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.
貌似什么都说了，又貌似什么都没说。有剑，但不见燃烧。
毫无理由服从命令的军人同镜子中的自己一起实现了对战争所存在意义的解构
我对新撰組说实话真的不了解太多，对于土方、沖田他们的理解都是从銀魂里来的。看这部电影纯粹是因为朋友的朋友出演里面一个小角色（就一两句台词那种）。就我浅薄的历史知识来说，我觉得岡田和山田涼介的演技让我没觉得有很大的违和感，甚至对于他们俩有种刮目相看的感觉。我个人属于基本不看日本的电影和电视剧的，但是他们两个不得不说把自己的角色演绎的很好。剧情说实话，不了解一定历史的不太推荐去看，日语太难懂了剧情也难懂。我和日本的朋友一起去的，她竟然也没怎么看懂剧情，就证明真的不太推荐没有一些历史知识（or那个时代的日语词汇表达）的同学在日本看这部电影。
基于浙江西南挺进师战略转移的真实历史拍摄的，不仅在浙江取景，还用了南方方言，很有特色。
画面太美了，风格想起让人《影》，内容想起《敦刻尔克》，整体还是像流水账了。
主旋律命题式电影，大时代潮流下普通人的命运。灰白色调，云雾蒙蒙的山景，变化多样的环境音仿佛置身此地。红色衣服的少女，战士鲜血染红了大地，都值得铭记。
这部影片很值得肯定，不止阐明了浙西南革命精神，也再次提醒我们家仇国恨不能忘，革命英雄永垂不朽。
这才是真正的战争片，身处苦难中看不见世界的颜色，黑白灰彰显庄严，但也暗含绝望，当那场血雨来临，希望也随之来临，世界将在革命先烈的守护下恢复五彩缤纷！
剧情不行，拍的还可以的～演员水平比较平均～
我只想说这片摄影和整体美术吊打影吧。。。。整体还行，只是战争片感觉我老是看不出来是谁😂
没想到战争影片也可以用这样的呈现方式来表达，酷似水墨画的那种画面质感特别而独具美感，非常迷人的一部电影。
明明都已经到了山穷水尽的地步，但伟大的战士们就是有能力在“疑无路”的境地中硬生生闯出“又一村”，向伟大的战士们深深致敬！
女性视角很出色，切实地感受到了乱世之中女性的那份坚韧，“我是土方岁三的妻子”和最后在雪中等来的是土方的遗体这两幕太催泪
糟糕和失望。司马辽太郎的这部小说改编得非常不好，远不及《关原之战》。都不知道在讲些什么。导演根本不会讲故事，编剧也很烂。期待很久的电影，就这么个尿性。靠演员口述，我不如听有声书。
暑期来临，希望更多年轻人能走进影院观看这部电影，浙西南革命精神振奋人心，应该被更多人看到并传承。
即使有些碎，也不可避免地感觉到某种平静的悲凉
挺进师精神太值得歌颂了，它会影响很多人在面对人性抉择和艰难困苦时的做法，给大家带去无穷无尽的正能量！
黑白色像极了从前的老胶片，那种独有的质感反而为整个故事增添了一丝艺术性，很喜欢的一部作品。
相比主旋律电影的恢弘叙事，这次镜头用山水画般的诗意美学，对准了一群普通士兵。他们大多很年轻，接到军令，48小时完成任务。在迷雾缭绕的山林中，与敌人殊死搏斗，从开始有人逃避，充满质疑，到循着光走出山洞，从容奔赴战场，坚定信念，到后来的大转变。
不愧是央美，画面设计非常棒，但你要说实话这个本子就算按普通商业片也差不多
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