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.
又没形又没核又没故事又没氛围，不知道怎么拍成这样。
一下就想到 世界上最糟糕的人 随心所欲的欧洲女人 慕
小阿这种人就是电影里非常迷人，但现实中我一定会疯狂避开的…
女主真的是理想的样子。
原来anais这个名字在法语里就挺有典故的啊
四十岁或许有答案，但青年人，不要去考虑这个问题。看看《最糟糕的人》里Julie的一次次逃离，Anaïs最后的抓起对方的手说“我不同意”，这些行为都代表着同一件事：成长。
7/10。刚看完《世界上最糟糕的人》，迷茫的青年人似乎很容易对年长之人的独特阅历与克制（或是谨慎）而产生crush，又因人生阶段的差异渐行渐远。是趁还没深陷之前分开，还是共同走进那个所谓的“恶性循环”？
刚想给最后Emilie的那段说教扣一星，马上又为Anais拖着她进电梯的结尾➕两星。如果理智能战胜情感战胜欲望，那就不是人了。
2022年看过最好的电影….人的一生都在问自己是什么，自己活着为了什么———以及，对大部分难以沉溺于宗教与虚无的现代普通人来说，我们通过抓住爱的体验来抓住生活，可是爱，尤其是对于女性来说，我们需要的怎样的爱？我们如何承认有一种超越本能的爱可以忽视一切剥削、危险与随之而来的控制让我们充盈一往直前的勇气？我喜欢看安娜伊斯在自然中奔跑的样子，自由、热烈、野性…但她抓着艾丽莎的手走进逼仄的电梯，然后亲吻，等待电梯门缓缓关上。爱是牢笼，也是因为你而无惧于牢笼的真心
要永远炽热、永远野性、永远穿着红裙子在琐碎的生活中奔跑啊～最后艾米丽说了一大堆主角把爱情的幻影投射在她身上的话，其实艾米丽自己才是把理想的爱情投射在主角身上的那个人吧～
一个自私、自由、自然的灵魂，跨越在同性、年龄之间。超越平凡、普通的热恋，在女主身上。直到另一位女主出现，知性、成熟，和韵味。沙滩上彼此爱抚的镜头，那种摩挲、厮鬓、亲昵，女性间的细腻、与温柔，聊文学、品红酒、沐浴阳光，还有裸泳。天性的释放，这才是简单纯粹的爱情。
世界上最勇敢的人，像夏日艳阳，明媚肆意又让你不会被热烫灼伤。亲吻爱人的脉搏，说出“我不同意”的瞬间非常动人。天真率性的人活出了生命最自由最蓬勃的姿态，无关风月，也令人深深着迷。
爱情是盛开的花朵，灿烂，热烈。阿娜伊斯是个对爱明确，享受炽热当下的女生。谁都会被热烈吸引，难以抗拒。
俩女主也没啥CP感呀，可惜！对男人心理的掌握倒是一贯精准，就是男的自己心里没点B数，又老又秃又肥的谁跟你们3P呀，想啥呢？！
面相很大妈，不仅劈腿老年男性，还跟对方的同居女友在沙滩鬼混。毫无底限的双性恋？发鸡拍这种东西有什么意义？[ZXZJ]
阿娜伊斯的精力多到必须反复折腾自己才能平静。租房，打胎，备考，探母，打工，第三者插全家。
不停奔跑 不会生活 感情一团乱 论文憋不出 房租交不起 阿娜伊斯身上找到自己的影子。中年知识女性经济独立 举止从容 用品精致 情绪平和 简直比老男人让人着迷多了！我太爱法国女人在太阳下海水里灵动的肉体和轻巧的精神了。
2022至今看过最喜欢的爱情故事。想把Anaïs的小裙子都买下来，爱治愈了她的幽闭恐惧症。最后一段伤心的对白，本以为一切将落俗地诀别。我们都需要更疯疯癫癫，哪怕勇敢到令人心碎。
前半段有些跳跃，直到她读了艾米丽的书在路上偶遇以及去参加她的读书研讨会，我都以为她是想恶作剧一下或者报复，竟然走向了蕾丝...于是我想她可能是为了她的关于“激情”的论文去拓展体验，没想到最后对方看出两个人的不可能而劝退她时她竟然认真了。于是我又告诉自己，她们爱上的都只是自己没能拥有而对方却拥有的部分，一个年轻漂亮，一个成熟知性。她爱上的不过是自己的投射。关于她母亲生病的这个部分不知道给她带来了怎么样的影响，至少艾米丽的年纪和她母亲差不多吧。那么前面她越到的那个出版商原来只是为后面作铺垫，呵呵。最后酒店里的对话挺好的，就此别过不是也挺好，何必又进了电梯呢。还有中间那些关于文学的冗长对白真是听着很容易困。
但是A就一直躁动。她一直跑，一直说话，拒绝接受任何形式的限制，最明显的就是对空间限制的极度抗拒。她这种constant dynamics让我感觉她像一颗躁动的分子，停不下来的。但是她的躁动就很表面。这种动能即使那么强烈，却不能转换成内在力量，没有内定力的人。但可能在分手scene之前她也没有意识到？我觉得结尾，E就是一贯的E，理性也许可以给她一种解决问题的方式，而且只能是一种方式，但不能决定结果？所以A拒绝分手对于E来说是出格的，可能也挑战到了她的一贯处理问题的方式吧；反观A就是一贯的A，去争取，不接受任何被force upon到她身上的东西。所以我觉得最后拉E进电梯，是不是在表明一种A拥有了一种内心的稳定秩序。她之前的生活完全不会被任何事情羁绊，E像是把风筝拉回地面的线，让她感到很安全吧。
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