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.
从既有的事实展开合理的联想，如此思考下去，自然而然就能看到被隐藏的事实。不得不说，小日本挺会讲故事……
最后，愿世界再无谜语人🙏🏻
没看过剧集单以身为电影的它来评价 不知所云
快进吧，徒步总会有这种意外。但是每次的精神享受也是其他无法比拟的，没去当驴友的人体会不了，可能是为了放空，猎险，突破自我极限，但是，自己为自己行为买单就好了。
不意外，藤原又被捲入奇怪的事件了。劇情挺平淡的，不覺得怎麼好看，還是默默看完了
Malgorzata能拍出这样通俗易懂的小型商业片已经是很难得的事儿了 看点确实都在Naomi的表演上 能在这个岁数参与到这样的小型电影里卖力地演成这样 佩服
2022-46。按照电视剧里透露的恩怨演绎了史前剧情，每个人尽力模仿电视剧形象的每个动作细节，一直正面的Silvio被演绎的太娘炮了而且为什么弄个假发。这个Harold又是什么情况，在6季电视剧里从来没提到过的人占据了大量篇幅
有点啰嗦。。。。倒数20分钟关于3万日元的兜兜转转又倒回去看一下才明白。所以黑社会到底为啥要追着假币不放
娜奥米啊，恨你戏红人始终不红，终究是个丫鬟的命。
作为黑道家族的引序片
like a super dark storm
小说改
本来是黑帮片，慢慢成心理咨询了……那个情妇说自己跟黑人啪啪啪的环节，真是完全不合理。
Woke up this morning 片尾的歌声一响起，瞬间就被拉回当年看剧时的感觉，味道很足啊。
门槛粉丝向，但是这个剧本明显放在电影的体裁水土不服呀，还不如直接发展成剧集，反而是最后两头不讨好，华纳的魔爪真的毁经典从来不心痛
故事主要集中在雪山救援上，但是人物背景、动机都没有交代，感觉看得没头没尾。全片主要靠屏幕上贴出的时间来掌握节奏，但是这样做也弱化了叙事的连贯性，也没有能成功得营造出紧迫感，因为结局是注定的，时间点就像进度条，大概我们就知道后面还剩什么包袱了。结尾的半小时感觉是狗尾续貂，潦草得描述了一下两个人得背景，可能是凑时长用得。暴雪的时候什么都看不清，没暴雪的时候风景还是值得多给一颗星的。
所以最后是鸡腿了啥？什么个鸡腿法？？？怎么鸡腿？？？？🆘
有些地方没有解释清楚，比如关于鸠的假钞。感觉这些年日本电影不太行了，尤其和韩国比起来。//2022.07.07
这个剧本有新的亮点。。。。用“现在进行时”去推敲一连串看似不相干的事件。落魄主人公小说家的第一人称+现在进行时+三枚假钞引发出一连串环环相扣的情节。一些悬疑推理想象，对于从小就看柯南，金田一或其他悬疑推理小说我倒觉得没有多大的突出亮点。唯一可以推荐的就是用 “现在进行” 的元素贯穿整个情节~~~~观影的代入感很强，太有特色了！！！
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