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.
独立小k进步好大阿，或者说其实这种类型很适合她发挥。
戴安娜的忧伤，不想当王妃，抗拒束缚，畏惧成为聚焦点却总受人瞩目，任性到总自以为自己是主角。
也不知道怎么就看完了，这得是多无聊能看完这部电影、看了个寂寞
电影里大部分时间的戴妃都是敏感而神经质的状态，让人一度觉得难以忍受，觉得和想象中的那个平民王妃差太远了。但到最后当她终于挣脱枷锁做回斯宾塞时，那个我们熟悉的戴安娜又回来了，她依然是迷人、亲切而优雅的，原来那个大城堡禁锢了她这么多迷人的特质。当公主嫁给王子，当童话故事结束后，城堡里又发生了些什么呢。
戴安娜的忧伤，不想当王妃，抗拒束缚，畏惧成为聚焦点却总受人瞩目，任性到总自以为自己是主角。
还是一个“欲戴皇冠，必承其重”的故事，威尔士王妃可不是什么happily ever after，而是职业，戴妃还能以作以血以夜奔以肯德基以斯宾赛来发泄，看看人家女王，才是真的惨！
架空故事吧，王室现在真的就被随便拍了😅。权利下的压迫感表现得确实蛮好的，但与现实差距实在太大，带来的真空感特别严重，很难让人入戏。
三星半，观众的思维和感知局限在电影的结构框架内，延伸不到“故事”以外的幽微和深远之境，只能通过视听传递内涵的、即时的情绪，运镜和音乐相互摩擦带来的焦虑感几乎是生理性的，聪明的地方是在小时间跨度内仍然紧紧聚焦局部，服饰和饮食被提炼为表达的情节枝干，在视觉和文本上围绕其极尽发挥，高效到像一部精致的类型片。
戴安娜这三个字俨然已成了一个痴心错付的悲剧象征 一个想挣脱王室桎梏的文化符号 一个绽放短短半生就凋零的红颜薄命寓言 每年都被世人不厌其烦地解读消费 神话意淫 欣赏完两小时Pablo Larraín用大量面部表情特写助推好莱坞大明星拿小金人(Round 2) 记住的是随手一截就可做桌面的构图 是Kristen Stewart建模般的侧颜和尽全力展现的压抑崩溃脆弱感 是揪着人情绪走的配乐 是用上千小时缝制的香奈儿华服 甚至是宛如同人小说的安妮博林跨时空联动 & 能脑补下秒就吻在一起的同性告白场面 但对这个二十多年前还在世上鲜活存在的女人 不敢说多懂了分毫
对于毛骗团队我仍然是保持一个鼓励的态度比如这个剧看起来值个三星，但是我还是要给打到4星，毕竟小成本网剧的制作与发行难度是有目共睹的。希望导演和主创团队能够坚守初心，未来继续创作更多好剧。
戴安娜有的是抑郁症，但绝不是精神分裂and躁郁症，小k演的戴安娜像个gai溜子，感觉下一秒就要把自己头发剪光跑去森林里跟爱德华满树林爬。小k第一幕在车里好好看，结果一张口一耸肩说话我就想打她，这个口音太奇怪了而且戴安娜是一天要抽十包烟的烟嗓吗！老娘忍了一整部戏捏妈。选角太失败了郭采洁演戴安娜都比小k演得好。 小k应该去演美国精神病人，就是以为自己是戴安娜（英国人）并且一直学英国人口音的美国人。（《美国恐怖故事2》新版）
不知道历史上真实故事是咋样，但看得出来皇室生活和丈夫的出轨让斯宾塞被压迫的踹不过气，在艰难的反抗……斯图尔特的演技在肉眼可见的成长
用《闪灵》拍传记片真新颖。虫尾巴老爷子瘦了好多。johnny greenwood这部或者犬之力一定能拿明年奥提
Larrain《戏说第一夫人》系列之二。依旧矫揉造作得可怕，小K的耸肩和摇头摆尾同Natalie Portman的口音一样令人难以忍受。“Unbalanced and unjust, “Spencer” is nonetheless perversely gripping.” AL对本片描述得很准确。电影自始至终保持了高度的张力，技术上确实不错，但即使在最开始就表明这是一个fable，其离真实和现实之远也足以荒诞可笑。如果主人公不是黛安娜，也许更容易让人同情。如果黛安娜知道后人这样讲述她，怕是不会这么早死去，而今死后还被当作Mittel des Zwecks。什么Zweck? I dare to say, Larrain‘s ambition. 一个明明可以拍出Ema的导演，痛心。
反传记。皇家婚姻恐怖片。很像李少红拍的，为什么要选一个明星来演历史人物？还是那么具有标识的脸，小K像在玩《百变大咖秀》，全程气声说话实在太让人出戏，舞台剧式表演＋矫揉造作扭扭捏捏的肢体+频繁脸部特写让人看了极其烦躁和窒息，这是时装剧还是美妆广告?文本问题更大，营造出的焦躁气氛根本没有前文动因，截取三日让人不得不去自己追溯前文，结果很像《紫薇大闹紫禁城》，展示华服珠宝大皇宫而没有拥挤婚姻带来的窒息，只会让人觉得她作，拍给英国皇室八级学者看的royal 秘辛，不太敢讽刺。影片满足的还是民众对她的窥私欲，为戴妃扼叹，在她自己的传记电影里，也没人真的为了她作为人或人的意志被描述，她依然还是当年那个符号。配乐很棒。
作为心理惊悚片 我还是相对喜欢的 如果是传记可能就只有两星了 电影的质感像是胶片拍的 整体色调很轻柔 但又如玻璃一般脆弱 搭上Diana离婚前3天的状态 那些无数次令人窒息的目光 那些如梦幻泡影随时幻灭的脆弱与坚强 能理解这部片两极分化严重的评论 不过小K的演技确实提高了不少 或许能拿奥斯卡最佳？母鸡啦～
看过《王冠》，但这是B面戴安娜——Spencer。不是传统的人物传记片，勾勒出一个爱而不得被吞噬爱吃杏仁酥的女性，在外人看来是疯癫，实则是在自救而已。
Les gens les plus fous sont souvent les plus tristes.
口水电影，倒是挺正直，也挺有个性，但总觉得缺了点什么，看完就忘了
一个涂满奶油和糖霜的牢笼，情绪可以从笼中溢出，淹没一切。
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