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.
真不错。四月最佳电影哦。喜欢看这个类型的。
7.5 封闭空间叙事范本，马克·里朗斯手到擒来。
一个场景一部电影，全靠精湛的演技和充满反转的剧本，非常棒
不是完成度高，能大体自圆其说的片就能得高分。想衬托男主牛逼，得给他配个不可能战胜的对手，不可能逃生的处境。密室类型故事，单一场景戏，应该把男主栓屋里，逃不出去，他的反抗才精彩，但本片没有这一设定。本片男主是在自己的主场作战，隐藏自己的过往实力，扮猪吃老虎。他面对的对手都很俗套刻板，没有压迫感，根本没有反派魅力的设定。他赢了，一切在他的控制之中，爽。但是假，无力，没后劲儿。用巧合来转折叙事，不高明。对白交代剧情，不可信，欠缺画面的真实感和说服力。除了开头的快速剪辑，其余电影技法一般。这种爆米花片，第一次看，确实吸引人，但没有重复看的欲望和再看的趣味。
3.5，结局不难猜，剧情编排有点意思，但每次反转后就总是差点劲。
男主角演技太强了，演技感觉像天神下凡，就一个房间的故事好像都可以拍的很不错
格局有点小，也并不能完全经得住推敲。如果从一开始就是男主埋线布的局，那么之后的走向其实是非常随机和难以掌控的。当然，细节还是比较精巧有趣。后半部分层层递进越来越好。如果把这个故事改成古装武侠，那么就是男主虽然已退隐江湖，却依然有绝世武功。为保护女子而挑起江湖中血雨腥风。
风格，才是这类影片的出头之日。否则就是鸡肋，食之无味，弃之可惜。
一眼就知道这老头不好惹，就是女主让人十分方案，表演痕迹也重
有意思，有意思，虽然不是那种非常逻辑严谨的，但这样有意思的，也是很久没见了。
万事皆可小空间。印象中是第一次表现黑帮题材，把马克《间谍之桥》的能量延续到本片。反转构思有些刻意，毕竟小空间内的局限在此，瑕不掩瑜。
马东锡简直就是韩国吴京，虽然孙锡久帅得掉渣，但是最后车内被打还是看得好爽。韩国拍这种电影完全驾轻就熟
一眼就知道这老头不好惹，就是女主让人十分方案，表演痕迹也重
精巧的设计，所有场景都在一个裁缝店中完成，拍成舞台剧也是可以的。商业爆米花看多了，其实感觉这种精巧的电影更有吸引力。
第一部是在韩国的中国人，第二部在越南的韩国人，下一部是要拍在欧美的亚洲人(然后在外星的地球人)？
故事结构精巧，剧本非常好。反转有一部分猜到了。女主演技很灵。cutter最后那一剪刀真的很吓人，恶魔一样的神情和姿势！
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“我是哈尔滨的张谦，小兔崽子！”“我们55分”“谁拿5？”哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈笑不活了。整体还是第一部的套路，但反派没有张谦塑造的完整个性。虽然也有搞笑，有点人情味，但比第一部还是弱了点。整体还是保持了1的水准。
5年了，马锡道还是没有女朋友哈哈哈，不知道拍到第四部（已在筹备中）的时候能有了不哈哈。第二部依然贯彻爆米花动作戏原则，马东锡的拳头就是法则。最出彩的角色是朴智焕的张易洙，这角色续集请一定要保留实在太好笑也太会演了。孙锡久还是得这种野生杂种（褒义）的味才够带劲儿，当然像解放日记这种双面颓废男也很能get但还是稍微锁住了他的野生性感魅力。论槽点还是挺多的而且笑点也没第一部那么足，拍成系列的话真的后续故事逻辑性需要提高，而且动作戏如果编排得更细致一点会更好看，目前的动作戏几乎都是力量型的，好看的几场都是窄道打斗，是时候考虑一下别的打法了。不过说实话，能成为韩国疫情后第一部千万电影也不是没理由的，爽特么就完事了！
男主的演技依旧在线。很有古早电影的那种舞台剧感，即使单一场景也不乏味。
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