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.
“风信子行动”现实背景为依托，情节如此精巧，层层逼近酣畅至极。灵活巧妙地推进几组人物关系并反转。私人的亲情和爱情与案件的终点真相，审问者与被审问者，情理交融。太精彩了！在特殊历史时期，压抑的政治高墙内喘息，直到最后更为动人。“人不能什么都害怕，尤其害怕自由。”绝对冷门超佳片！
好像是人生中第一部波兰片 昏黄的色调看着很压抑 也符合波兰的国情 床戏拍的太有张力了 数一数二的一段 选角真的完美
做人不能什么都害怕，尤其是害怕自由。
前半部分超级精彩，潜伏与情欲，节奏感飞起。后面结尾稍微有点掉。总体还是非常出彩
波兰导演一贯的冷和稳，几乎全片的夜色和阴天把压抑和冷峻烘托极致。这个国家永远不会改变，对人性的压抑对人情的泯灭对少数群体的封锁，铁幕后期的波兰其实什么也没变。
要不是主角爹干了啥要不就是主角爹认识的某个大佬干了啥然后要主角爹摆平，然后主角查案查到自己身上😂 男主有点像达拉洛阳。。
“人不能对一切感到恐惧，尤其是自由。”
“做人不能什麽都怕，尤其是害怕自由。”一個人為了正義而努力，一個人為了自由而努力，影片前期的懸疑感還是蠻足的，沒想到最後變成了內部腐敗。倆人之間的浪漫雖然摻了一些欺騙，從喝酒開始到後面的床戲氛圍感太絕了，可惜男主要面臨的處境太困難了，最後他的選擇也正應了他媽媽那句話，他雖然騙了所有人，但是卻沒有騙自己。
风信子的花语看似是“蓝色忧郁”其实是“伤感悔恨”，其实是“纯洁挚爱”，其实是“燃生命之火，求真实人生”，就像这部电影……
节奏非常快，感觉像看了一部Neo-noir风格的罪案惊悚片。网飞选在这个时候发布，说没有政治考量我是不信的。眼看着波兰右翼越来越疯魔，80年代迫害性少数的风信子行动也改头换面卷土重来，用仇恨围剿LGBT。最近的宪法官司让我分外好奇欧盟接下来会不会开除大波波...
是不是越冷的地方对于情感就越压抑 但越压抑爆发时也就越热烈 好可惜最后的美好也只是梦幻泡影一场//色调的冷感和胶片的颗粒感 到底还有多少隐秘未能得到妥善归终呢
各方面来说都是一部规规矩矩的电影，相比剧情和人物塑造，镜头语言算是比较突出的
电影本身就很平淡，这个历史背景显然是个很有可以挖掘的，可惜
我看的版本是112分钟的。男主眼珠很漂亮。超想看那盘录像带！！艾瑞克为什么不开枪！！蠢零！！结尾感觉好无力。
妈的，这压抑的环境，跟正兴有异曲同工之妙，但比正兴压抑多多了。
出乎我的意料，很好看，五星推荐。阴冷的社会背景倒是让感情愈加温暖，“我会找到你的”也许只有在梦里才能实现吧!性少数群体内部也存在权利压迫。某些极端人士又开始了，试问在一个封闭的社会中，相关信息极其落后，谁又能真正做到性取向的觉醒？更不用说被认为是罪和病了。考虑问题请看历史背景谢谢。
其实情节有很多缺陷，但导演从头到尾都很克制，家庭、悬疑、爱情三条线戛然而止，没有抱着讲大道理或是为什么发声的野心，偶尔从周围人身上会有一两句简单但很真诚的话，结尾有些怅惘又有些庆幸，像是楚门走出了摄像机。btw摸小胡子啥的很萌~
男二狗狗眼好好看，换我我也弯。男一也很帅啊，奇怪的八字小胡子都能hold住
拍的很真實了，幾位演員都很好，故事淺了一點點
剧本、演技、剪辑甚至调色，均为上乘。阴冷、压抑、肃杀，对这种熟悉的配方，喜爱有加，百看不腻。铁幕穹顶笼罩下，人人自危，连表达快乐的方式也寥寥无几。大到国家治理及国际关系，小到人格独立和个性自由，都充斥着扭曲。一句点睛台词：“做人不能什么都害怕，尤其害怕自由”。这类带有强烈辨识度的历史反思题材，恰恰较多出现在前苏联的几个傀儡国，这并不是偶然。从记忆里随手掂来的小片单：《毛骨悚然》《黑暗之家》《审问》《七天》《铁幕阴影下》，当然，还有更多人熟悉的《窃听风暴》。
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