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.
哥们就是喜欢这种一年到头下雨的大闷片
今年最打动我的电影之一。未来和克隆只是设定，其实讲的是人类和自己一生的和解和告别，是需要静下心来好好看的电影，是把大权郑重交托在演员手里的电影。阿里演得很棒，奥卡菲纳也演的很棒。
克隆技术可以复制肉体甚至记忆，但人类灵魂深处的东西却无法被替代，科幻的外衣下缓缓讲述着主题俗套内核却清新的爱情小品，阿里的表演扎实且细致入微。
沉浸而克制，整部剧作还是欠些许火候，只是，最后一秒还是没绷住。
如果妻子是克隆人，还能感受到一丝温情。苹果定制片，苹果设计理念大赏。
看到了熟悉的北温码头，还有e cordova街头那熟悉的家居店，crab park的入口，还有很多应该是在北温取的景。构图啊颜色啊是真的好看啊，像在看设计目录，不忍心转过眼
假设苹果拍电影动用了自己的产品设计部、广告部、appletv、apple car、apple music、apple design、“apple future”那么，这就是一部融合的综合宣传片
四分半吧，总觉得有些东西没有拍到，好像少了点什么。
这些年争议很大的一个话题，仁者见仁智者见智，我觉得没有绝对的公平也没有绝对的自私，尊重人性吧
所以可以注定爱一个人吗，可以被安排爱一个人吗，克隆人是自己还是他自己？
想象不出來萬壹有個萬壹，他們以後知道了會多內疚……沒有送他最後壹程💔
再见你一次
为了家人，我接受了我！为了家人，我成为了我！因为，我们深爱着我的家人！
情感的表现已经足够了 希望能有更多的伦理上的讨论
加长版的某一集黑镜，冗长拖沓了一些。我一直在等两个角色的反转，始终未到，遗憾结束。克隆人的核心价值观探讨也停留在表面，除去一些所谓的新技术的展示，对于这个问题并没有比以前的电影探讨的更深刻。
解答了我对 2006年电影 The Prestige 的疑惑
无论精神还是肉体，守护住“爱”都是一个艰难的课题。
喜欢结尾的处理，深情的看着镜头说一句“我爱你”。本以为jack回到家庭会往悬疑方向走，还是挺圆满的结局。
同样是克隆人，比李安那个双子什么的强多了。除了探讨的话题角度好之外，片子的审美也是一流的，赏心悦目又好哭。
近几年软科幻冷门佳片。不得不说，在这方面美国做得比国内好。沉得下心来，又有新认知，有新世界观架构。最重要的，虽然属于小成本，但制作精良。
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