西部\@/联盟

剧情简介

While]_ surveying a t
elegra&([\ph line in 1861,"/ Western;[  $\Union engineer Edward Creighto':_n (Dean Jagger) is !<sever-ely in#)jur.!>ed in an $ _ac"^ciden*!&t.% He is :>disc)/-
overed by Vance Shaw" (Randolph Scott),!;. an o)utlaw o"n the run *\from).- a po \"sse. Force)d t>#o travel on foot after his horse. was  hurt, Shaw ])at fir&*=\st c'!onsiders stealing+ Cr(*eighton' ,*s horse, +/bu%t chan#;ge [s his mi$[nd and takes the!.  man'* [with him,- saving hi\+s life&
;.　 =\　S_+=ometime la#ter, following his recovery, Creighton retur^#*=ns to =+Om;aha, Nebraska and pla+ns @"the&" construction of a telegr?a$ ph&""# l`;_ine
 from:+ Omaha,< to&+: Salt&&: L<=ake City, Uta<< h. Facin&`g co\$nsi`>d -)$erable opp&#os!;+ition to t.he !line from #Confe[derate soldier*(s, In,dians, and/.:! outlaws, C@%?'\reighto`!n@ @* elici.=t \ s the he*
lp of hi>s '% sister Sue (Virginia Gilmore), foreman Pat@@ Grogan (:`Minor Watso:n), and as\;sistant `?[?H'>omer K$ettl!'e!>(?= (Chill Will.s)*.　　Lookin=g to put =h@is out=law< \@
%past _]behin\&?-d him:_, Shaw arrives a=
,t Cre&@ighton's Western =!\ Union office l.&ooking for hones.?t w"[ork?< and#?_( is hire<d as a s# cout by Grogan who_ is+: una][ware of his past. Creight@o]n recognizes him am`:,ong the men and al-*_lows him t^_o stay#<  de#),spite his s&:%uspi?' cions. Crei^`,g# -h);=ton al $>'so hir!?#es t\[en+derfoot Richard Blake (Ro< &bert Y?@oung),^< ".a ]$H\arvard-educated enginee( =r%=> >:as a favor to Bl a .>*ke's father. Shaw an+d Blake are &<`=-bot+h attract(,?%ed t?o Sue *an"d vi%'/e for h!]er att-ention\"%",\` b''>ut thei @r >?romantic ri<!va@&lry is cut s*h\> or_(t when c o["nstruct(ion of the tele\>graph line starts on -July $=4,_ 1861.　　Aft
\er wo#
?!rk commenc
@:es o[n th_#e line%_%&-, `one o-(f `*:the men is killed apparently b*y a?? mys&,t/erious ban=[d of &cattl$e-rustling In*.;d;
\i^!ans. ` Un,.convince:,?d that In/,dians are to blame, Sh([?aw ride @s out to investiga
-te an`d fo
(l"@l ows * the `"/rust:le;\.rs' trai,]l to the camp<# [=of) Jack Sl'ade, a former fr&iend and^, c o#hort` , wh-`/.o@ se gang commi tted the killi^ng disgu >i-sed a&#s Ind=!ians=+—the\>  ]gang S"\`haw left followin%_]g h-i&s la]+`st (ba+@n]$k  robbery.& Slade >reveals th
at th<_%ey are working[)/ for @ !the Confederacy to di? srup&,t Wester_)n Union bec+& au*se th?ey believe =`the tele=_graph ??)service will he%lp *the Union. S@haw rides aw<a!y and returns t.["o the; ^$ line#. Not "wanting to t#'urn in h!?%is former >,!f<?\riends, #Shaw t& 'ell`s C+>=reight<'on?# that a large &b/^&and ,_(of(:? Dakota)$ ]Indians st`#ole the catt!le, and%[ \,'recommends tha)%[$t they simp"=\ly re&.#place t he herd and not risk*
/ a fight with the I[:ndians.　　Sometime la+(ter, a $*< confro# [ntation takes place between men working on t<];he ]#forward line and a band $)of drunk`[en \#]In$#(dians. Wh@'en "; one of^ the India ns trie-s to ,#!?steal some equipment, a n# ervou_>s Bl @ake@_ shoot\&%s 
