西部联盟

《西部联盟》While surveying a telegra )`ph%)- !line
in 186!_1, Western ^Un**ion engineer Edward Creighton (De+a,+\n _]Jagger) is severely inju)^-!red in an accident. He is discovered= =by Vance Shaw (Randolph Scott), 
an ou(]]tlaw on
-t]+?he ru+? -n from a posse
. F@or]ce
[;d t`=o t;-;ravel on foot?_ after h_is+ h_:o`rse was hurt, Shaw at- first considers

stealing` Crei@;:ghton's horse, but%* changes.)_ his mi)nd a\]nd takes t@?h`e m;%an with him, savi*ng his life*^.?　　Sometime
later, fo+ll[ =ow(ing his recover\y, Crei.`.-ghton/* returns to O `m.!aha, Nebr[aska and #=plans ,-*the construc tion of.\) a \@$te@legraph l+ine from Omaha to Salt Lake +Ci?ty, Ut ,a*h. Facing considerable /opposi%tion to `-t`he line .;from Confederate s\$old^\_iers, Indians,,` and ou /tlaws=$, Creig`!hton elicits the -=help of his si?-^ster S$ -@ue #*(Virginia Gi)l+`more), foreman )Pat` Grog(`#an (Minor Watson),): and as`si(!.stant Homer Kettle (Chill Wills).　　Looking to put his =@outla w past b[ehind h^:*i=m, Sha#?w-; arrive)s +] at C/(reigh]=/ton's # Western Unio)n off`
ic/e %;looking% for -#:ho: nest w:ork and i,s *#hired, a#;s a= ` scout b-y Grogan who is un a#,wa=)re of;
[ his pa$[s\t. Creighton recognizes him\$ !=among( ) th%e men and all [%ows him to stay desp+ite h(is @ ]]sus:[pi[ci)%on:% s. Creighton a@ls:o h+ire*s tend?^erfoo,.t Richard Bla+ke (Robe#!rt Young)^.?,=. a H.:/arva ;rd-e%%(ducated en ^[gi!.ne].$@er as a favor to Blake'-s f]ath$!er. Shaw an`d Bl
]]ake @](are both attracte
? ^d to Sue a#+nd%_ vie ?fo./ !r her at%)]ten?[tion, b
=:ut their r,oma?ntic riv=alry is ` ;%cut= s_@ho#%rt when c o, nstruction of the t]=elegraph \ l\.ine starts on July 4, $*18!$ @61.　　Af%t:, )er work commences] [ on t`\ he line [=, one of [the men is killed .^appare(@ntly@?:
,`by a
[,m]y+sterious band of ca:@t]-tle-rus^:tling*% I,)ndians. Unconvinced that Indians are to blame, Sh`/aw rides out to i, nvestigate a%nd )?f!$ollows th-e_+
\@rustlers' trail ^ [,`:to the =camp! of Ja;/ck
!Slade, a form+er friend //;and cohort)/, wh,=!,ose gang  # comm:itted the, killing d-is(guised a )s In@di ans—the.,; g?ang Shaw#  le,(ft fol[l.owing his last bank robbery.[\ S[,lade`%\ re` *_veals that[: !]^they ar e wo![rking for the Co nfederac-_-y to disrup*
$`-t Wes[#t ern ? Union bec ause they believe th[
_e telegraph( service will he?;lp the)=-  Uni  o*#n. Sh+ aw r/ide#s a.@;wa$! ,y and-+ returns t^o the l+;_ine. No!^t wanting^* to turn @in hi-s former friends(: ., Shaw tells C@reighton that a/  large ban :d ) of*= Dakota Indians ,* stol(;*e @t?+he cattle, and reco`\mmend^s that they simply replac`)e the h.^er[)!d an)-.$
d not r%isk a f
ig:ht with t%he Indians.?;　　Somet]im #e later, a ^.?c*-on=.fronta)tion tak=`es place *(?bet+.%ween men wor)$kin?)g on the .[forward lin[.e and ?![a band of  drun
k]+en Indi%)a[
^ns. When on;e of th.]e I$?ndians %tr\[ies [+to s te$;^al s=-ome equipment, ;!.a@ `nervo@*us B .la?*ke shoots him, i,=gnoring Shaw's order to remain calm. Af!?te+=\r word ar!!riv` e(s that,=
