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.
资本主义专属闹剧，美利坚人民肯定爱死这部片子了。
【前排提示最后有彩蛋，两个~】讽刺爽片，我愿意给五星，一屏幕的梗，哈哈哈哈。剪辑牛逼！听说这片在美国评分很低，他们急了呀。从来没有get到过梅姨的演技，对她的表演方式极其不感冒，但在这里狠狠get到了那种恰到好处严丝合缝的表演，一本正紧滴hilarious！大魔王被化得妈都不认，看到1/3才认出来TAT……A妹那首歌超好听，但歌词实在太搞笑，魔幻现实主义啊~p.s.婊姐这戏份怎么好意思找小李要一番？？？
这种片子就是流媒体存在的意义，因为要是花钱去电影院看真的会气死。和前几年的副总统一样，就弄个SNL gig大家笑一笑就行了啊，拍成电影真是恶心人
7分，彻头彻尾的讽刺喜剧，台上口号喊得再响亮背后也不过是虚伪和自私的利己主义，一切都成为政治角力和企业盈利的工具，他人的生死在有些人眼中已经无关重要。最后的反转来得好，人总要付出代价的。
讽刺到位，美国体制的失败。媒体，科学家，民众，都被政客，商人玩坏了。
太肤浅又无聊了，像一帮 MBA 参加政治讽刺写作兴趣班搞出来的课堂作业
导演对罗兰·艾默里奇说看到没，灾难片应该这么拍。这种素材我们国家太多了，可惜都用不上，本片对男权体制的控诉显而易见，说真话的女人是疯子，说话不利索的中年男人却最受欢迎，这是现实也是讽刺。
客观上不是多优秀的电影。但它在情绪上很微妙地展现了那种大家看似共享同一片对世界的认知，对话却完全处在不同的平行时空的他人即地狱的感觉；那种在逻辑上可以理解但情感上完全没法想象的鸡同鸭讲；那种夹杂着疲惫感和愤怒的对世界的陌生；以及惊呆于在这种该死的状况下还能摇摇晃晃运转的生活
真正的悬浮就长这个样子。看似亚当麦凯又要拿出最main的一面来怼天怼地，确实，资本崇拜 职场潜规则 民粹 娱乐至死 普信男 妈宝男 红脖子批判的面面俱到，但是几乎任何方面都是极其符号化且浮于表面。因为这个故事本身设置的危机已经不同于大空头相对小影响面积和受众的金融危机，全人类的灭绝成为主线，但是展现的视角依然是如大空头般精英化，脸谱化，小格局，刻板化。他讲的每一个点都有其他的主要探讨这个议题的电影且比他讲的好很多倍，全片似众生相实际浮皮潦草。片子里的总统煽动选民说小李他们在俯视你们，但实际上 只有俯视观众的导演才能构建出这套物欲横流的悬浮精英叙事。小李的人设极度转折看似想做复杂性，实际上把导演本身的深度直男属性暴露地一览无余，反而引起不适。就这样的文本与表达，放在阴谋办公室顶多拍一集
“不要抬头”和“不要戴口罩”区别不大，很棒的喜剧片，讽刺佳作。娱乐至死，漂亮国真会自黑，以我为尊的自黑，毁灭吧，赶紧滴，哈哈。
2022第一部电影。完成度不行，喜剧部分不够有趣，严肃部分不够升华，整部片子下来高概念但不痛不痒，老李和甜茶带来了毫无惊喜的表演。
非常怪异的观感，模糊了喜剧和闹剧的界限，至少于我个人而言。
典型snl 风格讽刺剧 真心众星璀璨 梅尔斯特里普演绎了电影版Veep 正总统。。。。典型政客ヾ(@^▽^@)ノ
越看越觉得有点儿腩肪公园的味道。荒唐但又很真实，讽刺与搞笑都挺直接，不过也难说新意或深刻，对普通羣眾讽刺不够，给鯮窖留面子，但毕竟类型风格也不是正剧或暗黑朋克，想多讨好些也无可厚非吧。不打分了，推荐看看。（结尾逗，演职员表升完还有个彩蛋，别漏了）
首先是不够荒诞，尤其是在这个post-covid这个本就很荒诞的现实环境下看……其次也不够好笑，除了Meryl的表演；然后虽然众星云集，但出来的效果大多一般吧（Mark Rylance不要再演电影了啊啊啊啊啊
亚当·麦凯不愧是SNL编剧出身，整个电影拍得讽刺性十足，硬生生把一个彗星撞地球的故事拍成了政治争斗，每个人物都像末日前的小丑，不管抬头还是低头，结果都是一样可悲，用来影射新冠疫情后的局势再合适不过。
资本主义专属闹剧，美利坚人民肯定爱死这部片子了。
don't look up the truth and go hell...
我最喜欢塑料生活了，疫情搞成前面这样很写实，但最后还要上价值就不对劲。
评论那个写“别觉得这电影讽刺得多高明 看出来就多厉害多牛逼似的“ LoL 是不是平时没人让你说话啊？
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