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.
乍一看太像EmmaWatson了吧，让她演说不定也有一番看点，通篇不敢大声说话真的看得人要抑郁了，那个whisper的氛围真的压抑，太堵了
截取的圣诞假期这段有点没头没尾，对于不够了解戴妃的观众来说可能会觉得有无病呻吟之感，好在我之前有王冠打底，了解前因后果，多少能消化她被束缚压抑的痛苦和不被理解与接纳的孤独。总之，电影拍得不完整，半吊子了。ps，小k演得不错，有get到她的美和脆弱，另外服装也很美
对我而言，几乎所有弱化故事和人物行动线，不断放大人物细微情绪的拍摄模式，都是导演在提醒：电影实质是声画运动。
知晓导演想表达什么，压抑解放blablabla，但看完只觉得无病呻吟，配乐也不喜欢。ks个人特色（长相姿态）太明显演传记片差了点。
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电影只是截取了很短的一段时间的一些细节，而大量的戏份又给到了戴安娜身上，这场婚姻的另一位主角戏份则寥寥无几，从而戴安娜被塑造成了一个被种种枷锁束缚的女性，这种结局如何演变而来却无从得知
小k和戴安娜的气质完全不符，不知道是演员的演绎还是电影本身，戴安娜被拍的真的是有精神问题了。不过小k的英式口音倒还不错。
基本套路和Jackie 一脉相承，但是不知道为什么这个我是喜欢的，可能Spencer的情绪更能get。小k演的很好，完美完成了导演的任务。
莎莉·霍金斯饰演的Maggie眼里装下了满天的星辰，却装不下对Diana的爱意——从出场的那一刻，直觉便毫不犹疑地回答了我——浓情溢出于心。这般精湛演技居然没有提名第94届奥斯卡最佳女配，学院睁眼瞎吗！
【芝加哥电影节】出乎意料的好，突破了传记片的维度而带入到黛安娜的视角体会到她的痛苦和束缚。
片子刚选完角的时候，大家都一众质疑。片子上了，又看到了好多夸奖。抱着怀疑好奇的心态去看，感觉能get导演要的风格，但是就感觉整部片子哪儿哪儿都很拧巴……
不认为说这种题材是小题大做，家庭对女人精神和身体的桎梏是非常大的，尤其是做王室成员这种家庭就是事业。过不下去就应该离婚，人活着就应该追求自由的生活。
kk怎么拿到提名的？这演技未免过于做作了。
年度观影：No 468
我的王妃，何苦为难我们这些不能违背誓言辛苦的社畜打工人呢。
可是就是略略无病呻吟+矫揉造作+神经质+莫名其妙，有点过了。
故事应该叫做 让王妃穿好衣服按时吃饭有多难
硬是把五分钟的戏，拉到两个小时。
一个纯洁的疯子，一群复杂的骗子
年度十佳预订。本来前半段我还在嫌弃与《第一夫人》过于相像的创作思路（但相比后者又拼贴得过于随意），还有过于浓厚的滤镜感，但是到了后半段一个又一个大招袭来，直接升至满分。旧居回忆蒙太奇，幻想现实交织，与萨利霍金斯饰演的女仆的亲密互动，“愿代替野鸡”的那份奋不顾身，与孩子的欢乐放纵，以及最后的黄色衣衫，那句“spencer”，完美极了。克里斯汀打破了我对她面瘫的影响，演绎得极为动情。帕布洛的光影、构图、视听打造杰出到了极致，流畅细腻的调度简直太戳我了，好几段都是梦寐以求的影像。
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