在威尔斯的一个小镇，浮沉家庭主妇贝蒂和丧葬业者波里士，浮沉不想去面对两人之间没有结果的感情，因为贝蒂嫁给了下流的镇长，虽然两人的婚姻早已有名无实。日子一天天缓慢地过去，直到镇长的母亲窒息死亡，因为安排丧礼的缘故，终于又让波里士和贝蒂重聚。两人这一次决定要忠于内心的感情，但并不想造成任何混乱，于是计划让贝蒂假死，再一起搭着豪华邮轮私奔到南太平洋的小岛。不过当镇长和他的情妇马瑞迪丝计划杀掉贝蒂，好继承她庞大的家产和保险金时，让情况变得加倍复杂。于此同时，法兰克费瑟贝则想用夸张的赌城式风格来垄断镇上的丧葬业，有踢跶舞表演、金碧辉煌的亮片装饰，还有买二送一的大优惠。
回复 :作为汉城某所小学的教师，金峰窦（车胜元）日子过得颇为潇洒：他喜欢喝酒，喜欢让学生望眼欲穿等他来上课，喜欢怂恿学生家长送他点小恩小惠，不然会给他们的孩子好看……唯独不喜欢认真教学。校长屡次训斥，他恶习不改，被调到江原道一所偏远的乡村小学。该小学只有五名穷学生，从他们家长身上，除了水果和蔬菜，金峰窦捞不到任何的油水，但他还是动了歪念想，并设法尽快回到汉城。在与五个善良淳朴的孩子、他们的家长以及学校管理员等人相处的过程中，金峰窦回想起他走过的路，内心渐渐受到触动。
回复 :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.
回复 :故事"集中在一个酗酒、乱交的推销员身上，他在一次悲惨的事故后变成了四肢瘫痪者，并努力去适应他的困境和未来。
