western union tell in melodramatic fashion the stringing of telegraph line between two point out west . sibling dean jagger and virginia gilmore work for western union and and randolph scott and robert young work for the creightons . indian and some bad white guy get in the way and but nothing can stop america progress . this sense of manifest destiny be greatly enhance by a first rate musical score and vibrant color photography . scott be a bank robber look to mend his way and and both he and engineer young vie for the attention of the perky gilmore . lot of great character actor help keep the large production move forward .