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.
很幸运，我没有错过这部电影。
美军在雪山顶上朝被厚雪覆盖的志愿军们敬礼，我也再次撑了下头。应了雷公对万里说的那句：“被敌人瞧得起才叫本事！”
清一色都是抗日神剧，也应该多拍拍抗美神剧了。打压打压漂亮韭菜嚣张的气焰。
整部电影最大赢家是易烊千玺，又一次让人眼前一亮。
“越南学”社会派，作为镣铐的审查制度如今已经成为了一种苦中作乐的“玩法”，但剧本和拍摄都非常糟糕……不过现在的社会终究还是需要理想主义的，哪怕这些电影质量不好，甚至还带着玻璃渣。
永怀感恩，感恩你们
胡军，朱亚文，为什么可以这么好啊！
特别震惊报告老板团队竟然拍出讽刺悬疑剧！有密室逃脱和民国剧本杀的元素，也致敬了《闪灵》和《这个杀手不太冷》用民国背景反讽当代，非常大胆，有勇气也有创意！喜剧人真的都是宝藏人！
但是我很开心
这段故事，我后来哭了，我不知道为什么。有些地方跟现实很像，有些又跟现实如此相反。
这是中国人民志愿军，不是普通意义的战争片，不是搞一堆坦克飞机和冲锋时人山人海就能够拍好的。说是《长津湖》，但是影片几乎没有体现出长津湖这个战役的特点和战略意义，实质拍的还是战狼式的个人英雄主义，而且战斗场面那种爆炸真的看的我信仰砰砰砰受不了。
从摄影和剪辑的角度看，很像大片！战争片我国也拍得越来越好，很有质感。主角光环总是不受伤和打不死也算正常，毕竟真实的连长也好好活下来了。缺憾是志愿军的困难比如受冻受饿还是拍得太简单，看不出零下41度的感觉。还有为什么只有敌军米国，那些我们帮助的朝鲜人呢？他们的受苦民众应该也有参与才会显得这场战争更正义，除了保家卫国我们毕竟是援助朝鲜。
之前有一个评价褒贬不一总体来说中庸之作的战争片，《决战中途岛》，被戏谑为ppt式电影。我觉得能写一个好ppt也不错啊，至少我把来龙去脉前因后果了解的很清楚，算上了一堂历史课吧。这片子哪怕能这样拍呢？看完观众都一头雾水。志愿军赢了没懂为什么赢，志愿军艰难的地方也没懂为什么艰难，美军阿尔蒙德和史密斯部队之间的矛盾也没讲清楚。
沂蒙山小调一响，啥也别说了，作为一个临沂人，直接泪崩。😭😭
看了一些影评（一千个读者有一千个哈姆雷特，有人分析夜莺和杀手在夜莺爸爸死了就知道是军阀腐败，导火索是三老。所以夜莺要去唱歌接近三老，要复仇，其实也受过训练，会些功夫的。
清一色都是抗日神剧，也应该多拍拍抗美神剧了。打压打压漂亮韭菜嚣张的气焰。
骗狗进来杀
刚开始的场面我以为是《十二公民》，看下去才发现不是，至于短评中经常提到的“剧本杀”问题，这个我很难去体会，因为我本身是没有玩过剧本杀的。
2021年个人年度国产院线观影最佳，满满的致敬吐槽与惊喜，前半部剧情表演颇有话剧风格，以为是老套的密室杀人案现场重现，没想到进入中段之后惊喜连连，反转不断，不得不说一下本片中的各位主演与配角，无论长幼演技都相当出色，把每个角色的性格都演得相当立体，再说一下本片的导演和编剧，刘循子墨-曾经风靡全网的网络短剧《万万没想到》与《报告老板》万合天宜团队出身，没想到今时今日，其功底已达到如此水平，有这种团队与人才的存在，正是中国电影未来之所在，也在此无比期待，秉持这种精神与创意的国内影人为我们带来更多的惊喜之作！！！
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