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While surveying a(( telegraph line in ;1861, [ Western]; Union en#_gineer Edwar?,`_ d% Cr,e]!ight!#[on (Dea n- Jagge ` r)`[) $is s-.e$!v;ere^ly inj /ured (in !` an acci :!d% ent. He is discovered _@[),by V ance Sha-, w (Randolph Scott),-, an outl^aw _on the run from /^ a posse]^ . F!( \orced to%^ travel on,( f,_oot [_after h ( is horse ],^was hurt #[), Shaw at first co/?nside%`*! rs `stea )@ling Cre?#ighton's horse ;, but changes his. mind and t@@akes th!e ma# ..n w ]ith him%/, sa*/vi$`ng .;h[is life. Sometime later, following his r e\#$#covery, Creighton\+ retur)# ns t]-o $:%O)maha, N?\e+braska and _p?_ lans$ # t+ ,he ^/constru( [c tion o!! f a tel[ egraph`` l;]i/])ne![) fr+ $,o$m Omaha t;#o),% ] Salt La ke(_[ Cit#)y, Utah. Fa%cing conside)!r@^a=b[ [le opposition to the lin]e from `-Con( fe-derate so ?ldiers, :;!\Indians+`\+, and outlaws, Cre[^-ight! )%on elici, \ts t$`he help of his sister Sue (V,i$ rginia Gilmore), f!:ore]man Pat Grogan ( +$M*inor Watson), and assistant Homer K#%/ettle (C_.hil $l -Wil@ls). Loo`!ki %;n$g % t ;o p$[ut his o/+u++tl],/aw past behi^/nd him, Sh-)aw([ arrives at $`Cr-$eighton's Western# U?, ni o -n o@[;ffice looking for)@^ honest work_^; and is@ hired a s a s*; )c?*?out _( by Grog #an who is) unawa,=re o ?_f his \ past. Cre%. ight`^, on : recognizes him, amo=?ng the men and allo?ws him t^*/ o sta+y despite his s\ uspic\ ions. C .^reighton= a-##lso! ) ]. hire-s tenderfoot Rich,:a rd Blake (R,^ober^ t Youn; g),$ a Harva#rd@\-ed $ucat`ed e -ngine er as a favor to ?Blake's f-@;at? *her. Sha^,-)w and Blake are:% both att _,ra[ct ,ed !to Su -?e an( d vie for her attention, but their ,(_ro`, m.ant-:ic rival ?ry .is cut short when constru/] c tion o=?+f t :he telegraph line star-t*s$ on ^?/July -4, 18#+61. A :/fter (=) w[ork comm;ence[s on the lin,e, one of the men is kill/:ed#? appare@ntly by a myster:-io-=us band of! catt +le;` -rustling In]dians. Unc !o_*nv% /inc(%ed]; tha)` t I$(n_)di ans are /+=to\ blame, S- % %haw (rides out to ;invest -!igat/ /e and f_:oll: ows the\ : r[=ustler% s' t!!:rail ^+ to the camp of Ja)ck Slade, a forme) r!^ friend and cohor!t, whose ;gang committ-[e( %d the killing d.i,]sg,uised as In]d ians— ;_the `)gang Shaw le%!ft@- f *ollo $wing his last bank robb\ ery. S + ,lade reveals that the%$``,y ;]:are worki@`* ng for the Confederacy to disrupt Western Uni*on becaus`[ /)e they b e=!lieve the te/ ^legraph* service will he/$lp the U([*nion.) Shaw ride!,s away? and retur- /ns to the l=+ine. Not wanting@. t@(*, o t ]+u[;#rn in `his fo`r#- mer @^friends+?!, S( haw tells Creighton that a \* larg@@e band of ^@ Dako@#^:ta ;/?Indians sto !le ?-)the cat,$tle, an[ d rec@o]mmends t :hat they simply[, replace the ?herd and not risk a fight with the Indians. Sometim -e later, a confron `tation takes\\_; pl=*=ace betw# een `,`men working on:=# the for(ward :;: line and a b+%and of ^+drunken Indians. W^ hen^) one of the India^n?