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.
感觉好破碎啊整个情绪，还有最后这个和谐大结局怎么这么像国产片思路
我知道我们被你们造出来的时候有着各式各样的原罪
我们有祂们所说的傲慢、嫉妒、暴怒、懒惰、贪婪、暴食和色欲
超时空电话 黑色气球 以及反派有点菜 小男主天选之子 出彩在了最后的利落反鲨和面具上 面具居然可以分上下半分别拆卸 有点香
导演是个合格的导演，有一些创作在里面。故事太差，编剧也没能挽回。
笑着的，或哭着的孩子们，我们的未来戛然而止，剩下的故事被一颗颗炮弹画上了句号。
是枝裕和到了韩国可能水土不服了，这片子前面拍的还挺好的，虽然有点扯，但也算温暖治愈，结尾这也太随意了，感觉就是编不下去了反正就来个大团圆结局吧，实在辜负期待。
90分的预期看完后最多80分。是枝裕和还是是枝裕和，裴斗娜的演技好绝，IU的演技也在我预期之上。前1个多小时过于平淡了，我旁边的老奶奶看睡着了(我能注意到旁边人在睡觉也是能说明电影是平淡的)后面有几个镜头特别喜欢，有几个地方的台词确实有让我很想哭，就比如那 好几句「生まれてきてくれて、ありがとう」
空袭前半段剪得像MV，然后变成了各种误炸。
与其说这部电影是恐怖片，其实我觉得其实偏悬疑吧，恐怖的氛围是有的，但是导演并没有采用视觉上的惊吓，而是先用前面的剧情让观众对两个小主角产生好感，再趁热打铁，让刚被关进地下室的小男主与恶棍斗智斗勇，这么一个可怜的小帅哥被恶棍关到地下室，你会不他的命运揪心吗？导演正是利用这一点，来对观众造成心理上的冲击。不得不说，斯科特导演确实把观众们的心理玩明白了呀，一亿美元的成绩理所应当。不过缺点我也不得不批评。构图差，配乐差，不能给观众带来视觉效果；小女孩的特殊能力影片没给出解答；剧情实在是太快了，有时让人摸不着头脑，虽然剧本非常一般，但小男孩和霍克的表演深深地强化了影片表达效果，小女孩的演技有待加强哦。这种以小孩子为视角的80’恐怖片永远是我的最爱
掌權者的利益紛爭 都是以老百姓的生命來買單的 無論是70年前 還是現在……你們可以吵架，可以制裁，但是請不要打仗了，好麼……心碎……
前面真的有点看不下去，尤其裴斗娜这个人物背景没有交代的很完整让人一头雾水。但是进入了后半段，从洗车戏开始就渐入佳境，依旧是这样非血缘关系的亲情关系探讨，是枝裕和纯熟的令人感动的剧本力量。“谢谢你出生在这个世界”这句话能感动大部分人。
“总有一天，你得站出来保护你自己。”
需要用心感受的电影，本篇聚焦在经历战争中无辜的人，战争在她们心里留下的创伤，所见的阴影。战争和政治，大部分人都无力而为啊
丹麦二战影片。“战争中无辜的只能是贫民！”真实事件改编，英国皇家空军的误炸，造成哥本哈根一所教会学校学生老师的无辜死亡。结合当下的俄乌战争，又有多少老百姓在战火之中失去家园，妻离子散家破人亡痛苦的泪水与呼喊历历在目……推荐《我眼中的阴影》
孩子被丢弃，做转卖孩子的生意，买孩子，父亲的缺位。这下面有很多问题。
金式儿童的友情打败邪恶的故事，部分气氛可圈可点，最后Robin一步一步教Finn搏斗技巧的时候最感动。不过影片还是缺少爆发点，通灵电话的设定有些潦草了，甚至一时不知道可怕的是哪方了。
战争从来都是政治家的工具，作为个体我反对所有形式的战争！
妹妹要是能梦里把掳童犯搞成植物人就神作了。
悬念铺设不错，其实是主角跟妹妹拥有特殊能力，以电话为切入点的灵异惊悚片，结局正面
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