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.
一点都不恐怖，剧情发展每一步都预料之内，很傻很天真的女主和反派，还动真情了，无语凝噎，竟然拍了两个小时，快进都拯救不了这部电影；视听造作无聊；384的青蛙嘴好硬伤，还这么多特写；女主还挺美的，有点像安妮海瑟薇，看完电影的唯一收获。
节奏太慢了 看截图还以为是Matthew Goode
不得不说，整体从创意到执行起都十分俗套而且刻意，从开头就能知道故事的全部走向，即不惊悚又无悬念。学人家在半小时左右出片名，没想到只不过是无聊水准再次升级。不过，摄影确实不错，比较有个人意识。
回想流泪的点，不为任何一段故事情节，而是为看新闻和在剪抗疫宣传片时看过无数次的那些画面，武汉空城，拥挤的医院，昼日昼夜的消杀，解封那一刻…精致的桥段刻意的煽情在这些面前显得那么渺小，真实自有万钧之力。
很难相信明天就2022了，新冠疫情已经爆发两年多了，口罩已经成为日常，面对偶尔某地突发的病例也基本可以平静面对了，但两年前疫情突然爆发时武汉人的惊慌失措失去亲人朋友的痛苦绝望，通过影片依然让我们共鸣。
《生吃》姐妹篇《怎么好吃怎么吃》，冬兵果然是个左撇子，女主神似安妮海瑟薇
白黑黄三色女性联合干翻白人男女变态+永远不能指望男人来拯救，只能说很符合当下西方主流价值观了。食肉显然也是女性剥削的明喻。不过整个故事还是太平淡了，逃脱成功完全就是反派犯蠢，而且又出现了典型的不补刀行为。另外相较于其他相同题材里直观的血腥表现，影片如纪录片般的猎奇画面更易令人产生心理和生理不适。
感觉没有生吃好看……女主有点像五十度灰的那个
Et voilà，2022年第3部新片。
等奇异的晨光一旦升起，
猎奇片，没有智商缺失的硬伤，也没有逃离绝命镇这样的剧情惊喜。
you saved the breast till last!
三星半。好剧本但拍的不够精致，穿帮镜头有点多：女主割掉了屁股还能走能坐、双手戴着手铐还能自己穿上长袖连衣裙😂鱿鱼游戏里富人是付钱观赏杀人游戏+卖肾，这里是富人吃人肉，都是富到极致后追求另类刺激的异曲同工，恐怕现实中也一定有这样的组织
终于看到一个女主能自己在逃生的路上起点作用的片子了 不容易｜女生要强身健体 不要随意坠入爱河！｜结合Tinder诈骗一起食用 效果更佳｜明天就开始锻炼和学会表演
叙事太烂了，最后那个歌唱出一种逐梦演艺圈的意境，毕导后继有人
不愧是米其林大厨，食材品质很重要，可是这点肉够分吗？女主长相甜美，看起来很好吃的样子。难得有智勇双全，有颜值有脑子的主角，论补刀的重要性。
瑕不掩瑜，温暖且甜且可爱。而且喜欢的演员太多了，好评！
感觉没有生吃好看……女主有点像五十度灰的那个
挺恐怖的，但是结尾打坏人每次要留一手就很蠢
有点儿失望，情节发展的有点太简单了，很多情景太笼长
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