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.
8.2，还是很值得鼓励的，还差点心思就可以更完美
冷汗😰直流！校园暴力恐怖到 如果你不是精英父母就不要生孩子也不要去读所谓的精英学校😱可怜的寡妇的儿子折磨致死却立不了案，同样是鳏夫的律师当殃及自己儿子时竭尽所能为坏心眼的儿子与医生、前警察厅长、数学老师斗智斗勇取胜！感叹孩子有原罪，父母罪加一等！！！善良的女老师慰藉了我被人性本恶伤害的瑟瑟发抖的心灵…
7；叙事节奏和结构有点乱，四十多分钟才正真切入正题，让第一幕稍显冗长。但进入到寻找佛头的主线后变得明朗了很多，同时也逐渐偏离之前铺垫好的古玩氛围，变成流俗的盗墓夺宝题材。 两人比拼分析古董真伪时候的科普很有趣，特效也很贴切壮观。葛大爷真是喜剧之宝，编导把这个偏工具人的角色处理得也很合时宜，结尾的煽情段落稍显多余，但在贴合大众的可接受范围之内。成片效果对得起卡司和充足的预算。多一星给今年环境下这种类型片上映的勇气，市场的确很需要。
不错的 娱乐爽片 演员演技都在线 ps:李现也太帅了吧！
有点和花香差不多的爱上套路，然后被揭露后就找借口分开。与水有关的画面都好美，其他很多画面也好美。剧情有点点莫名其妙的。
本片是从加害者父母这个不一样的角度来推进剧情的，有两次反转，第一次反转，加害者变成了受害者，加害者们怎么就那么坏？前警察厅长也太特么的伪君子了，金钱与权势的勾结让人气结，感觉无力回天。第二次反转则凸显人性中的黑暗，而这使得影片升华了。
三星半，电影对原著大改，导致没看过原著的人可能会有理解障碍，变成了标准的商业娱乐爽片，解密和反转做的都还不错，值得一看
给题材和卡司三星，编剧和导演的节奏没把控好，想表达的东西没立住，其中容易让人走神，可以当个软悬疑推理剧来看
但是这个be我真的不能接受
完成度很高，不是原著党也没看过剧，在没有了解任何背景的前提下丝毫没有感到信息不对称的感觉。开场交代佛头的历史，随后带出许家与佛头的渊源，然后在多方寻找佛头下落的过程中还原真相。人物跟线索环环相扣，推理的过程也很友好，通俗易懂，让人一直跟着许愿的视角走。最后揭开谜底的时候很令人感动，除了粉碎了各方小人的阴谋之外，一方面为许家洗清冤屈，另一方面又让男主和父亲达成了和解，传承了许家的精神。几十年的遗憾最后都遂了愿，这也许就是许和平给儿子取名的用意吧。
东亚典女同 我个人觉得是很匹配的……看到短评这么多顺直的朋友挠头我内心：是的ntxl真的就是这么疯
剧情流畅，几个角色形象都是对的（除了李现同志的配音，太出戏了），葛大爷简直提升了整个电影的质感！作为周末随便消遣一下的电影，可以忽略很多过于明显的bug，算是合格了。多打一星拉一下评分…
为了反转而反转，被过誉了吧，属于看完就忘掉的电影
（要不然选角大失败！）
前半段薛景求造型（不是）雖然是剛上映但應該是之前就拍了的，所以現在看著整體都特別套路化，包括所有角色/劇情/情感/反轉，好像哪都還行但就無法引起任何共鳴，可能就是太按照意料之中的規劃走了，我就說薛景求終於能換個類型了？！看到他兒子就知道後續發展，怎麼可能！ 被害者媽媽找文素利演只有這些，怎麼可能！
难得主演都贡献了很高的演技，葛优依然是大爷，幽默与重头的担当！
在B站看到好几次剪辑短片，都没有燃起想看的欲望。今天不知怎么的就突然想看一下。情节虽看起来简单但的确是不少观众曾经的爱恋经历。于铁石心肠的我而言，一直无法共情，唯独最后，看着心爱的人嫁于别人，从此便将彼此深深的爱埋藏心底的无奈……泪水打湿的那句“我愿意”……为青春爱恋戴上的戒指……哭了会儿
援引自余秀华老师，留在这部影片的点评里正合适
完成度很高，不是原著党也没看过剧，在没有了解任何背景的前提下丝毫没有感到信息不对称的感觉。开场交代佛头的历史，随后带出许家与佛头的渊源，然后在多方寻找佛头下落的过程中还原真相。人物跟线索环环相扣，推理的过程也很友好，通俗易懂，让人一直跟着许愿的视角走。最后揭开谜底的时候很令人感动，除了粉碎了各方小人的阴谋之外，一方面为许家洗清冤屈，另一方面又让男主和父亲达成了和解，传承了许家的精神。几十年的遗憾最后都遂了愿，这也许就是许和平给儿子取名的用意吧。
薛景求倾情出演生孩子再死于孩子的东亚妈。。。质感和节奏都稀烂感觉看了一集又臭又长的韩剧
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