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.
事件不断的反转，从一重社会现象发展到更高一重，一重又一重，抨击着现实。
4+ 社会议题大杂烩的政治爽片。反转只是形式，复仇也是形式，核心是，当全民事件转化成运动，暴力+宣传机器被开动以操控民意，这里头最不重要的就是那件事本身，如果不是内部反水，你永远都不知道自己的情绪是为谁所用。
前一小时纯属铺垫，后面开始精彩。按这个程度应该还有续集可以拍。
还行。。节奏比较差，mv式的片段太多了。。时长可以减少四五十分钟。两小时以内会比较好。
没几分钟就让人头皮发麻的片子，哲理深沉的台词。
过于脸谱化了。当然商业电影的目的就是为了满足尽可能多的人的观影需求。在印度具有广大的被种姓制度压迫的底层民众以及长期处于不平等地位的女性群体。这类电影很容易激发民粹主义，后半段的反转给予了警示。
一再刷新印度政治的黑暗度 知道黑 原来还是有更黑 2855
片头光感谢的名单就放了2分钟，注定了这是一部不简单的片子，自编自导自演，太敢拍了，政治、阶级的遮羞布统统撤掉。第一次160分钟的片子还嫌短了。
前半一个多小时看得我又想笑又恶心，拥挤的音乐和疯狂的煽情填满了每一处空间，根本没有节奏可言，一段又一段的内容接连放送，没有剧情只有信息。后面我承认反转是令人震撼的，角色拉黑又洗白也是厉害，但片子真的信息塞爆，因此没有任何一个段落得到充分有效的发挥，角色也令人难以共情，甚至难以令人信服。多给一星纯粹是为了律师演员和男政治老师、死去女老师的颜，少量足够力量的台词，以及不少撕破摊开的印度黑幕。只可惜片子的主题在我看来，依旧只是几乎所有人都在为自己的私心服务。
真相…
印度版唐三事件，也不要嘲笑人家印度髒亂，人家至少敢拍…總比雷聲大雨點小的「封報」行動好看…
最后才告诉你谁是好人谁是坏人。印度和印度电影都很神奇。
本片高潮在法庭辩论的反转环节，能将政治阴谋、种姓歧视、学术腐败、操控媒体这么多黑暗的权利游戏一起呈现，已然了不得。在泯灭良心的政治家的眼里，民众是猪狗。另外，不喜欢印度电影频频出现的bgm。
这段台词太燃了
7.5，近年来印度电影佳作频出，博采众长、表现出惊人的成长，逐渐摆脱“歌舞片”之刻板印象。两小时四十分的时长导致叙事略显拖沓，整体上情绪＞叙事，但胜在承继于歌舞片传统的情绪调动能力，情节数次反转之间情绪渐高。还有令人惊叹的主题承载：体制、媒体、女性主义、阶级、政治等等，更讶异的是各方主题完成度都算不错，并且与剧情融合极佳。
前法学生真的受不了这充满表演性质的庭审戏。
全篇都是热血激情反转的bmg，故事拍的像MTV一样😂印度人很敢拍，仅此而已。
全篇都是热血激情反转的bmg，故事拍的像MTV一样😂印度人很敢拍，仅此而已。
我依然坚持，为了整个社会和司法秩序，我们必须遵守的是程序正义。实体正义可能见仁见智，追求和还原真相、绝对的正义也难如登天，因此我们所能保证的底线是程序的正义，程序正义和手段的正当性可最大的限度避免更多损失。如同河流那样，一次不公正的审判，包括对私刑的容忍和美化是从源头上污染水流。而绝对的「正义」又将和「公正」相区别，更倾向于人们内心的道德判断，但后者却是将个人与社会利益最大化的选择。片中涉及许多社科类议题例如媒体审判、政治歧视以及对人道主义的探讨。影片缺点也有例如全篇情绪铺得太满、刑事拘留嫌犯不必戴手铐等。但退一万步说，在这样一片土地，敢揭露、用某种运动的形式、甚至质疑种姓制度，台词「一个国家的尊严，就等同于它给女性的尊严」「让提出问题的人闭嘴的政治，让指责的人戴上手铐的政治」还是好事
很多高光时刻，但也有些地方的故事模糊不清，法庭上那场戏最精彩，一再反转，在大众狂欢中以为自己得到了真相与正义，但实际上只是一种情绪宣泄，叫嚣着正义却成为了屠杀的刽子手。情感成为大众被操控的工具，一旦大众情绪被煽动，理智将不复存在。媒体应该是报道真相的媒介和话筒，却成为了政治工具。我们该如何在这个信息时代的冗杂信息里分辨真假呢？如何能知道自己的革命将刀剑指向了真正的敌人而非成为敌人的工具呢？革命万岁，但是革谁的命？既觉得讽刺又觉得有点无力，但是大概我们都需要狠狠的摔倒才知道真正正确的方向。坐在旁观席上，我们任何人都可以发表意见，但是是否有勇气付诸实践呢？不怕犯错不怕流血不怕一切黑暗。随着鞭笞，火焰将蔓延开来；随着鲜血溅出，一定会有救赎。
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