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.
有一瞬间我觉得这个故事可以换成另一件事
怪不得高分电影，的确是让人不寒而栗。不过以前有了解过奥斯维辛以及相关历史，震撼少了点，但是整个电影所表达的还是充满了无尽的黑暗和邪恶。只可惜世人可曾铭记？人类文明总是如此重蹈覆辙。
把 90 分钟的会议一比一时间线放在了 108 分钟电影里。一群人决定了几百万人的生死，他们在会议上不在有人格道德，仅是一个个数字
2/12/2022 大人永远都只会逃避和推卸责任 最后肥嘟嘟左卫门化成水中倒影和小新说话有点子感动
其实是史料价值，也拍不出什么精彩的东西，主要也是平庸之恶。但也表现出了纳粹之于历史上其他反派最不同的地方，它把人类文明的精华的部分（科学成果，技术进步，社会组织效率等），用来作恶。相对于战争中部分军人的野兽行径，纳粹更恐怖的地方——人类从未如此接近成为恶魔。
完成度很高，几个涂鸦人物构成了电影最大的泪点。在小新的世界里，成年观众也可以感受到久违的童心和温暖。
大量密集的信息让人了解了更多真实事件的细节感到震惊， 流程化的讨论，优化方案以及数字背后，蒸发的都是一条条的生命。题材优，但张力不够，仅就是一场记录！
从内部打开的视角很新颖，但在剧作和影像上似乎没有让人眼前一亮的东西。
联动神笔马良的蜡笔小新再次拯救了世界。成长与温情，蜡笔小新诞生的30年来一直传递着这些。小新，我喜欢你。
荒诞才是本质。大人的懦弱自私、小孩天真快乐的解放天性，谁曾想有一天为一条内裤哭了，而且还是穿过第二天的底裤。
欧洲全境犹太清洗的系统性程式化筹备大会&会议纪要抄送每一个与会者。“大概会是在波兰一个叫奥斯维辛的地方。” 规范和秩序究竟是限制还是拓宽了恶的边界？值得思考…
国家机器面前，每个人都在做自己认为正确的事情，哪怕是要决定一千万人的死亡……会议结束前每个人的脸色，不寒而栗
看完忍不住惊叹
小新版的复联二+蝙蝠侠黑暗骑士+神笔马良，虽说听上去夸张，但这么多年来，这个ip不就是用那种无厘头荒诞加成人儿童化的视角去讲述我们的故事吗？
今年剧本真的偏弱，但还是一个关于成长的故事。我们每年看小新，为这个成长的故事里的喜悦而欢笑，也为里面的分离而流泪。就这样不知不觉，我们也长成了永远没有长大的大人。
一场会议，1100万被杀害600万，不是不想杀，还是来不及。反人类的是人，这比反人类还可怕！
会议桌前
在看这部电影之前，我推荐另外一部电影《恶魔的崛起》。
把过去的罪恶公之于众，需要的不仅仅是勇气，还有就是对历史的否定。一群道貌岸然的人，神情轻松的讨论最终解决方案，穿插着谈论各自的家庭美满和子女，形成了巨大的反差，耐心看完全片并不会感到枯燥。
知识普及教育！终于对很多既往的电影有了新的认识！
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