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.
雖然橫濱流星這個造型有那麽點秋山深一平替的感覺。但橫濱流星的面部細節還是太漂亮了。這個髮色確實適合他，沒有什麼太大表情的時候也還是好看的。只不過在做嚼糖和吐舌頭的動作的時候面部太用力，就顯得很誇張很刻意很用力過猛。人物塑造得也不像城府很深的樣子。沒能瘋批到點子上。給人感覺他更像是那種誤打誤撞的二傻子。當然還有一部分原因是核心詭計太垃圾了。
挺无聊的，其实是个短片的体量.拉长了是个美剧的质量，其实氛围做的不错，但电影进行到一半就丧失悬念了.所以，好莱坞还要写多少个有童年阴影的主角，最后大战心魔的重场戏，沉默的羔羊你们是抄不了的，放弃吧😅😅
社会化抚养原子化社会结构是导演编剧的梦想吗？原生家庭的父权已经需要全员降智角色+弑父？缺乏深入表现社会经济文化的原因才是剧本的原罪
剧情还可以🉑
怎么能这么无聊，比赛也很降智，不是说漫画很烧脑吗，电影就这？还不如多刷几遍LG啊，只有银发流星值得看，三星是我最后的宽容了。。。。
怎么能这么无聊，比赛也很降智，不是说漫画很烧脑吗，电影就这？还不如多刷几遍LG啊，只有银发流星值得看，三星是我最后的宽容了。。。。
“爸爸生病了，无论如何都不要给我开门……”
十个故事太多……出彩的并没有一个，剧情基本没有，全是为了惊吓而惊吓，如果能减去一半，5个故事深挖一下，比如假人模特，隔墙，密室都可以展开说说啊！22.05.17
2.8/同样有鹿角两个字的译名的片…小男孩命运却截然不同，没有看到足够惊艳我的造型，只在结尾看到了弑父的传承与反抗
寄生虫好评（确实有被瘆到）
什么跟什么，就跟从某个电视剧里剪辑出来的似的。
完全不知道它到底想讲啥，弄成这样，碎了吧唧的故事
男主和男二的羁绊来的太突如其来了，男主想要捣毁这个诈骗组织的动机是什么呢，感觉也没有说清楚啊，就记住男主的邪魅一笑啊，斗智的游戏 抽鬼牌、找5把钥匙… 转轮，都没啥特别都智的成分，最关键最关键的是最后三浦翔平演的实在是太用力了吧… 原作漫画评价不是很高的么，电影怎么拍的剧情那么奇怪… 实在是一言难尽啊 导演拍的画面和富士山倒是都还可以，但剧情 和角色塑造上面真的一塌糊涂。
因为最近在补怪谈新耳袋，所以无缝连接看这个倒是显得还算有故事性了
每段故事压缩得太过短，导致有些故事没头没尾的，看了一头雾水
前半有点乱，后半刚刚紧张起来结果结束了。流星好帅哦，樱井家儿子也很帅呢😘
什么跟什么，就跟从某个电视剧里剪辑出来的似的。
尬，横滨流星就是角度帅哥，角度不对的话，他那崎岖的脸真不行
什么跟什么，就跟从某个电视剧里剪辑出来的似的。
有点夸张有点中二 不过是漫改好像夸张点也挺正常
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