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.
电影内核不必有多么的深邃，毕竟我现在要的就是简单的快乐，瑞安·雷诺兹，真的 无愧”小贱贱“的外号 沙雕的那么自然
影片拥有男性导演特有的男性视角，用极致的手法书写了纯情宅男的浪漫。两个世界的形象反差，虽然没有直白地解析，却也都经得住细想。乐效果一流，也多次被感动到。里面有几对非常纯粹的友情，太过理想，以至于美好到有些不真实，也许正是这个原因，所以觉得有被狠狠地浪漫到吧。
是谁写了我，要表达怎样的爱，做NPC好痛苦，我也想被解锁。
赛博版《楚门的世界》，20世纪真是收归米奇了，漫威和星战的梗随便玩，所有角色设置其实都有点儿NPC，没什么背景和发展，不过这片子其实也就是爽就够了。
飞机片 so fit for such occassion
我在怀疑自己是不是也是一个NPC，正每天被人PUV。。。
看完回家不知道是该打开visual studio
游戏玩家会喜欢的吧，但是他们有时间看电影吗？
我在怀疑自己是不是也是一个NPC，正每天被人PUV。。。
不如《杀手妻子的保镖》好笑，同类题材的很多，商业片领域的话，《无敌破坏王》这种反派视角的应该是最出色的，这部NPC视角的两头不靠，真要看龙套视角的牛逼作品，欢迎大家去玩《恶灵附身》。
比头号玩家差点，npc的世界浓浓的楚门的世界的感觉，背景亮得不真实
世界观不需要多新颖，主线剧情和节奏可以公式化，但细节上灵光满满，就能很好看，比如原地跳和不停蹭墙的玩家，还有一些个令人忍俊不禁的慢镜头和客串。然而大局上缺乏深意也让愉快的观影结束后，少了一些回味。
看电影有一种我被疫情和生活所困的那几年时光和无奈的隐忍被偷走，而平行时空的1980s巴黎就活成了我想的样子。忧郁如同一张古典的肖邦曲，在蓝紫色的巴黎夜空下情绪并闪光着。拯救自己够烂的人生是拯救一个更烂的影子，良夜不能留，偷偷逃走又出现，我怕我触碰的东西会被我毁掉。巴黎灯光下的慢走，电动车上的驰骋，从未见过这样的巴黎，浪漫着的，情绪又忧郁的，画框的转变和情感的突变，放大的，细碎的，忧郁又梦幻的，从四人到五人的，从破碎的巴黎一家，到完整的。星星点灯，爱与忧郁的夜晚。
本来想打两星，不过我同行的朋友坚持让我打一星。
后半有点乏力
想二刷。。
贱贱和小变态实在看着不来电啊（听到Make Your Own Kind of Music这首歌还是瞬间穿过十几年前看Lost的时候
彩蛋>特效>剧情，小贱贱是摆脱不了死侍式演法了吗。
《头号玩家》➕《楚门的世界》，最后那个黑人保安的鸡汤让我很感动...
NPC是程序猿的情书，电影是游戏人的情书。游戏梗是看不懂的，但电影梗足以说明美国人在电影这件事上有着最强底气有着当仁不让的文化自信。几度爆笑。男主有着天杀的纯良和浪漫，当努力打破所有NPC身份能力限制，最后还是坦然选择做一名助攻工具人，拉着好基友快快乐乐活在天堂里，好洒脱好通透。
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