the [(ma//;(in *[cam-_p. is un\]?der a=)tta?.#ck by other) Indians, t[he ] -We
s+]
tern Union men rus]h back;^, to help% with th%
e de;`fense. At the ma +in ca$mp, Slade's men$#, who are ag[ ain disguised a ]s I
 ndians, steal the Wester*#,(n Un)^ion horse[s. Th)-e %$.co@mpany dis!*c-=**over the/ /\r;?use when  /-one of th ?-e wounded Indi*)ans tu*%
rns out to be+%? a white man.[^ Forced to bu))y back their stole#[%n hor
ses )-;/(from Slade, Creighton b[:ecom;.es suspicious  of]\ Shaw's 
involveme__`;nt, es*pecial^,`ly when he  ?admits to kn))-(owing+ the =^/ga@)ng
/.　　So
(?on the]. U.S. Army ar/rives and ann*.%ounces#= the Indians h)ave n ow refused to all/`ow t he^ teleg;/?raph line?-s to go th ro ?ugh t*\heir terri-/to?);ry., in_ resp*$onse to Blake's sh@_ooting of $the dru_nken \Indian.] Creight =_on,: ( S%$haw, a@nd Blake r!ide[
 out to-, =convinc#e Chief Spot?;/+ted*@$\ Hor,^se to allow th;em to build\ the (line **]%-th[/rough Indian @_te/:rritory, even though the/(+ man B: lake wou[: nded w)as Spot:]ted Hor
:/se?('s son.[ Creig@,hton is\= finally abl \e to =] persu= a/d(! e the Indians to @-allow [(`\them pas
,,_sage,# and w%.ork co($n )*tin#_]ues until the company app^/%r!oaches Salt  *,]Lak^_ e C)/ity.　　Somet` ime.? later  _, Shaw receives w_%!)o/@rd that Jac:@k S!la ?^de wants ] t!+o$ me
,et with him. On the way\ to see Sl,ad: e, $Shaw is c!,.aptured and bo$\u@nd=-! b=$y Slade's men. Sl!ade says hi [#/s group .
+is goin\g to bur^ -n($/- down the W=$este!rn ( Union camp and [?they don't\ w%an)=t Shaw to\] int -erf.ere.=  Af te_-_r Slade and his men r$ide off, Sh
_aw) escap*\+ es f(r(,om his- ropes ``but arrive ]s back to_o late to preve nt the fire. He helps resc,^ue som_%e of t/` he Wester;?n Union men: /];from t$ he )!!fl;ames and. burns his hands in the [\ pr!+++o),: c.:]e-
ss/.　　After !;)the/ fire##, Creighton @$confron):\ts Shaw# for;]^ ^*;an expl/_/ana]?:tio_`/n, but Sha[w do:es not revea(l  what $he k[^nows and is`@ fired by Creig,ht=?on,. As Shaw lea !+ves the camp, he tells@ Blake that Slade$ is a`(ctua)lly /.Shaw'^s broth[!er =[*and tha t he,
 Shaw, w_/ill find= Slade's gang an d sto\,p _
them from !i@`nter, fering with th]_e tel (egra=ph p] roje! `:ct. ! Shaw rides. off and fi nds[\! Slade a nd his^( men in a nearby tow ]n. At:= the barber[$ shop=, Shaw conf$_ronts his?^! broth\,er, whose gun is% =++-concealed un@=der the b$.arber's s +^h eet. Slade shoots Sha,w through the sheet. S^haw ; fig:h+
.ts back in spite of his wo$/$u /n??
d, ^k^illing som#e o%f t], 
he gang@% )me!mbers, and then dies. Blake ;#a;rrives and continues the fight with Sl]=(ade# w);ho dies from :.his wounds. Soo,n after, the *\%West[%#]e /+@rn%
Union line is completed and the w^o^rkers-. celebr)=ate. When#:_; #S@_ue laments the absence of Shaw]%, Cre.ighto
n tells her). t*h-:=a
=t : \ Shaw can he\[%ar them.