转再反转，一开始以为是后窗套路，没想到玩出了花样
后面女主的复仇就显得有点多余，就在揭露真相的时候戛然而止更好
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