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.
台词厉害，把人完全融到对话里，结尾影院里看电影的人看着电影里的人在看电影
我的家就在二环路的里边，这里的人们有着那么多的时间，他们正在说着谁家的三长两短，他们正在看着你掏出什么牌子的烟——倘若华语版《门锁》是在贩卖「独居女性」焦虑，那么沪语参杂《蹩脚英语》版的《爱情神话》则是在安抚和劝退「独立女性」快要泛滥成灾的情绪。这幅中产阶级自画像为广大「古典」艺术爱好者描绘了这样一个群体：把白纸般的生活「亲手」塑造成了一部只能喜剧化的悲剧。年轻时向往的爱情只存在于电影和剩饭里，吃惯了「私房菜」自视甚高的中年人不敢「下凡」去碰它，只能谈论它。怪谁呢？不能怪罪于时代、社会、前任和资本家，因为这些都是曾经、正在、即将建构自己的敲门砖。坦白讲，只能怪「爱情」门槛太高，过道太窄，这张卷子太难——到处全都是正确答案。钟鼓楼吸着那尘烟，任你们画着他的脸，你的声音我听不见，现在是太吵太乱。
曾经的事情已经被用旧，回不去也到不达远方，可当下仍在蒸腾的泡沫里消耗着。精致的，遮掩的，情怀的，市井的，虔诚的，无用的，交汇的，断裂的，真真假假都没关系，就让生活这样继续吧。
喜欢的原因在于：它对上海近乎吐槽式的刻画，跟我想吐槽上海的东西，一模一样。它太上海了（鞋匠就可以代表全体上海人），可以作为城市情景剧看，所以很开心，不用想其他。
实在太圆滑了，算计过多。现在我对肤浅的girl power、所谓的多元化、自由对规训的胜利以及一切毛茸茸的萌宠非常厌恶。而且，本片对华人家庭的描述充满着偏见式的、标签化的描摹。与同时期的《雄狮少年》相对比的话，我第一次判国产动画胜皮克斯。
片子挺好的，节奏紧凑台词好笑。但是不要再发给我"为什么你们不能多拍点这样的文艺片"这样的话了，这真的是一部挺成功的商业喜剧，不是拍几个文艺中年的故事就是文艺片了……
思想解放
东亚家长是会管得过严过狠 但有句讲句 我现在回想起13岁时的自己有多傻13都会瞬间社死成小熊猫 (如果不信邪可以翻出当年写的QQ签名和空间日志大声朗读一下) 还有一个五人男团为什么要叫4TOWN 听上去就不吉利 赌那个C位主唱小黑哥不久就会宣布单飞
像是看了一部异域片 对于蓬头垢面窸窸窣窣在电影院盘腿吃奥尔良全鸡的大粗大糙人来说 对这般程度的精致生活老传统的讲究追求 到底是怎么一种感受 实在是很难想象 就是那种很amazed的感叹但又感觉遥远的懵 为什么上海人老师们能这么认真密实地生活 (虽然知道经过影视剧夸张 (但我真的感觉一对比自己心更如寸草不生的荒漠
太好看了，完全是有格调懂上海的人才拍得出来的上海！没有一个人不灵！没有一个人演得不好！！最喜欢野芒演的老乌，不愧话剧届扛把子！大家快去看！太值了！
没啥感觉，不算喜欢。
勉强可以上五星了，挺有意思的。全片上海话必然是最大的亮点，方言电影有必要支持。前面还在想为啥叫爱情神话呢，看到后来才懂。爱情里其实没有神话，但每个陷入爱情的人都在渴望神话。没想到老乌最后成功逆袭，抢走老白的C位。台词很有意思，尤其第一次三个女人一桌互呛那段太好玩了。马伊琍和倪虹洁都很灵的，尤其倪虹洁，表现亮眼。
《爱情神话》不是费里尼最具代表性的作品，它的内容与片名有着一定的距离，以致于看前是抱着去见证一段神话而看后则会对所谓的神话不明所以：这和本片的故事线是贴合的，上海人之间的感情—精致的外表，品质的生活，精神的富饶，就像弄堂里的老复式洋房，就像老上海本帮菜的调味，就像那些刻在上海人骨子里的考究的形式主义…很难定义。完全可以说本片是很久以来最上海情调的影片没有之一，虽然这里面一点上海地标性的建筑都没有，但满满的SH properties。其实在上海这些闹中取静的地方是最适合谱写浪漫、传奇的爱情故事的，我曾经和一个北京人在这儿谱写过，后来这个人去了蒙特利尔，而我就是在蒙特利尔的一家艺术影院看了费里尼的《爱情神话》。
两段餐桌戏棒呆，顶级群像，一流对白，你来我往，酣畅淋漓，妙趣横生又生机勃勃。一边看一边想夸导演，看得出用心挑选的一枝一叶拼出的精致和市井，感受到满满的生活感，像是你身边的、早已熟悉的大叔阿姨一样自然，还有那种动人而又稚气未脱的友谊；又一边想夸编剧，竟然写出了那么令人惊喜的烟火词，能在平凡的一幕幕间妙笔生出花，完全展示出了方言的魅力和生命力所在，看完脑子里一直回转着“灵”和“钞票”俩词对我产生的奇妙冲撞感。发现编导一体，想比烂大拇指👍🏻。谁说中年人的市井爱情没人爱看？剩饭都有猫抢呢。
感觉父亲也很压抑，在家主要是个厨子，整个故事完全靠边站，喜欢4 town也只能在地下室小声哼唱
是这几年我看过的，最好的，最有韵味的，最流畅的国产爱情电影。可以和一众优秀的讲述爱情且慢节奏的豆瓣高分电影一较高下。and！！有几组镜头、画面真的拍的绝美。
漂浮感，精致感，单薄感。太多个人的喜好穿插其中，边角的细节太多，女性的形象依旧觉得模糊。
强烈推荐，最近很长一段时间以来看过的最好的电影，既有让人捧腹的上海话爆笑桥段，也有让人深思与回味的人生百态。作为上海男人，相比片中的徐峥，自己真是自愧不如，哪怕有白老师三分之一的实力，我也心满意足。片中三个上海女人，两个上海男人，都各有风情，自成格调，构成一副五彩斑斓的画幅。唯一美中不足的是白老师的儿子，台词很尴尬，角色也拿捏得别扭，在几个成熟且经验丰富的老演员当中显得格格不入，听一起去看的对粉圈有研究的同学说是个流量小生，只能说难怪。另外自己一直对原生家庭感到尴尬，在人前有点抬不起头，看到片中四十四岁的马伊琍还要被老娘指指点点罐头管脚，已经离婚的徐峥还要被老娘逼着要复婚，家里的东西随便拿来拿去，我顿时释然了。总之，感觉自己作为上海男人距离徐峥老师差距还太遥远，要尽力活出上海男人的风情（笑哭
本来就有预期它好看，看完之后还是觉得好看！
爱情神话其实是个亦真亦假的故事。信其有便有，信其无便无。我人生听过太多如此的故事了。无从辨真假。若是有一时的感动，也值得感谢。
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