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.
没有强行鸡汤很好，打篮球就是为了搞钱，为了家庭为了自己。。。众多NBA演员都出镜挺好，没啥励志不励志的，毕竟电影名说明了主角是球探。。。
难得黑人演一回恶人小瘪三。
这是今年看的比较顺眼的电影了。
整体来说，很励志，也很现实，很曲折，但是最后也是大团圆结局！！！我相信正常情况下，结局并不是如此美好的！
球届春晚片，虽然剧情我从开始就能预判到结局但看的过程还是很爽的，我个完全不看体育的人看滴也很开心，开心就是好！（本弗好娇小哦哦哦哦哦哦噢哦哦哦哦呃呃呃哦哦哦我的老婆
虽然剧情很俗套，而且从西班牙街边直接进nba可信度太低，但不能否认我还是充满兴趣的看完了，首先小半个nba的球星都来捧场了，打球打的也挺专业，反正比空中大灌篮2好看多了。
（NBA）大牌云集打酱油，连Robert Duvall都只打一会儿就下场，某国的体育氛围真令人羡慕，剧情虽然俗套但又何妨，毕竟很多方面，热爱比天赋更重要~
另 福斯特的光头蛮丑的
“NBA ✖️ 洛奇” 体育场上的小人物逆袭美国梦
这就是啥都有的大俗套体育片，还要啥，这就是自行车。
针对nba球迷，中规中矩，最大的乐趣是真实球员、解说、教练出演，描述了下选秀、训练的流程。爱德华兹把反派演得挺好。
热血体育剧很少看到拍得这么平平无奇，波澜不惊，情节如此老套的。看得出来是大制作，应该是NBA官方配合做了很多事，但就是这么平淡乏味。
四星半，拍得很专业的励志片。其实应该准五星了，然而我喜欢足球。亚当桑德勒全程吐槽soccer好讨厌，于是降了半颗星好感。(有理有据令人信服)以及，那不是soccer那是football，你美那football才不是football，那个是handegg！
中规中矩的励志片，致敬了洛奇，但相比洛奇的节奏还是嫩了许多
真不错 亚当桑德勒说喜欢篮球讨厌足球一定是他的真心话
亚当桑德勒回归耶，好多球星没认出来哈，看完想打篮球了！
太顺了，太熟悉了，会被一闪而过的彩蛋带走关注点忽略人物本身以及这段关系建立的浮皮潦草。好像有那么一点点反思，但却也是不及格的小学语文水平。把他当做一个超级长的NBA联盟广告看就好。
虽然俗套，但NBA球迷的话还是会看的很开心
桑德勒是真爱篮球啊，面子太大了，J博博士都出来了，后面的演员表的mix 才是精华。主角在电影里那么强，现实里板凳末尾，只能说每个人都是自己故事里的乔丹。爱德华兹要是喷人能力和电影一样，那算也是学会了乔丹的一个技能了。
桑德勒延续原钻的好演技，埃尔南戈麦斯略显木讷，肯尼史密斯演戏挺自然，爱德华子有惊喜。看到各路NBA球星客串，有种当年看like Mike的感觉，好多年没有篮球题材电影了，很欣喜。
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