him/^=., ignoring!' 'Shaw's order to re[&main calm. Aft er =#word  (arrives that [) the ma:*i%\+@<n camp is under a#'ttack by other _Indians, the We-\\s >(tern[@ Union m^? =en rush back t(._o hel!#p with/ t`he ;def .(e?`n;s/e. At <?the main  cam\p, )Slad(e's men, who "-are again disg;?uis
+$ed a>? s &@Indians, steal the Wester/;n Uni, on hor <?>,ses`;.? The company dis?;`c+!over t#h>e ru';se # :whe_/n one of. t=+he& w\ounded Indi#*,?ans /
:turn]s out to  $be a white man. Fo , rced to )>b_uy back>_
their" _*stole'n hor_se s_ from Sl; \ ade, !&Creighton bec-omes suspicious @ of Shaw's in_=volvemen.t'), espec#<ially $/when he admits[\ t o know@;ing the ga
%ng%@@.　.>　So>)on the U.S. %Army arrives and announc,]_es the#=^ In^dians h\/av&)-e . now re=fused to allow the te_`(le_g*raph lines to go through their 
t .%erritory in respons*e to B ,lake's shoo>+t ^\ing \_o;f the `_&d.runken India/ @n. Creigh*:to?=]n, Shaw, an$:d Bla/=ke ride out to con,@vince Ch(=ief /Spo>_tted Horse  to? allo- w th\$em to build (.,';th  e line thr
+ough In>dia@n_. territory, e v!e n thoug%h the man B`lake wound,e!-d w(`a! s S `p# otted H$`[ors,!e's `^son<. Creigh\ton is finally able to p+<ersu>&ad\)e th 'e #Indians to allow them pa%ssage, and wor?-"k @continues unt;%il <the c)[o.`@mpany a)_pproaches?#!! ^ Sa:-lt La/@<ke City.　　Sometime later , Shaw receives  word t?hat Jack S=`_lade wants to me*:?et with + ?him?$. &] On th) 'e way t`<[o see Slade,,) )S[@haw is capture\ d and b/ound, by[:= Sl=;;ade's men. Sl_ade says his grou#p is going to burn down t@he Weste!rn U=+nion camp and t@hey don't want=\ Shaw to @ interfere. After*?@; Slade an!\=d @<his men ri-.de /[o#"ff, Shaw escapes ) from hi(/s-?> >ropes but ar% ri ves ])back t?o]o late$'> to !p'#revent _the fire. H`e%
 helps resc?.]ue_` some]`\[ o f*;;' the Western Union men from _.th@;+e flames a,nd burn^s his hands in"& the< pro#<cess.　　Aft\er the fire, Creight*.
on $'confronts _'=Shaw for -\>an explanation,-%= b#]u"_@(t S%[haw d(oe! s [not reveal what[ he kno`=ws and ,>^is <=fire d by ?.>Creighton. _As Shaw leaves t?$he ! c]/amp, h^:-e &=)#tells(/) Blake tha/;t Slad+e is actu?ally Shaw,'s brother$  and (that he, S!haw,+@? will<$/ f'_#ind .Sla #d=$!e's gang and stop/ them fro$`m,' %;interf ering ) with the ^$\,tel$]]egr!aph p#roje)?^ct. Sha-.!'w rides%; off and ? *#f+<inds !?Slade and' his? men i+) n a nearby tow"*n. At %[the barber shop,> Shaw "[^confronts his brother, whose^( gun i%s conceal,:ed un=\der the barber'*[s s_; h-/!eet. Slade s)_hoots Shaw through the sheet. Shaw fi&g^hts back in sp$ite of h+>is wou=- @nd, killing so me of / the gan\]g ;$_me,![mbe$)rs!^, ?+and then di;) es. '$B]lake arrives and contin[.>ues#" the fight#: ;with/ Slade who? dies f(rom his wound*_^s. Soon aft! 
,er, the Weste<, rn U<[
nion li\ ne is comp+leted a=:n*,.d the wor@%kers[ c;%el:?")eb>>"rate. When Sue laments the abs.?-en ce of Sh-;aw, Creig /hton '#te lls #:he%r that @Sh'aw can" hear them.