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.
7分。很久没看到品质不错的名著改编电影了。电影只讲了小说里一半的故事——诗人吕西安的故事，发明家大卫的故事完全没有涉及。实际上，吕西安的经历更符合“幻灭”的意义。青年诗人吕西安闯巴黎，他的诗没人欣赏，但他犀利的评论却为他赢得了声望和金钱，让他成为了炙手可热的评论家。吕西安为了恢复自己的贵族身份，出卖了让他发达的自由派，虚荣让他投靠了复辟的贵族。于是，自由派展开了对他的报复。这位短时间飞黄腾达的年轻人，最终跌落，一文不名的他最后回到了乡下。在巴黎的一切，都如同一场很快破灭的幻境。吕西安这段经历还是很精彩的，名利带给主人公的黄粱一梦，再加上与当代社会很相似的浮躁的巴黎，让我产生许多共鸣。本片在2021年法国电影凯撒奖斩获最佳影片、男配、改编剧本、摄影、服装、美术6项大奖。
比TV版要好，要好得多。真正意义上做到了一波三折，结尾引出德凯奥特曼，希望拍得比特利迦好。
虽然要带着前辈拯救一下口碑，但是也算成功触底反弹了…
新队长刚出场我还说演反派更合适吧，没想到蒙对了
我既是光，也是人类，这就是特利伽让我化身成人类的意义。
对了，很不满赛雷布洛的出场，我觉得泽塔的结局算是完美，实在不必狗尾续貂。德斯特鲁多斯的出场和被杀也确实时草率，泽塔大结局的压迫感被毁得一干二净。
拿出了一部剧场版应有的水平 比tv好多了 武居yyds
文戏飞升，打戏也在线，TV里面那些边缘化的人物也终于有了足够的刻画，观感出乎意料的好。
求求你们别因为tv烂到家就觉得剧场版好啊！！！
这次的剧情确实比tv版要很多，无论是文戏还是打斗方面，前面比较慢，后面就收尾的有些仓促，总体来说👌很不错了！武居yyds！
妈耶我看了好几次才看完，长篇累牍地用原文旁白大约可以取悦原著党，但是仍然不是什么聪明的电影行为。巴尔扎克珠玉在前，巨著什么都不缺。改编要做的就是把长故事调度起来，顺坡下驴地讲好它。本片大部分时间不功不过，精彩的是几次对写作和评论的描绘，而对社会即是舞台剧场的讽刺有点完成任务式的铺排，还不够鞭辟入里。名著是有跨时代意义的，观赏本片大概还能具有一定的针砭时弊的意义。巴黎是一场虚无和幻灭，而现在的世界呢？
新队长刚出场我还说演反派更合适吧，没想到蒙对了
”如果不是人类来变成光的话，是没有意义的。“总算是和迪迦中“大古即是光也是人类”的命题的回应，因为特利迦是纯粹的光，而这点在结尾也有所回答，队友们强调了剑悟更是一个人类。
两年后的故事了！虽然之前那一部没有看，但是还是可以看懂的！可能因为年龄问题吧，感觉全屏充满了一个尬字🤦♀️
评分这么高算是TV版太拉挎导致的反噬吧，其实故事挺平淡无奇的，俗是俗，还有就是打戏没坂本好，这算不算是一种选择妥协？特别篇资金不够，最后的大战没有CG加持确实不够饱眼福啊，但是好在用一个多小时就讲好了久弥直树二十集都没讲清楚的故事，新队长简直就是二代正木敬吾，但到后面才知道原来他是性转版卡尔蜜拉。成为反派的理由和迪戴世界观里TPC鹰派一样妄图控制奥特曼的力量却失控值得深思，当人类遇到无法对抗的支配性黑暗时，究竟是求助未知，还是继续相信自我？奥特曼不是为了主宰人类，而是指引人类挺触动的，奥特精神进入令和时代后犹在。光芒自身虽耀眼，却需要如同星星之火的人类共同发光才能汇聚洪荒之力。这些种种算是弥补了TV版的遗憾了……吧？话说赛雷布洛居然能从结花手里跑出来是真的牛逼啊~
相比TV剧场版的观感要好上很多，至少逻辑自洽，邪特巨大化那段打得也很燃。
UGC发邮件邀请的神秘首映，去看之前连是哪部片都不晓得。印象中很少看这种法国古装电影。一边看一边进入电影节奏和故事。有时巴尔扎克式的讽刺性旁白算是增添了几分趣味，但有的时候会让人觉得有点让人昏昏欲睡和冗长。不大喜欢男主的长相，不过演这种虚荣一心向上爬结果一无所有的不讨好角色倒也正好。多兰上镜竟然演的很不错。说到媒体的骚操作，看来是自古以来都有的啊。喜欢描述巴黎19世纪的街头场景和布景。
拍的很商业很华丽，看得出投资蛮高。可是问题是旁白也太多了，甚至把交代人物内心活动的任务也交给旁白了，真的是有点懒。前半段Lucien成名前节奏还不错，可是到了后面Lucien开始命运起伏了之后就开始赶进度。而且各位演员的表演也有点不平均，Lucien的演员表现还是比其他人稚嫩了不少。明明是可以拍成Barry Lydon那种史诗气质的片，可惜了。
感觉还挺不错的，不需要塑造很多其余人物以后，把故事，人物都讲的很清楚，比TV版好多了
最惨泽塔，天天活在别人的剧场版里。。。还是捷德尊皇、泽塔伽马未来最帅
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