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.
感觉好像讲了点什么又好像什么都没讲的片子，没有反派没有任务，就一群人开个会，主角辽个伤修炼修炼居然也能做成一部电影😅
"活着只是侥幸，死亡才是必然。"
剪的过于花团锦簇，个人并不喜欢，但影片众人皆醉我独醒的俗调调好像一下显得很高级。你必须弄脏自己才能摆脱污泥，结尾的这悲伤还真是让人措手不及！
四部剧场版最后看的这部，剧情2星，多一星给鬼舞辻无惨。这样剧情的动画片看多了就觉得一般般了。
主流史论称战争让德国陷入疯狂，电影用摇晃的镜头阐释迷狂。颤抖的手法，如精神不稳定的患者，由局部到整体地书写新风暴来临前的纵欲。
1.开始的长镜头在地铁站内，一出地铁站立马从当代“穿越”到了1931年，且胶片的质感非常有感觉
【柏林2021】《法比安》虽然讲得是1931年的柏林，但故事却与当下颇有共鸣，即在疯狂的世界里如何保持清醒，这一点和《间谍之妻》有异曲同工之妙，正是这样的矛盾孕育悲剧，而在悲剧里，唯有心中所爱能慰藉灵魂。
忍姐姐quq 三只豆豆眼小妹很有萌点，不得不说，炭治郎这个意志力，不愧是主角！
发生在1930s德国的故事，前半段是用炫技的蒙太奇剪辑展现了当时社会的混乱动荡和人心惶惶，后半段则是普通而世俗的爱情与面包（虽然近年来面包被装饰成了梦想）之争。文明或许有历史性的演进，但是疯狂和死亡亘古不变。那时的他们，现在的我们。
此时此刻，恰如彼时彼刻。
艹我好喜欢这部！啊啊啊。我以为是有点无趣的文艺片，没想到有几条故事线，还有很多设计的技巧，有些地方看哭了。。。男女主裸着5号房换到6号房，跳舞、ML，女孩怀疑男孩偷钱给她买裙子，隔着玻璃亲吻，舞台上方看着下方女主背出两人真实际遇的“台词”，拉布德父亲哭泣，男主去学校质问教授，那位有钱的大姐姐和男主的几段偶遇，都好喜欢。。。哎，汤姆希林真的演得好好。
魏玛共和国黑暗降临前的最后的享乐和甚嚣尘上的政治博弈并不出意料，但可能是最近看过的最好的爱情故事，那久违的古典的被现实拆散但始终心心相系的爱情。在快速剪辑和旋转镜头以及实验片段狂轰乱炸之下，导演以后现代配乐来调度加泵热情，并在故事角落夹藏着当下的叠影与回音，亨利布列松的水坑倒影和隐秘在石砖中的集中营纪念牌，甚至有时候你会觉得那些人物的思想和生活方式都很现代，暗示着不同年代不同Chaos中的本质里迷茫与向往的一致性。
国家大背景下的一场失恋
小李29岁。成都某酒吧驻唱。本科声乐专业毕业。年少无知被骗，曾参加某歌唱类节目第二轮被淘汰。
首先说明：这部剧超棒！我要吹爆它！蝶屋这部分是过渡篇，相对剧情比较平缓。也好的，休息一下，一直燃看得也累。😁😁
好摇滚，好性感。深以为爱情，真是不错。比崩坏浪漫。
补记。态度太差了，这TM剧集里有啊 ，太会圈钱了。
进入柱与鬼月的时间，在蝶屋的时间很幸福，与伙伴、朋友的努力、奋斗令人怀念。好看。
一个人的博士后论文被告知写得差不予答辩，结果有多可怕？结果就是法比安的富家子弟朋友拉布德陷入自我怀疑，沉迷酒色，最后给自己额头来了一枪。
好久没看过这么“健康”的欧洲片了。就是镜头晃得眼晕……摄影也太喜欢甩了吧😵💫
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