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.
只是术语用得太多，比如吴清源、十二地支、法身佛……会没有一定知识储备的观众会被拒之门外。
7，高于预期，觉得是马伯庸作品里商业化改编做得最好的，葛大爷戏感太强了，每句台词都是笑点。
2021年看过的国产里最好看之一，剧本、视听、调度、情感、人物俱佳，“传承”的主题通过寻宝类型得以讲述，年代感和时代性结合得非常好。有些情节处理比较隐晦，虽然没看过原著，但脑补了合理性，觉得很高明，编剧了不起！
后半段尴尬死了。在火车站也是乱糟糟的。尤其到郑村，我觉得所有人都尴尬。电影院还有没有好片子了呀？李现这个演法，我觉得活脱脱就是另一个胡歌。辛芷蕾，雷佳音，葛大爷，杨新鸣，真是亏了这些好演员了。有几个熟面孔是惊喜，张世豪，咏梅等。
郭导行活儿水平真的很高，希望未来能遇到更出色的剧本
题材不错，原著很棒，可是为什么电影拍的就像流水线产品，剧情发展和节奏着急而刻意，仅剩一点悬疑和葛大爷的一点演技了。相比之下更喜欢夏雨电视剧版。
果然是局中局，三重境界：见山是山，见山不是山，见山还是山
郭子健是类型片的坚定的践行者。也就多了很多特别外在的各种情绪都写在脸上的设定方式。场景造型都不错，但人少了细节，状态少了细节，就显着……过场。
九零年代质感尚可，剧情从入郑开始魔怔，结尾大乌龙……与《寻龙诀》相差太远。12.3
我只能说，完全不是我看的古董局中局，别说剧情了，人设也全部改了，药不然居然一本正经了，许愿居然卖假货，要知道许家的家训就是绝不售假，好吧，就算抛开书，这电影剧情也是一言难尽，一星给葛大爷，一星给片名吧
也不敷衍，但就是浑身不对劲？辛老师感觉被浪费了，工具人身份太突兀。除了雷葛咏和缺眉毛的反派在戏里，其他人都有一种念完这句词，这趴就可以过去了的切割感。
受不了辛芷蕾任何角色…PS.这个反转太意料之中了
还行，剧情不拖沓，演技都在线，特效还OK。雷佳音又让我相信了他一回，没让我失望。药不然的选角有点奇怪，不够狠，总让我以为他是好角色。剧情也挺迷惑的，直接告诉儿子真相不就行了吗？让儿子白跑一趟，这不坑儿吗。
至于其他，无功无过，懒得评价。
如果作为剧的宣传片倒也合适，没有大毛病，葛大爷真逗
虽然是李现粉丝，但和雷佳音葛优的对手戏，明显感觉他的表演过于刻意，有点够的感觉，给人拿腔拿势的感觉，不如他俩的表演更自如。好在，他自己也能意识到这些问题。 作为寻宝悬疑题材，有些细节还是不太经得起推敲，如果对这个大IP没有基本的了解的话，来龙去脉搞不清楚，会对一些行为动机不解。 个人觉得评分略低，在我心里6-6.5之间吧。
鉴古董时加入的特效，除了让人出戏和更感觉“这就是个综艺”之外再无其他，而且过于滥用不知收敛。另外，这片子也存在“情绪没有到位就用音乐硬顶上去”的情况，最后谜底揭晓的那段音乐，极度地“主旋律”，极度浮夸
改编自马伯庸的同名小说。
也不敷衍，但就是浑身不对劲？辛老师感觉被浪费了，工具人身份太突兀。除了雷葛咏和缺眉毛的反派在戏里，其他人都有一种念完这句词，这趴就可以过去了的切割感。
剧情压缩过度，人物前后逻辑矛盾，葛大爷死去那场戏煽情略显突兀。假作真时真亦假,无为有时有还无。
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