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.
摄影打光配乐 十分出彩 ，但故事就有点不知所云了 ，又臭又长 。
怪异、荒诞、冗长的非典型性骑士冒险故事，本片和电影《故事的故事》如出一辙，通篇充斥着晦涩的隐喻和似有似无的比拟，仿佛小说《三体》里那三个隐藏着巨大秘密的荒诞童话，在其广袤的内涵之下，表面的基本故事脉络被歪曲的荒诞不经。在我看来，电影是这样一个故事:躺平的“皇二代”通过完成一个被设计好的唾手可得的简单任务，从而赢取继承皇位的资本，只是挥一挥剑砍下一个心甘情愿束手就擒的怪人的脑袋，却在吟游诗人口中传唱成堪比单人屠龙的勇者，然而到了最后这个比堂吉诃德还要悲惨的小贵族最终还是选择了继续躺平，眼看着到手的江山付诸东流。电影里讲述的故事寓意深刻晦涩，然而仿佛买椟还珠一般，过分的隐喻却让整部电影显得荒诞不经。
【7】130分钟和三小时一样漫长，质感爆棚，神秘诡谲（BDO爱好者狂喜！），充满诗意，美到极致，可惜徒有其表，故事老套，像具精致的空壳。（记得最开始的分类还是恐怖呢，实际上感觉连惊悚都差点，真的是纯正的奇幻冒险片...）
7/10。一开始还不太能理解——古装片能拍成这样吗？结果越看越能看进去，还觉得挺diao——传说不就得这么拍吗？！
亚瑟王的侄子是一个印度阿三，在砍了绿衣骑士的头后，又为了履行约定历尽艰辛跑到绿衣教堂被绿衣骑士砍头
7.9分。很久没见这种散文诗般的作品了，风格上，看似分割的章节、温吞缓慢的节奏完全没有带给我倦意；剧情方面，大胆将“壮士出川”改为“浪子蜕变”，更贴合现代人口味，导演和编剧很善于揣摩观众心里；制作方面，更是将构图、色调、音乐做到了极致，极大程度提高了影片的艺术性。唯一缺点在于绿衣骑士的造型，创意及美感欠佳，和影片整体风格略微割裂。
景观画面音乐氛围都很好，但故事过于冗长晦涩
两个小时叽叽歪歪不知所云，官二代镀金之旅？一日尽享一生？
电影本身很治愈，小狼小狮子实在可爱，但是想到她们的友情建立，不过是因为人类想要拍这样一部电影，总感觉说不出的别扭
又是A24，什么时候能加强一下叙事和内核就好了。
画面风格很喜欢，讲故事的篇章拆解开来也很喜欢。不过篇章合在一起，节奏感被拉长了很多，故事讲述的方法更像是电视剧了。塞进电影里，用这种讲述方式有些臃肿。不过我还是挺喜欢整部电影给我的感觉的，所以还是五星。
{★★★★} 作为友邻里昭然若揭的反派，我不妨大声承认自己等待这样的电影已经很久了。电影最首要的机能从不是供给故事，而是展现影像--David Lowery的奇幻大作也许未必是巨制，但他在我们的见证下挥笔画出了绚丽的佳章、再以Leos Carax不屑做到的那样将它们装订成一本连贯的画册。在这样的电影里，我总会忘却故事的痕迹。但Lowery手中有值得讲述的故事，一个老旧的寓言。多层解读是可能的，但我不打算在这里给它们腾出位置。今年最好的电影之一。
“朝闻道，夕死可矣” 成为勇敢的骑士，请直面自己的命运！
一路开挂，家族和魔力双重庇佑，结果连神灵都要来剧透闪回教你做人。。。这就是传说中即使躺着命运也推着你成为王的一个男人！
而那死亡，含着泪水地走向死亡，骑在一匹马上!
亚瑟王的侄子是一个印度阿三，在砍了绿衣骑士的头后，又为了履行约定历尽艰辛跑到绿衣教堂被绿衣骑士砍头
看得云里雾里！摄影和配乐不错。但感觉得了解亚瑟王和高文爵士的故事背景，还有骑士精神内核才能enjoy；我看着觉得这神神叨叨，作法一般，怎么搞了两个多小时还没完。
“小森林”般的生活收养了一只狼和一只狮子，简直太完美了。
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