Bank robber Vance Shaw (Randolph Scott) is being pursued by a posse. He rescues injured Western Union engineer Edward Creighton (Dean Jagger) and he loses the posse. Later, Creighton is laying down more cable and operating an expanding network. Vance is trying to go straight and gets a job at Western Union. With Civil War looming, the group faces many different challenges.
It has big visual of the big country. It has big action. It has color and is directed by legendary Fritz Lang. Based on a novel, the first half rambles around and the tension isn't able to build. The action keeps the movie going and the second half is an improvement. Now, the Indians are a drunken rabble and the definition of childlike savagery. The interesting take is that the villains are whites pretending to be Indians. It's all old school and a little muddled.
It has big visual of the big country. It has big action. It has color and is directed by legendary Fritz Lang. Based on a novel, the first half rambles around and the tension isn't able to build. The action keeps the movie going and the second half is an improvement. Now, the Indians are a drunken rabble and the definition of childlike savagery. The interesting take is that the villains are whites pretending to be Indians. It's all old school and a little muddled.