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.
能通灵的年轻女主被男权社会摧残，继而感化同为女性的护士，祝她逃出疯人院的故事。
比想象的好很多，尤其开篇很多画面蛮美的。后面就比较草率，转折太快，人物也没怎么深挖
画面色调优秀，很喜欢导演兼主演梅拉尼禁欲系的表演。其中一场两位女主在不同场景下的脱衣戏份太有感觉了。
说不上来好还是不好。惊悚不是惊悚，也不同于其他精神病院片子。感觉一般。
还行吧。剧情一般般。只是感叹那个年代精神病院的诊治手段太恶劣了太残忍了。
看到一半很怕又是飞越疯人院的结局，还好最后爱战胜一切。嘴上科学理性实际最迷信盲目的方式，很是讽刺。
剧情一般。看点是唱段的动画设计，单独拎出来都是不错的mv，不过唱段水平也一般。色彩运用很不错，很有热带风味。
不知道豆瓣评分怎么这么低，是因为都不是在电影院看的缘故吗，2022院线第一部外语片献给迪士尼，比去年看的《寻龙传说》好看13倍左右，披上魔法设定的外衣，实则依然在讲述一个家庭的故事。女主角不被家庭成员理解的孤独感，十分能感同身受，画面色彩鲜艳，鲜花特效非常好看，音乐歌声也很治愈，最后女主角与原生家庭达成和解，外祖母讲述外公的恋爱故事，依然是一个温暖人心的故事，一个大家很熟悉的故事，也是一个被遗忘的故事。感谢迪士尼重新把这个故事捡起来！写着舅舅名字的餐桌不会被遗忘！收获了一个治愈的故事和热泪盈眶！＃2022院线03，评分:8.0/10。
才知道罗兰已经导了好几部影片了，这一部开篇展开很缓慢，结尾却结束很快，怪怪的。故事很简单，一个女孩能和鬼魂交流，被父亲送进精神病院，然后护士亲身体会到女孩的能力，帮她逃出精神病院，就完了，没节奏没起伏啊，6.6
好压抑的片子，要不是两个女主颜值高，不知道能不能看下去，看完后，好庆幸，我们正在那个年代。
“疯女人”是被制造出的，时至今日它也仍是操控和剥夺话语权的最常用、最便捷的手段，即便不至于到“疯癫”的程度，仅仅用情绪不稳定、歇斯底里之类的污名就可以轻松抹杀女人和她们话语的可信度，还常常借理性、科学、研究来粉饰。医生们以“研究”为名对疯女人凝视和赏玩的一幕，与《小姐》里“绅士们”来听读书的一幕多么类似。耐人寻味的是直接实施压迫折磨的人也同为女性，而这些女性拥有的所谓权力和地位实际上也从未真正属于她们自己。
一如既往的顶尖计算机动画表现力和浓妆艳抹最强烈的美术实力，搭配程式化的剧本一条龙模式，采风第三世界异族他乡的风俗怪物，再搭配迪士尼专属的传统正能量梦想之叙事，最后邀请一流的艺术家为其谱写奏乐。
一家人都有魔法的时候排挤她，合照都不带她，结果小姑娘还一心为家，又受气又挨骂，太气人了，这难道不是樊胜美吗？一人受苦，全家升天。
传达的信息清楚明了，压抑感表达得淋漓尽致。结尾部分有点可惜，但又符合那当下。很不错的电影。
男权社会下女性自由思想的觉醒，电影挺不错的，结尾女主逃离疯人院、女性“疯子”的互助还是挺让人感动的，而且电影的部分镜头拍得很美。
女人的觉醒还有很漫长的路要走，但却从未停止
才知道罗兰已经导了好几部影片了，这一部开篇展开很缓慢，结尾却结束很快，怪怪的。故事很简单，一个女孩能和鬼魂交流，被父亲送进精神病院，然后护士亲身体会到女孩的能力，帮她逃出精神病院，就完了，没节奏没起伏啊，6.6
到底谁才是真正的精神病呢？医院里的人还是医院外的人，这类片子永远在询问这一个主题，查了查背景，当时有自己思想不愿拘泥于现状的女性都会被送进去，着实可悲。但还是稍微有点神化了，比如女主真能和鬼魂对话吗🤧
女版飞跃疯人院。世人皆疯狂，却只待自我幻灭，得不到救赎。（大提琴的倾诉感好强烈）
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