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.
喜欢看开头谈恋爱，中间家族关系破裂的部分冗长又跳跃，整得有点无聊，以及发现嘎真的很适合演没什么素质的神经质疯女人…
最后的买凶杀夫一整段也淡如白水，本来可以做成一个高潮般的尾声。大概主创心里也在想“差不多就得了吧怎么还不结束”。——酿这样一杯白开水，确实没必要用157分钟这么长。
Gaga演的这么用力又这么浮夸，这就已经是可以各种提名的演技吗？为小李子不值…
看的investor首映。2021到现在为止最有意思的片子。gaga 绝了。
知识点1: 雷姥爷很喜欢亚当斯基； 知识点2:雷姥爷最多驾驭三个人物（详情见对Last Duel的好评）；知识点3: 用影片自己的话说这是triumph of mediocracy
gucci家族史真有意思，gaga演的不错
观感很像一部五集限定剧的浓缩剪辑版 一场一场戏规整地把故事讲完 但也真的就是没啥特点的家庭肥皂剧 放在今年能入围还是托了比较好懂对手又相对冷僻的福 服装确实是不错 拍得应该挺费劲儿的 演员从头到尾的造型没有一套重复的
老雷四平八稳的一部片子，没想到帕西诺还在演戏，没想到当时tom ford接手gucci时发生了这么一出大戏。
+0.5 娱乐性满分 不知不觉两个半小时过去了哈哈？
上一次看这么流水账的作品好像还是看中学生的语文考试作文。认真的。我真是没想到这部片子能拍成这样的水平，全程几乎没有高潮也根本没有任何值得称道的地方。滤镜让画面奇丑！一个讲时尚豪门恩怨情仇的作品却人人都这么土……难道这也是一种讥讽吗？
太精彩了，前半段简直年度最佳喜剧片，多处换场笑到观众鼓掌。Gaga劲儿拿捏得太准了，老司机傻白甜黑化潜移默化，莱托少爷我看了一半才认出来。不得不说姜还是老的辣，同样是众星云集，斯科特老爷子调教演员明显比david o Russel强多了。/Dolby厅二刷，音乐选的也棒。尤其Blondie的《heart of glass》真是太戳心了：Once I had a love and it was a gas，Soon turned out to be a pain in the ass，剥开糖霜，里面满满的丧
眉目清秀的TomFord
卡司挺强，题材也够有关注度，何况是这么一个全球有影响的品牌。不知是不是两位主演不够靓帅，还是编剧技巧有问题，抑或是主演的演技太low，反正这电影感觉挺一般，连床戏看着都假，让人觉得没啥兴趣。既是豪门恩怨，又有黑社会参与，何不换个路子拍呢？
电影难看是在预期之内的，但没想到一部时装片，这部电影并不带货，每一个单品你都不想拥有。#隔壁的Spencer拍成那个鬼样子，还可以欣赏香奶奶，都已经那么烂了，最后的tom ford环节就不能多拍拍吗？
很难想象老雷居然用了2个半小时的片长来讲述这样一个并不出奇的豪门龌龊故事，而即便如此，关于遗产税、夫妻情变、叔侄反目、父子反目等桥段或是转折生硬，或是交代模糊。可惜了一众大牌卡司的演技。
可能是我欣赏力不足 可能是雷公这次角色塑造有点敷衍 我感觉这次Lady Gaga角色中的爱慕虚荣有点太过于明显 一听到你姓Gucci马上脸色变了 结婚了处心积虑帮你拿资产搞你叔叔搞你堂弟你还傻乎乎跟着她做？亚当德赖弗我是从婚姻故事就很不喜欢他 这里对待帕特里西亚浮于表面的喜欢的回应太假了。我对高奢品毫无认识 但是看着里面一套套精心搭配的西服啊套装啊又打从心里觉得有质感有格调 Gucci的成功实打实的牛 但如果这家族的烂历史会毁了这个品牌 也不过会是活该 （又怪罪一下雷公？）因为从电影看来 这家族真正为了Gucci着想能为他做贡献的人 一个死了一个股份被抢有心无力。gaga眉眼还是好看的 那个时代的歌像《on the radio》《una note speciale》这些都好好听！8分可以。
雷德利斯考特这么高产的嘛？一年两部电影，还有一部美剧！虽然这部质量很一般吧！看到结尾也没看出想要说个啥事！
驾驭这个傻白甜富二代也太容易了吧！这个豪门家庭构造也太简单了吧！打怪升级比大清国的一个妃子容易太多了吧朋友们！至于要拍成154分钟吗？
[CGV용산] 好的表演，很烂很泛的歌单，拍成了抓马时装剧，甚至觉得在讽刺这一大家子都是土老帽。
剧情是平平的，主要凸显的是温情。所以呢，批评性思考、反思力度和穿透力都不够
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