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.
近十年最好看的柯南剧场版！（主要是因为近十年的都太拉了）单独打分的话可能也就三星左右，但放在柯南剧场版里那就是妥妥的四星www
so tender，so sweet，so silent. 漂亮的黑白片子，打开第一秒钟被击中沉浸进去，好像海浪。轻柔地好像过了半辈子，又好像才刚出生。“It‘s just the way it is.”（PS.小男演员潜力无限。）
为什么会想起《爱丽丝城市漫游记》呢？
仿佛在做therapy，快要变成鸡汤。是温暖的生活切片。大家都过着操蛋的日子，只能默念或大喊c'mon c'mon。穿插各种采访作为副线也多一层讨论。quote一个评论说是“论文电影”。Jesse演技太棒。黑白镜头下的城市看起来比现实干净太多。
像是用剧情片的方式拍纪录片，让人关注年轻一代人如何看待未来，这个问题在当下的背景很有意义。而且拍摄选择了美国可能最没有未来的城市。华金仿佛已经成为美国颓废loser男人的代表，他演的角色怎么这样让人感同身受。
通篇的客观镜头，能相对应缝合的主观镜头，有且也只有“摄像机”的所谓主观，但能被称为“真实”的规则绝非真实电影那种蹩脚的规律，一经失败就完全排中，每个接受采访的孩子都是相似，而没有什么共通的共相，彼此之间的家族类似恰好就是一个家庭中叔侄之间关系的映射。
仿佛在做therapy，快要变成鸡汤。是温暖的生活切片。大家都过着操蛋的日子，只能默念或大喊c'mon c'mon。穿插各种采访作为副线也多一层讨论。quote一个评论说是“论文电影”。Jesse演技太棒。黑白镜头下的城市看起来比现实干净太多。
比较搞不清楚的是，这个神经病为什么要来炸东京？最后那个球怎么成功阻止两个液体交汇的？？（真的没看懂。。为啥一波操作之后液体就停了）
复活节，里米尼Fulgor费里尼厅，放映前售票员感谢大家在特殊时期还支持院线电影。“你会记得我，记得这一切吗？”
经典老套路，甚至连小黑都不用极限三选一，但在电影院和一大群同好一起看，很新鲜的体验，从小学开始看的柯南，到现在才真正在电影院上看到
我向来吃“成人的人生困境在孩子身上得到回应”这类主题，故事里的每个人都温柔，每条街都充满人情味儿，那本儿童读物更是直接把我放倒：“多年来 你努力去理解 你所处的快乐 悲伤 充实 空虚 和不断变化的生活 等到了要回你星球的时候 可能很难和那个 怪异又美丽的世界说再见”
孩子不只是小天使，这个我懂，但他们肯定是一面能照见我们最真实一面的镜子。
至于好不好,有松田出场就够了。
近年剧场版里最好看的了，内容，场景，音乐都很惊艳。吐槽柯学世界的，别忘了这是一部动画片，工藤新一变成柯南这件事本身就不符合常理，因为这个吐槽这部剧场版烂的根本没有必要。至于炸弹，去电影院就是为了看个爽啊，我个人体验感还是不错的，想看本格推理可以看日常篇啊！这次故事情节流畅，人物刻画也很饱满，配乐也很优秀，我感觉能做到这几点的已经算是一部成功的剧场版了！说为什么不能再出一部贝克街的亡灵，原因其一制作这部剧场版的编剧已经去世了，其二柯南剧场版也是随着时代变迁而不断改变的，以前的套路放到现在不一定可以获得像以前那样的成功，制作组也是在不断的摸索进步，这部剧场版的出现就是一个很好的信号。作为柯南的老粉也期待制作组明年可以交出更优秀的作品
看的第一部柯南，意外还挺喜欢的。四人组很热血，最后大家一起帮忙也很感动（一开始就猜到boss
为黑白滤镜和莫扎特安魂曲加一星。是我一直想看的那种温柔舅舅和奇怪小外甥的哲学公路片(？)穿插其中的大人采访各地小孩关于未来关于身份认同和其他思考的采访纪录很有意思。喜欢The Midnight Gospel式心灵对话播客的观众应该不会抵触这种叙事。舒缓平淡又有种娓娓道来的动人。最后滚字幕的时候也在放和小孩子们对谈可以继续坐着听，算是很贴心地给了大家默默流泪不用担心电影院突然亮灯一脸尴尬的余地。
心与心的交流，世界仿佛不断变坏，但每个人都有美好的希冀。多年后你会忘记，我会提醒你所有的一切，哪怕你已不想再记起。
多说一句，论治愈程度，比《健听女孩》好太多。糖水喝多了会齁着，淡茶却能让人找到内心的平静
And when the time comes to return to your star, it may be hard to say goodbye to that strangely beautiful world.
非常温柔且温暖的电影。小男孩应该能拿到最佳男配奥提
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