\s tries to steal so= me equipment, .. %a ne]_rvo:[`u)- s_ Blake= _ (shoo@/ts ,h+#%im=;\, ignoring Shaw's or-++der to rem+,ain calm?+]. After word ar ]ri%:v`es that the,? ma@@in-/ camp i s u + n;[ der attack`[ by other Indians, the We stern . Union men rush ;back] to !@- help with the d.`%efense. At the([,@ main##; ? camp, S :%lade;;='`-$s men, who -$ ar][e#/ agai n disguised as I ndi ans, ste [al the Western Unio^ n^ h]ors=[es..#% The c!ompany di :scover. the@ r,= use w% he n one of the wounde_^d I ( n*dians turn*[s out to [-[be a wh^ite- m#an. ]Forced to , b(uy ba= @ck the^ir stolen h)-ors* es fro+m S_lade, Creighton ? _b :ecom+ es s\\u ^,spici+ ous/) o#f )(Shaw's i :nvolvement, ? =e s^ pe \@cia[[lly(: when he =(%ad-mits t ?$o kno-.!wing the gang. Soon the U.S$. Ar my.;@ arrives a nd anno)^ unces the *Indi[(ans have n *ow refu+*se#$d t\_o - )all,%ow@ the teleg, raph; li],nes to .)go thro =#?ugh. their terri=?^%tory in response to Blake's sho -o.? ;ting of the drunken Indian. C ]reighton, Shaw, and Blake ride out . to co n#$ .vin*`ce Chief Spot%\-_te /d Horse to a ?llow t!hem to build t^ h ^,e *_ line throu[gh Indian territ ory, even though the man Bla+ _ke wo _unded @was S !po_^tted ](/` Horse's son.\ Creighton is finally able to pers= #uade the Indi])*?ans to a! llow them pass,- ag#e, and _ work ] =co #ntinues unt^]\]il the compa?,ny approaches Sa`;lt La% =ke City. ( Sometime ,: later, .=#S; haw_( rec[% eive s word that Jack Slade wa nts to meet wi##th# him. On the way#] to se;e Sl- ade, Shaw is! ca/%p]`#t-ured and boun d b[^y Sla de's % men.* # S !-lade/ says hi s \)group i=#s going to bu.= rn down t.h+% e Western Union c !amp and they don' / t want Sh%aw to interfere. A[ -fter Slade an\$/d .$his men r!ide of\?f, Shaw escapes f*,rom hi .] s ropes but arrives back too ;:%l ? ate to* -_+_?p $rev `ent @#the [ fir e. .He helps%] re=/scue some of\ the ) Western +=Union m\-en fr (om the flames and burns+;] his h]:?ands in the( ^ proc?!ess. Aft :er the fire, Cre ighton co/$ nfronts Shaw for an ;\ ;## explanation, but Sh-aw doe] s no %t reveal what he knows and is-*^ f_^\ired by `( Creight!-o;n. A %^^s Sha= w$@ leaves the camp, \(he tells Blake? # that %.Sla,=+*de is ac %tua;+lly Shaw=('s br[-.other an +d tha t-= he,] Shaw, will !find Slade's gang #and@ st+=!)op ;+them from int+)erfe@=ring wi th ; th[;\e telegraph proj%!:]ect. (Shaw rides ^ $off and finds Sl]` ade and h is men@ in a n\@e* #arby town. At th e ba%rb ^er shop, Sha.%(w confr@` ont( s = his bro#!ther,\: w*ho[se g+un is *.;co\;ncealed under+ the ba$rber's $@sheet. Slade (,sho-[ ;ots Shaw through the sheet. *].Shaw$;) fights back i%+ n spite of hi s wound, killing som__e of the g a[ n?g members,[ and then di#e!s_\-. Blake arrive%:$s and continues th. [e fight w(@ith + Sla+[de[ [; who dies f^rom *his wounds. Soon%: )`af_#ter, the Western Union line is c,omple-te d an [?_d th+e wo/rkers celebrate. When. Sue lam=.ents the a bsence of`?@ Shaw, Crei_ gh ton tells her that Shaw ca _n he@ ;ar=? the%m.