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.
但执行中却有些问题
哈哈，《小偷家族》和《无人知晓》又好在哪儿了呢？
钓鱼执法的警察和假戏真做的人贩子，谁才是掮客？
牛了个大B的凯奇自嘲+凯奇粉最好时光的狂欢
本以为会看到一部咸鱼翻身之作，但没想到浓浓的自恋风扑面而来。凯奇拿自己的黄金时期和落魄时期开涮已然相当无趣，既然他声称已还清了债，那他还是踏实接一部片子……不，还是退出影坛吧
是枝裕和擅长的题材，但拍的一点感觉都没有。情节演进不怎么合理，让人真的无法代入和共情。
电影主题自然是关于生命，关于新生生命的意义，关于抛弃生命的动机，这些重复的母题显然在是枝裕和的其他作品里屡次提及，但由于上述原因，让观众很难代入角色产生共鸣。
所以这部电影算是在宣告凯奇叔还债完毕之后不会再接烂片的意思吗？那《国家宝藏3》能否安排一下？
包含了是枝裕和经常探讨的主题：无血缘家庭与亲子关系。这次选择了和韩国合作，可惜了那些优秀的日本演员。主角都帮他选好了，雅美+Lily Franky+宽哥，女警由真木阳子。唯独缺了树木希林，即使她还健在，片中也没有她的角色了。
感觉是枝裕和以前蛮针砭时弊的，到韩国怎么就温情了起来。
剧本和表演都没问题，不自然的地方是看的过程中一直觉得这应该是发生在日本的故事，镜头语言还是太是枝太日式了，虽然是东亚近邻，总觉得韩国人面对这种事不会处理得像日本人那样温和😢IU在我认知里一直是个很美丽的偶像歌手，没想到演技意外的踏实。裴女士老刑警了，余裕十足，不如干脆搞个跟李珠英的双女主探案剧，剧本让《秘密森林》的李秀妍来写就好～
像是编剧写作班里事先确定好主题、配方后，精确勾兑出来的行货，每一种成分的克数都过了电子秤，进行了仔细的计算与配比。真实的世界里哪有解决得这么舒适、圆润的道德困境，哪有这么糖心的底层叙事。硬是努了三天劲儿才吃力地看完。看完只想立刻再去温习一遍《小偷家族》。
曾经对《掮客》的期待是又一部「是枝裕和」的《小偷家族》，如今看完影片个人观感只是和《真相》差不多。不过还是恭喜「宋康昊」凭借本片获得第75届戛纳电影节 主竞赛单元 最佳男演员，成为韩国首位在欧洲三大电影节上获得影帝的男演员。—— 搜狗百科：掮客（qián kè），汉语词语，是指替人介绍买卖，从中赚取佣金的人。也常喻指投机者。金融学中掮客是指一种专门帮助资本流动，并从中盈利的职业。
8.0 之前标记想看时的理由是『今年亚洲电影的唯一期待』，这份期待没有失望。高分给予导演一贯的风格以及韩国基督宗教背景下的落地。可以说是《小偷家族》的前传、镜像版《德州巴黎》。所谓俩掮客一母亲人设的道德保险在于公路片的特性铺垫下完成，同样辐射在裴斗娜身上。人与人之间相遇同时倒逼自我意识的思考，诸多『圣人人设』的遗憾在于对『圣人』的态度，这其实是对现实当下的失望投射。人人都可以是圣人，且应当成为圣人，不同世代都有征兆让人思考并表达出『人之所以为人』，而这部电影的尝试做到了。明场面#摩天轮上单手遮眼的定格画面
导演太温柔太舍不得了。IU的形体完全没有生育过孩子的样子。
3.5。1.在是枝裕和看来，所谓的家庭可以不是由亲疏血缘关系来构建，而是由人与人之间的羁绊而来。《小偷家族》《如父如子》《无人知晓》皆是如此。2.电影文本看似毫不相干的几组人共同组成一个家庭共同体，是枝裕和还有一项法宝就是“美化”社会和人生的残酷，性工作者、杀人犯、掮客等在是枝裕和的镜头下都闪烁出人性的可贵，并且 外化为外在的物象的美好。
很想知道为什么日本导演到中国拍片会有CCTV8电视剧的味道，韩国导演到中国拍片会有廉价恐怖片的味道。为什么是枝裕和拍《真相》是那样的，为什么是枝裕和拍《掮客》是这样的。是什么在影响跨地域的质感。
而我看得些许无聊……
剧作再次召集了一个半路家庭，将对立的弃者与偷者作为叙事两大轴心，让他们坐上同一辆车。可惜没能将这共同体达成社会矛盾与家庭矛盾的碰撞，只沦为死板的社会议题。主线之外旁枝较多，文思不顺时舍不得割爱。法律的介入使共同体瓦解，但编排太硬，动机无法令人信服，最后怎一句“谢谢你出生到这世界”彻底推翻前面的苦心经营，更让人无法认同角色。它不像导演其他作品把焦点放在悲剧性上，只提供了社会议题，缺乏有力的社会批判。
很奇怪，很拼凑。是枝裕和贵在慢，但是这次承载了太多剧情所以剧本推进节奏很离奇，日韩差异的水土不服还在。如果能改成五六集的迷你剧就好了，每个人物都可以得到拓展。作为电影，大体上的呈现是可以的，很是枝裕和。
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