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.
神片算不上，但印度电影真在觉醒，被蒙住眼睛捂住嘴巴，总要有人出来呐喊吧。哪怕是微弱的声音，我们还没有被逼到绝境，懂的都懂
印度片最让我不满意的地方就是太长了，导致前部分都是提速播放，整体看下来还是挺震撼的，虽然反转已经不算是新鲜的方式，但中段开始的法庭戏比较吸引我，节奏也飞快的，近期值得推荐的一片印度电影。
是个前传，后传应该是律师的主线，这只是个支线任务，不过很精彩，剧情反转很流畅
8.5/10.0，电影的毛病还是有的，比如过硬的情节转折，角色的过于脸谱化，过多纷繁复杂的角色，根本没法一一讲好。
那些拿拍摄手法、剧情bug说事，讽刺别人因为题材打五星的人，自己不也因为题材给战狼，长津湖打了五星吗？每个人都有自己的评分标准，没有谁比谁高级，用不着装高级讽刺别人。
zz的武器是情感，要民众的情感。警长最后也担心孩子会报复才反戈一击的。电影长是长了点，但一定还是要看原本。悬疑的设定很好。
4、没思想的民众都是犯罪者的打手
热评第一有点意思哈哈哈哈。可是哦问题大家都知道又有几人愿意又有能力改变呢？大概最终是视而不见见怪不怪了吧。
怎么说呢，这个剧情，真的会让我感到emmmmmmm
想表达的太多了，最后的反转不如省掉，整体不错，主题更是犀利
相较于韩国喜欢拍摄政治的阴暗腐朽，印度此片拍得更为激进和革命，唾弃那让人永世不得翻身的种姓制度。电影配乐歌曲非常好听，求原音。
刨除印度式刻意的拍摄方式，剧情节奏再快点会更好，当然，我们是拍不出来的。
"我们都是傀儡 在这个世界上"
正义？活的长才有正义，死了就要靠别人的良心和勇气为死者声张。副督察的自首式反转有点突兀，起源是他儿子的车祸，老实说也很奇怪。除了这点其他立意反转都很好。
悬疑片，合格，不算太好，但，是我们的国产电影无法仰望的高峰。
可以和《杰伊比姆》较量一番，这个片小漏洞挺多，但题材可，故事线丰富，反转可。印度电影真的越来越好了呢。而且我真的一点都不讨厌电影里有大量印度歌曲和舞蹈（虽然本片没有舞蹈），非常好听和合适啊！
我们有改变电影的郭嘉，
暗地使操纵自如 却不敢浮出水面 暗地令舆论走向 却不敢保留痕迹 暗地使秘密消失殆尽 却不敢长存一切尸体 暗地使革命流血 却不敢让血色永远鲜红 暗地使平民受苦 却不敢让旁观者永远记得 挑选那些柔软的来挫败那些强悍的 永远记得一到不再自欺欺人的时候 也就是看见希望萌芽的时候
二次反转不错 前2小时20分钟毫无观赏体验 冗长 无趣
歧视女性、操弄舆论，印度社会的问题很多，但至少法律还是管用的。
Copyright © 2015-2023 All Rights Reserved
