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.
*这是在所有地区都发生的事，最近这几年甚至往后很多年，新冠疫情之下的众生相都可以作为影视作品的题材，这一段历史值得被记录下来，不管作品是好是坏，它都应该被客观地、真实地记录下来
只能說劇本還不錯吧，但作爲一部主角只有一兩個人的大女主影片，Jodie Comer的演技還是無法打動到我……
英国国家医疗服务体系不建议公众佩戴口罩，因为在新冠病毒流行期间这可能会影响对医护人员的口罩供应。
模糊掉一切的边界，继而凸显随意之下的新一重意义，台前幕后，不过是一个整体的双重化身，你欣赏我，我怜惜你，我们吃拉面吧，我们去书店吧，我们喝酒吧，我们拍电影吧——水到渠成又自然动人。尤其喜欢用小小望远镜观察冬日街道的细节。
而在现实中，虽新冠病毒感染病例持续上升，但大英帝国自7.19后已正式解除了所有疫情期间的防疫限制措施——
小说家的即兴搭伙创作很有意思。穿皮衣蹦蹦跳跳的金敏喜比对着男人眉眼荡漾的金敏喜更有魅力！！最后的影片实在草率，但他们确实很甜啦。
开局稳稳，最后结尾有点塌了，但是前期铺陈和小段戏写得都很好，镜头运用就是基本女主视角，拍后脑勺，虚化后景，真实感怼脸的感觉。最后有点崩了，结尾可能也是不知道走向哪了，好像大家现实中面临的一样…
切入点非常好，视角平视，以点带面，但是这剧本还是太平太单薄了，故事缺乏一些扩展性的情节，需要加料。
以小见大，中间那段疫情突然来袭时的无措和物资匮乏拍得不错。结尾有点扯，尤其是女主对着镜头控诉政府的那段。
建议全国公映，让大家看看国外自由民主的虚伪嘴脸。不像我国，抗疫一直在成功，一直在胜利，不存在这种懦弱的恐惧！
可以看作洪尚秀对电影本体论的当代挑战：人均创作者的时代，要不要重新定义电影？如何重新定义电影？这部“电影”根本是90分钟的vlog，应该送到戛纳那个不明所以的“线上短片单元”参展。影片提出的问题是有意义的，本身也不算难看，但洪尚秀你拍了几十年电影了？只能拿出这种影像叩问电影的根基，未免太愚弄电影这东西了吧？p.s. 洪尚秀的电影越来越惹人厌和一些浅薄的观众（无论正面还是负面评价）很有关系
NHS算是英国人的骄傲，Tory就是拿民众的命根子做了文章成为脱欧的政治筹码，欧盟医疗人力的减少导致NHS人员短缺更加恶化，the first wave of Covid-19 几乎让NHS无计可施
敏后的出现和结尾 真的很温暖内心 像是寒风刺骨的秋冬里出现的跳舞的火焰
散步，聊天，偶遇，小说家邀请很久没出镜的女演员拍电影。
有故事的人，人人都可以拍电影，当导演。让我们一起在电影中散步聊天，相亲相爱。
洪尚秀的电影是我窥视文艺界人士普通生活的唯一途径
我本以为在全球性的疫情爆发后在生活开始回到正轨后，这样的片子是我们先做出来的
纯粹的好看，人物状态极其凸显，期待他们性格的展开和碰撞，让人想透过屏幕一探究竟，看过即忘即可
关于冗长对话的情绪感知
这一部提问：故事可不可以没有悬念和复杂情节，简单自然且有真实感也能让人喜欢
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