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.
这一集就还蛮……崩的。
“在他们眼里女人有两种：愚蠢的和邪恶的。你要让他们觉得你是邪恶的那个。”
感動，但是也覺得傷心……
Ali表演深度又细腻,催生而出的强烈契合代入感#生命的终结与延续的另一种演绎
BD：2021.12.19：TV版动画11-14集的合辑篇，以为是剧场版；有点上当的感觉，
蛮有意思的！但是就是感觉刚刚展开就结束了。感觉鬼灭一直有这个问题吧。
Jack温柔贴心，是因为Cameron的温柔贴心
整体立意并没有特别打动我，但还是很喜欢片尾那句台词：
真女仆安慰假伯爵夫人
一个人是无声无息地消失，还是需要亲人好友痛苦地看自己死去。 我仿佛没有这么伟大，我就是我，我也只有我，我希望最后的时刻以及往后，有人可以记得。 当然假设我真的不在人世，与其可能会遇到未知的另一半，毋庸置疑是选择克隆的我去陪伴我的家人。
就是把几集剧集的内容拼在一起，重看发现根本看不下去，太难看了。
太碎了，格调也没延续好，开篇婚礼那幕镜头切得乱七八糟，瞪大眼睛才能找到一两个公爵和Mary 的镜头，更衣室的故事也几乎没有，电影剧组进入、老夫人的秘密这些框架原地保留，执行按剧版拍不会这么糟糕的。最后还是为老夫人的离去感到伤感，但是因为人物都被打散了，这种伤感也没汇集成一股力量。很可惜，看来是最后一部了。
啥时候流行的这种把TV攒几集出个电影的。。。
另一个星球，遗产电影的感伤
三星感情分，最爱仆人们上镜扮贵族和Maggie Smith所有戏份，不过编剧委实技穷了，副线硬要tie下电影史也是尬到不行。最狗血的非某段旧情，而是前一秒刚“辟谣”伯爵夫人患癌，接着就让老夫人原地领便当，你看这写法多离谱！(明知看✂️版如吃苍蝇还是没忍住，我有罪我悔过
提前看过漫画，知道无人伤亡，再看动画时，就安心很多🥳
有点get到鬼灭为什么口碑大爆两极分化了。3D战斗场面当然是亮点；炭治郎作为主角实在是太讨喜了；设定清晰、大部分需要思考的内容都通过内向独白之类的方式讲得清清楚楚。
最近可以说是中了《唐顿庄园》的毒，因为电影版第二部又上映了。这个华服霓裳的故事，又续写了。看完以后让人不胜唏嘘。如果将来还拍电视剧集版，奶奶的去世，会影响电视剧集的剧情走向吗？我还一度以为这就是整个故事的大结局。
并未看过之前的剧集与电影版，所以人物关系理不清楚，但是这种娓娓道来的正剧很对胃口。
从一场婚礼开始 到一场葬礼结束🥺我永远都爱的系列❤️
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