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.
还是一如既往喜欢大小姐😍😍😍
全片唯一高潮似乎就是桑德海姆的“到场“，音乐剧电影拍成剧情和歌曲完全不相融，精心设计出的歌词与画面的“同步”无法带来任何情感上的共鸣。不触及90年代真实的政治氛围、不展现舞台艺术在LGBT文化运动中的先锋性质，就永远无法正确地驱魔，没有记忆何来克服，只有浮于表面的致敬。
老夫人去世了唐顿庄园就真的结束一个时代了
整体感觉就是英伦范，大家都端着，无贬义，所有男的从头到尾穿的都是领带领结，女的除了女仆几乎全穿礼服，英国人仪式感很强，当然可能因为他们是上流社会
tick tick tick……每个人的人生都在钟表的滴嗒声下缓缓流逝，面对着年龄的不断增长，物是人非的感慨，焦虑不安油然而生，但焦虑不等同于畏惧，不等于停滞，而是更应该在tick tick 的滴嗒声中追求
仆人和主人的等级越来越模糊，可以说是一个命运相系的big family，戏里戏外，生老病死，在残酷的世界尽量幸福是真谛。
Long live Maggie Smith～还想再看奶奶演三十年
We all finally find our best ending.
我不争气地为上层阶级的离别流下了泪水，子孙满堂，其乐融融真的幸福啊。
偏向话剧，对白N多的家庭伦理电影，象征时代更迭，家族传承！
从第一季追过来的人怎么可能不喜欢这部唐家屯儿呢，满满的情怀。M&M，逝去的CP突然攻击我！
跟家里吵架了，跑出来吃了个汉堡，坐在车里没地方去，突然想起好久没去看电影，上次进电影院是4个月前的《狙击手》，算不上脆弱吧，但孤独的时候最能想起电影，从大学到现在陪伴了多少一个人的静默，再没有那样的心态和环境了，这10年日复一日地推着我长大。电影院只有我一个人，从头到尾，这ip我没看过一季一集，冷不丁看电影还是第二部，居然不觉得违和，很顺畅很相对独立和完整，关于婚姻关于生命，带来很多思考。
真好哭，十二年如一梦，转眼过去了。还好有downton abbey像一个现实里的童话，永远都有真善美在里面。
Tomas出场的几次，连背景音乐都是暧昧，结果最关键的一幕给我整个一剪没。但不管怎样，又是经历了一次唐顿的花开花落。
Mary说Barrow要走的时候，我还觉着奇怪，怎么就画面都没有莫名其妙里就要辞职，后来一想当然是删减啦！越来越能get到Mary的魅力，Henry你还不回来老婆要被勾走了啊！
完美的剧本，一条线搞新事业，一条线微悬疑，不再折腾主角团情缘。最感动的是编剧孜孜不倦、不遗余力誓要为每个人找到完美归宿，真是再粉丝友好不过了，使得最终的感伤也没那么难接受。大小姐这次终于有岁月痕迹了，听到她提起大表哥，哎，想起第一季末和圣诞特辑，雪夜大厅，她自楼梯而下，执手凝望，终于喷薄而出的感情，那是最美好的时光了。
2022映画第13部，5星。音乐一响起来就控制不住了。两条线，拍电影这条线很精彩，但是violet年轻时的love affair设定就有点儿狗血……不过还算合情合理。南法好美。唐顿看下来真的感慨万千，设定正是那个日新月异的时代，有着传统和现代的冲击，不接受变化就没法生存。从一开始的为了钱娶美国老婆，到最后为了修屋顶把房子借出来拍电影，这剧里的女人们个个都很强势。
用灵动轻盈的方式拍了一个动人的悲剧故事，一个梵高式怀才不遇的天才如何在困苦中继续奋斗，像所有天才一样被误解被放弃，在最终迎来成功时却又永远离开我们的故事。更悲剧的是这样精彩的本应属于大银幕的音乐剧最后只能在网飞看，这依然是一个快消费才华的时代。
虽然俗套，但这些熟悉的人物还是传承着感动，十年来的过往历历在目。granny这次决绝离去，就是不准备再有续集的意思，很好，因为新时代之后又要开始新的战争，而在那以后这个阶级不再存在，就让这个美满的句点由此告终吧。
3.8很好，有些画面油画打光真的很好看！电影院音效特别棒，关于英式庭院的爱恨情仇，就是故事情节稍微有点老套…
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