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.
每次看这种讲做搞笑艺人的就有种说不出的伤感啊！还好这部结尾的大笑加桑田佳佑的歌治愈了我。这种师徒情真的很难得啊，好几处师父对徒弟的付出就很感人，爱得太深沉了。果然人生良师益友是可贵啊。看字幕出现剧团一人还蛮惊喜的。当谐星的就是要无时无刻搞笑。还想说北野武真的学过踢踏舞啊，突然又意识到座头市里不就放了踢踏舞，看来是真的有认真练过噢。
感觉有些四六不靠了，说是讲漫才吧，同样是网飞出的同题材剧《火花》已经是天花板的存在了，行业的艰苦和个人的“确丧”都有了，还是反类型的叙事。讲师徒情吧，直到电影最后40分钟才开始正式点题，我总感觉师徒情用这点戏份来塑造显得不够深。情节的铺垫和人物的塑造都是要在篇幅上下功夫的，日常感叹电影单纯的被视为讲故事工具，局限性太大了。
没想到整部电影最动人的不如北野武的一首歌。
簡單直接的窩心感動，師徒情真摯，最後的笑話很感動人心
含着泪也要把笑话讲完。演员挺好 ，就是有点太emo了，没必要那么哭……可是，到最后真的很伤感啊
标准商业片来说是好看的，面瘫是中年才开始的不是年轻就有，一点儿都不专业
哭死。竟然感觉北野武跟师傅学技的样子有些像大圣，仔细想想甚至精神内核也是一致的。
电影讲述的是北野武早年跟随师父学习短剧，以及后来通过讲漫才逐渐成名的故事。漫才这种喜剧形式，我也是通过看脱口秀大会才知道的，肉食动物嘛。
柳月优弥有演出北野武的神韵，拍的不错，虽然有戏剧化痕迹，但很多细节和情感还是非常触动我的，最后的长镜头蒙太奇不错。数十年过去了，年迈的北野武再台上唱起那首浅草小子的时候，又是怎样的心情呢。
海报5分不嫌多，电影4分已是极，泛黄的老照片创意绝佳，衬得二逼青年眼中的光芒更加耀眼，可惜电影并没有超越日影一贯的温情套路，但我还是很吃这一套，70年代大众剧场的人情味、青年北野武的脱线与纯真、千三郎师傅的傲娇与温柔 以及剧场里每一个角色书写的命运，与浅草法兰西座这土不土洋不洋的名字相依相生，他们被时代淘汰，又在电影中被反复提起，以致于现在想起北野武的踢踏舞和浅草小子我便想哭。
师徒情很感人 影帝声音模仿的真的不错 有老爷子的感觉 北野武真的是神人 包括他身上发生的故事
当谐星太不容易，被人笑还要逗人笑。想到火花、红鳉鱼，传统舞台表演在新媒体的冲击下摇摇欲坠，幸好这些年观众又渐渐多了起来，希望各种艺术类型都随着时代变化而不是消亡。
一开始完全没注意到北野武是cos的，哈哈哈哈哈。太厉害了。两个演员都好棒
爱惨了这师徒情谊，影帝表现可圈可点，但更钟意大泉洋的表演。
“我是谐星，你这笨蛋”
2.5 就所有演員演得還不錯，其他都麻麻，導演真是沒啥能力。最後特效妝又驚悚又俗氣。
柳乐优弥不愧影帝，北野武的单眨眼，抽嘴角，歪脖子精髓深得。强行老年北野武仿妆，以及浮夸的劳斯莱斯去上坟有点莫名。大泉洋演的老一辈爱徒弟的师傅把我给哭死。虽然浅草小子的故事内容很熟，不过两个多小时还是太喜欢了。Netflix良心制作，片尾曲配插画很搭。明天就去浅草打卡东洋馆和捕鲸船
最后一幕仿佛在重刻《泰坦尼克号》，可惜前面并没有铺垫好场景记忆点，达不到《泰》那样照亮一个场景，这里的回忆马上就鲜活起来的情感高潮。导演仿佛一直拿着聚光灯，圈出他想表达的重点，这就不如同样讲述年代梦想的《黄色的眼泪》浑然天成了。在心里给舞台上的大泉洋加一星——再一次觉得我瓣评分可以单独加个buff分，在现有“推荐”的标准上，横向对比同类电影，比如我给《黄色的眼泪》4星，就不能给此片4星，但这片我也推荐的。
拍的太扁平化了 像是一部打着北野武幌子的普通励志电影 但根本拿捏不到北野武的精髓 浓墨重彩之处反而是师徒情谊 然而此部分也拍的脸谱化 平淡无奇 只是偶尔给一些金句出来 总而言之 本片缺乏灵魂
几个演员的业务能力太扎实了 又是为邻国的演技流泪的一天
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