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.
硬塞了些zz隐喻，致敬了《低俗小说》，最后窦骁是愚公移山。但结尾踉踉跄跄、比还没看完演职员表就爆亮的影院灯提前让人步入尴尬的迷了眼状态。：老张好帅啊´д`
锁定在一个空间的小成本电影，非常有意思，永远想不到下一秒会发生什么。编剧真的很巧妙，一环扣一环，随着人物一个又一个出现，前面留的埋伏，后面都给有解答，而且是通过不同人物的视角来解谜。开头是真的有点恐怖，死人一下子放大的时候，有尖叫出来，后来就轻松很多。居然是新人导演的处女作，环境格调、色彩的处理都蛮有想法，剪辑也不错，已经开始期待下一部作品了！
形式大于内容，多角度叙事，但是内容稍显薄弱，好多个重要节点都有点轻描淡写了，不过瘾！
一个密闭空间里，多线回溯的叙事，把各个不相关方联系在一起还蛮有趣的，但是感觉最后缺了点惊喜，不够反转的亚子，后来都有点困了。 ps：还是范伟问话最好看
整的神神叨叨的，不就是一个非线性的叙事，看了一半弃了
认识的人写的本子，被邀请去看了包场，有一些曲折发生，倒也无伤大雅。说实话，如果不是被喊去，应该不会主动去看这部，不过看下来觉得真的还不错，可惜窦骁这个人物没立柱。
朱珠画完妆还有点像景甜
小成本高性价比，多次反转，悬疑吊的很足，一直在猜测他们到底在交易什么，孩子出来的一瞬间太震惊了，用最平静的面孔做着最肮脏的事。非线性叙事，多角度慢慢还原了事情的真相，拍的很有特点，很庆幸最后是主旋律结局，否则真接受不了，窦骁最后黑化起来比较帅，最后想问，这破房子在哪找的🤭
优酷。女主角有点眼熟，原来叫朱珠，好像参加过《极速前进》综艺
来客们身份不明，善恶难辨。有些人是扮猪吃老虎、有些人是为了生活做了违背道德的事、有些人拿着“狼”牌却做着善事，每个角色细节拿捏都非常到位，人性也在电影里展现的淋漓尽致。
许多台词就像梁超看上去光着却不断变换体位的屁股一样，过于刻意。
张颂文没啥发挥的地方可惜了。
knock knock
这旧楼房场景不错。太新的场景拍这种黑色喜剧会显得失真。
不知道是否是错觉，某几个镜头的构图很像「寄生虫」（出现在立交桥前后的镜头，忘了是前面还是后面），可能是我片看得少，也许致敬的是其他片。
挺好的尝试，能写出这样的层层反转的剧本不难，难的是能把悬念留到最后，并在过程中层层铺垫。过程中还有一些小伏笔的回收使得观影过程颇有乐趣。可惜，悬疑片最重要的还是剧本的底子，本片的反转数量有余，质量却略显不足，几位反转的主力角色反转的关系稍显刻意
其实还可以的，就是前些年这种类型的看多了。但怎么着这也是部难得完整的作品吧
锁定在一个空间的小成本电影，非常有意思，永远想不到下一秒会发生什么。编剧真的很巧妙，一环扣一环，随着人物一个又一个出现，前面留的埋伏，后面都给有解答，而且是通过不同人物的视角来解谜。开头是真的有点恐怖，死人一下子放大的时候，有尖叫出来，后来就轻松很多。居然是新人导演的处女作，环境格调、色彩的处理都蛮有想法，剪辑也不错，已经开始期待下一部作品了！
没啥意思，这片子的反转，在很多经典悬疑片中都能看到。
作为导演处女作完全看不出生涩，多重嵌套的剧情结构用的得心应手，小体量佳作，或许能在两部大片夹击中赢得一席之地；以前真没发现窦骁喜剧天赋还是挺强的。
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