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.
在孤独中相逢又在重逢中失去
而且你管这叫 喜剧？
看了半小時全都是老梗，沈騰的人設也太糟糕了，為什麼2022年了還要這麽做作的去表現反差感，劉昊然和劉浩存一點cp感也沒有，無聊的兩小時。。。
继续评论春节片。被误导的水友已经很难在商业领域看到合适的评分了，毕竟相比微博的热搜，豆瓣的操控要显得低廉的多。。。。。。相比韩之前的电影，至少这一部在商业和文艺之间的结合要更加紧密。韩最大的贡献就是把半文的片子送到了院线的排片里去，虽然最后还是失败，不过至少这一部我愿意给高分。有几处卖弄风骚的细节，有完整的故事结构，有确定的主线推动，相比起春节另外几部，已经非常难得。好不好有时候不是独立存在而是比较出来的，多年后我断定这部片子赞誉要高于完全翻拍的杀手，剧本稀烂的狙击手，不知道在讲什么的伪红片笨小孩，话就放在这里了。
给所有大过年掏钱去电影院看的人一个瑞思拜，怕不是好几天都觉得憋屈吧。这一星是给山雀的。
不是因为不喜欢lhc给低分，而是这个电影是真的不太行。韩寒直男癌太严重了吧，拍的电影太不连贯了，是真的老了？没才华了？
不知道我回去时，是不是和从前一样……剧情恍惚看到舞狮少年。
《麦琪的礼物》埋藏的线索。当失而复得的无意义，也不过虚惊一场，人生最美好的成语。韩寒自己说过的。
而且你管这叫 喜剧？
看到住酒店的那块很有感触，那种苦甜苦甜的恋爱和懵懂。还有这个故事，巧合下的必然悲剧，换一种呈现形式
开头没那么差，有幽默有生活，后面怎么就拉胯了呢，结局太过狗血。
人有悲欢，车有离合，枕边一闪而过的《麦琪的礼物》才是最大的麦格芬，没大家说得那么烂。
其实还是韩寒的老配方，小镇青年+梦想+公路+追车（摩托也是车）+终究要失去的爱，看时还是各种笑出声，但欢歌的死，由此才引出的欢颂和阿耀离开小镇，这段位置不太对，死得乐极生悲，毫无征兆。来到城市的戏已经是第二幕下了，要重启一段新的征程，要给主角新的任务，这个升级又没有力量，赌注是什么呢？解决债务？太抽象。田园牧歌的美梦在都市破碎，几乎是韩寒每一部电影主题，依旧有效感人，这个美好的部分拍得没有问题，只是有点单调，这个美梦因何这么脆弱呢？
我还是比较吃韩寒的幽默的，好多地方都会笑。。只是确实也不太明白后半程的走向为什么要向这种方向进展。而且还是打算放在贺岁档的影片，他应该在艺术与商业之间挣扎了一下，结果两遍都没讨好上。。喜欢韩寒的人应该都不会太喜欢韩寒在结局这一点上突然变得越来越像郭敬明了，虽然可以看出很克制尽量没有过度渲染。。但刘浩存那么可爱你怎么忍心让她没了哥哥又没了自己呢？我可太喜欢刘浩存这种类型的女孩了。。所以也从四星变三星吧。
话说女主挂的太晚了 大过年的放这个片子也真不合适 这剧情要是反过来拍是不是好点？
最后结局有点难过，浩存妹妹再也回不去南澳了，但是她为了哥哥还债，为了阿耀赎车子的那种心情好让人心疼
单纯不是白痴，复杂不是别扭
其实没有那么差，韩寒的电影都看了，虽然他们都像是一部电影，但其实也是一部比一部好的，虽然这好得非常有限，这种缓慢的程度让我不禁感觉已经看到了他的天花板在哪里。希望多年后我会被打脸。
一个网文大路桥段，拍的好玩也可以看看的。
无法离地的飞行。
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