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.
一个整天劳苦挣钱的哥哥被杀了.....
小人物的感动 没有霸道总裁给的特殊优待 只有小人物之间的互相体谅
电影讲述了一个小人物逆袭的故事，易烊千玺演技真的是越来越厉害了！
前面都很好，结尾略潦草了，奇迹大约是指的这个大转折的happy ending 。毕竟现实生活里奇迹太少见了。满分给演员吧，尤其是景厂长和妹妹。
当幸福来敲门的剧本结构，故事的可信度其实一般，三星半，题材是真好。冲着一水厉害的客串加一星，田壮壮老师出镜好几次呢。
人物众多却又无法展开。说到底还不是因为瓷器梦美丽易破碎。这个故事哪里有奇迹？不过是底层人民的自救罢了。
“我们的同志在困难的时候，要看到成绩，要看到光明，要提高我们的勇气。”
还是那种都市童话吧。但令人明白了为啥易洋千玺那么多人喜欢，演的真的挺不错的，是这一代人很好的。
确实不错，文牧野对小人物细节的把控到位，整体节奏也非常精准，果然和宁浩出来的这一帮人都挺厉害的。
看这部电影，整个下来就一个感受，就是流畅，就像看一个成熟的学者还在用“问题提出-研究方法-研究思路-研究结果”，这样的八股套路写论文一样，不出彩，但是整个下来很顺，理解起来也不难，该催泪的地方催泪，该振奋人心的时候振奋人心。不能说全是技巧，没有感情，但是确实在技巧这块，文牧野可以说驾轻就熟了。
前面都很好，结尾略潦草了，奇迹大约是指的这个大转折的happy ending 。毕竟现实生活里奇迹太少见了。满分给演员吧，尤其是景厂长和妹妹。
易烊千玺演技不错，剧情很奇怪。和她一起看的。
看完才发现这更像是个创业励志电影
男主的成功不只是敢赌敢闯，而是他还有技术和行动力，看时很怕他失败，好在是喜剧。演员阵容不错，只是不知道是妆容造型原因，还是确实抵不过岁月，田雨和齐溪在里面好显老。妹妹外表软萌，但声音好成熟，倒也符合人物。以及，弟弟真的可以，未来可期，祝越来越好。
一部电影提示我是个废物，这大概就是我热爱电影的理由吧！剧中剧外所有的苦都源于执念，只是有些执念是不愿放下，而有些执念是不能放下，最终所有的我们都渴望向阳而生。认真生活，如此而已！
简·坎皮恩时隔12年的新片，获威尼斯最佳导演。1.没想到坎皮恩对男性心理也能有如此深刻细腻的洞察，影片虽聚焦男性情谊，但背后却是对父权社会全方位灌输的“男性气质”的不露声色的批判讽刺，两位男主的父亲实质上均成了横亘在二人心头的“缺席的在场者”，与历史和记忆一道压抑着他们的人生。2.影片亦是对所谓“恐同即深柜”的精妙呈现，在心理学上，这恰属于典型的“反向形成”，一种自我防御策略。3.片名“犬之力”来自[圣经·诗篇]22章20节，狗在犹太/基督教传统中常被看作邪恶之力，一如刀剑，而片中的各种动物意象也颇有指涉。4.多处令人想及[断背山]与[钢琴课]，但却是一部不折不扣的反西部片与去浪漫化的同性片，坎皮恩的视听驾驭与符号设置比[钢琴课]时期更加自如娴熟，也更加克制内敛。5.被烧坏的纸花与交相传递的香烟。（8.5/10）
文牧野是个好导演，千玺是个好演员，其它没了。
让小白兔玩弄大灰狼，让下位者操纵上位者，让肮脏的泥沙逆流而上——游戏规则就是弱者要让强者流泪。来入场，来玩，来扮猪吃虎；来疯，来厮杀，来撕碎耻辱撕碎恐惧撕碎这所有一切。一起在天亮时化成灰吧，让我们也流芳百世。
工整的励志电影，全员演技在线，结局也看得很欢乐，奈何我已经不能真的为之激动了。
但文牧野确实是一名优秀的项目制作人，他的电影很难说具有多层次的艺术价值，但在影视冰河世纪的当下，能够凑齐如此之阵容并予以完成还能按期上线，已属工业丛林中的人中龙凤了。
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