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.
本以为凭着这届戛纳的两个奖，韩国电影就会当临绝顶了，这会儿平心静气看看，汉拿山再高也就两千来米。时下流行反思，要是知识分子的反思都在秋衣秋裤的深入程度上，其实吧也就是站着说话不腰疼。当然了，观众也未必爱看白刀子进红刀子出来。但是要连肉皮儿都不挨着，那不就是红糖姜茶么。
是枝裕和的日式溫白開碰到這些個南韓演員，搞得我灌了咖啡都差點沒扛住，直到iu和裴斗娜天台上的那場戲，笑出了聲才終於清醒了一些。
两星半。人物关系的骨架和《小偷家族》如出一辙，叙事节奏同样相当舒缓，但效果却大打折扣。究其原因，倒不是换了韩国的表达语境，而是是枝裕和擅长的细节中寻求变奏，在剧本层面更多只是展示问题，并没有太多情和理的细腻探索。渐渐地，舒缓沦为了失焦。动人之处依旧存在，却很是松散。裴斗娜和宋康昊对于表演的控制，相较他人明显高出一个段位，尤其在电影节语境中，宋康昊角色的人物设定对于评委来说，是很有记忆点的。
4.男主在列车上问女主之前留下字条是会接回孩子及如果舍不得可以留下孩子时，每当女主真心想回答时列车都进入隧道，银幕黑屏……表明女主不能正面面对的这个镜头设计给人留下深刻的印象
在去交易的旅途中，有小孩的天真顽皮，青年人对爱的呼唤，中年人对亲情的守护，母亲的懊悔，女警们感受的一切，已都是是枝裕和的拿手戏
又抛出一个伦理问题，相当敏感了。可以选择不堕胎，但反堕胎还弃婴加杀人结局如此童话，感到不适。
平庸。表演魅力没get到，人物行为动机和感情牵绊联系没get到，和以前的作品没得比。
剧本很稳，但像是韩版的小偷家族，配乐强行煽情有点多，又不如小偷家族好
有人性的人贩子，为了甄别不是二道贩子，大下功夫，最后混组家庭有了感情，就有点扯了。
故事其实还是不错的，但是文化上韩国似乎不太符合是枝裕和的审美和观念的，或许中国还更合适一点。
和《小偷家族》一脉相承。相信非血缘家庭的可能性，就是相信在性和亲缘之外，人与人之间存在着层次复杂、类型多元的情感牵绊。是枝裕和，也谢谢你出生在世上。
又抛出一个伦理问题，相当敏感了。可以选择不堕胎，但反堕胎还弃婴加杀人结局如此童话，感到不适。
的确是平庸。宋康昊在电影的感觉太轻松了，真的是太松弛了，感觉没有用力，随随便便，轻嗓音，缓动作，但正是这种轻松感反而衬得他的表演高级，游刃有余，自然亲切，拿一个戛纳奖也还行的。是枝裕和是有多喜欢《我的大叔》，请来了剧中两位主角。
没看过小偷家族，这个题材拍成童话故事我会看气，听一群人贩在那孩子长孩子短规划未来就搞笑，进行全世界都很善良的观点展示很傻，什么摩天轮，现实只会有（不能讲）
三星半。是枝裕和五成功力，仍然是他熟悉的“如鲠在喉”般的故事，优点是稳妥工整，缺点也是，不完全是水土不服的原因，像是CJ为他凑了一个顶级局，但拍出的却是部及格片。
为什么找李知恩这装B脸啊，资本的推力吗，完全毁了这电影，宋康昊都救不了。
感觉还是得给韩国导演拍吧。剧情线有点跳啊。远不如小偷家族了。虽然很像的风格。。。。。
是枝裕和的风格，寡淡如水，却又有很强的张力，关键台词调动情绪。小偷家族的路数很明显。iu演得真好。
不知道为什么，在这部里裴斗娜每次吃东西看起来都像难以下咽。
没有比人类更恶的生物了，但也没有比人更能认知到自己恶的了。令人不适的幻泡温情和暴烈的毁灭，没有结论的问题，这次选后者吧。7.0
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