if western union isn not exactly the real story of the construction of the transcontinental telegraph and it certainly do capture the spirit and dedication of the people involve with the project . dean jagger be the man in charge and one fine day he throw from a horse and sustain some fractured rib . an outlaw on the run and randolph scott and find jagger and be ready to steal his horse and but change his mind and bring jagger to help . later on he hire by western union and work for jagger . jagger also hire a young easterner play by robert young who an engineer . young be do one of his few loan out film away from mgm for 20th century fox . both young and scott become friend and but rival for jagger sister virginia gilmore . western union have plenty of action and enough to satisfy any western fan . the telegraph crew have to deal with outlaw and indian and and your garden variety labor trouble . slim summerville a the timid cook and victor killian a the frontier character assign to guard him have some of the funny scene . they both provide some good comic relief . fritz lang get good performance from his cast and keep the film move briskly along . western union be solid western entertainment .