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.
流水账和史诗之间往往只有一条虚线。看得出雷公完全是抱着玩票的心态拍的，四平八稳无聊得拍完了整部电影，虽然后端开始观感逐渐变好，但是仍然不见用心创作的印记。但转念一想，这种卖力不讨好的题材，在现在或许只有雷公老马这一批见证过黄金时代的老导演才会选择拍吧
前半部看司机和GAGA谈恋爱还挺甜的，后半部宫斗戏的问题在于缺乏细节又不愿意去想象，于是只能演员们靠演技凑。但关键两个半小时的鸿篇巨著你给我个没剧情没转折的东西是想无聊死我吗？
怎么做到把剧情做得这么松散又拖沓的。阿尔帕西诺老了，唉。
这波澜不惊的家庭伦理风……仿佛是外包给某个年轻小导演拍的。
太无聊了。讲的是一帮蠢货把另一帮蠢货赶走，继而又被赶走的故事，其实是有悲剧性的，可这豪门恩怨又太过家家了，如同那一池烂泥。算不上荒诞喜剧，只能说是荒唐喜剧。场面调度没任何想法，雷公到底在干嘛。只有最后十分钟的戏有点意思。
这…..结局反转还可以其他的一片糊涂，太长了。
gaga或许在音乐上有才华吧 但是作为演员实在是不大行 我希望她被运作拿下奥斯卡 这样又多了一个瞧不上奥斯卡的理由
不过我鳖演技其实还可以，没有特别出彩但也没有出错，而且，不得不说口音实在好评。被四大风向标提名的确值得，但是没有奥提真的挺奇怪的…（个人感觉至少比小k要强（仅个人感觉，不喜勿喷…
好多关键情节推进得也太生硬了，还有保罗和现实中的形象差太多，不知道化妆造型在想什么。
也不知道多少符合事实，就是个嫁入豪门的灰姑娘野心太大被扫地出门后复仇的故事
好一出狗血大剧，Gucci家族能讲的只有这些了吗？可太惨了，连那么强大的演员阵容都挽救不了。看看人家圣罗兰传拍的吧。
gaga或许在音乐上有才华吧 但是作为演员实在是不大行 我希望她被运作拿下奥斯卡 这样又多了一个瞧不上奥斯卡的理由
原意或许是拍成Why Patrizia Kill的黑色喜剧，但成品在女性视角的豪门抓马和品牌脱胎换骨转型历程间头重脚轻，以至于Gaga被复仇火焰点亮的面孔在TF总监首秀光影下闪现之时，只有不知惊悚还是严肃的氛围突袭措手不及的好笑。导演显而易见地机械制造，巨制和星光的顶级平台背后是项目定位自身摇摆不定的心虚，就像七八十年代缺失新血暮气沉沉的家族企业，服装化妆打光摄影场景调度无可挑剔，因此四平八稳的工整手法加上绝顶刻奇的意式英语才让包装成巧克力的屎尝起来更糟心。表演的各行其是和剧本的重点模糊都很突出，古典摩登交织的配乐却与剧情配合绝佳。结尾字幕浮现时联想此前似有若无的暧昧线索，难道这竟是一部暗暗歌颂Tom Ford和Domenico De Sole的伟大合作力挽狂澜成就今日Gucci的时尚宣传？
你能信这是雷德利·斯科特的片子？？？太艹了
【古驰帝国家族衰败史】时尚品牌古琦（Gucci）的第三代接班人毛里奇奥·古琦的故事展开，毛里奇奥是古琦创建人古琦欧·古琦的孙子，1995年被一个西西里岛的年轻人枪杀于米兰办公室的楼梯上，他的妻子Patrizia Gucci因策划杀夫一案而被判入狱29年。
3.5星，该下笔墨的地方不下，不该的地方但是下了一大堆，主要的两位人物的人设左右摇摆不定，反而衬托出了另外两位古驰家族人物人设的稳定。
一个家族纷争的故事能拍成这样，这个时长讲好一个故事实在是太充裕了，然而电影大部分时间都在讲一些毫无意义是事，对推动剧情毫无关系。人物性格站不住脚，且转变也没有前兆。Gaga小姐挺性感的！
"Everyone was in a different film. Adam Driver was doing some serious drama. Lady Gaga was straddling camp and drama. Al Pacino was just doing Al Pacino. Jared Leto was completely on another planet, not at all interested in trying to harmonize with the other performers." IndieWire的评论句句精准，所有人都不在一个频率上，能做到这样也很绝了！Lady Gaga这塑料演技啊，真可怕，也可能和角色本身的抓马性格有关。
原意或许是拍成Why Patrizia Kill的黑色喜剧，但成品在女性视角的豪门抓马和品牌脱胎换骨转型历程间头重脚轻，以至于Gaga被复仇火焰点亮的面孔在TF总监首秀光影下闪现之时，只有不知惊悚还是严肃的氛围突袭措手不及的好笑。导演显而易见地机械制造，巨制和星光的顶级平台背后是项目定位自身摇摆不定的心虚，就像七八十年代缺失新血暮气沉沉的家族企业，服装化妆打光摄影场景调度无可挑剔，因此四平八稳的工整手法加上绝顶刻奇的意式英语才让包装成巧克力的屎尝起来更糟心。表演的各行其是和剧本的重点模糊都很突出，古典摩登交织的配乐却与剧情配合绝佳。结尾字幕浮现时联想此前似有若无的暧昧线索，难道这竟是一部暗暗歌颂Tom Ford和Domenico De Sole的伟大合作力挽狂澜成就今日Gucci的时尚宣传？
听说是雷德利指导，Gaga 出演女主角。来自两年后看完的评论，Gaga丝毫不输各位奥斯卡表演类奖项得主。TF的演员像少爷本爷，司机造型挺有魅力的。时装秀那个男模把外套一脱，帅爆！
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