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.
比原版差远了。马丽演人人垂涎的美女太让人出戏。魏翔的兔牙可爱。
236。一种巨大的失望来自于：看起来这是pta没用什么功力拍出来的东西。位置更边缘、话语权更轻的好莱坞往事，后半程甚至变成了都市流水线型爱情小说。当然即使如此它的电影感依然是卓绝的，复古胶片的美感令人享受，也想为阿拉娜的出色表演加一分，初登荧幕就交出一次准影后级表现。期待看到PTA原本计划完成的项目，他距离那个真正的大师殿堂仍然只差着临门一脚。
复古色调，长长运镜，那个时候的洛杉矶真美，随处是充满希望的美国梦叙事。故事有些老套，奔跑的场景也在青春爱情类型片中出现了无数次，但这部电影里就运用得很好，那种不顾一切的奔赴的冲动，把众人甩在身后，把洛杉矶甩在身后，一切都沦为他们爱情的背景板，太动人了。
挺浪漫生动的美式爱情喜剧，装大人的坏小子爱上了口嫌体正直的大姐姐，属于70年代的青春怀旧。前半段偏向青春爱情喜剧，后半段偏向好莱坞怀旧讽刺，的确有一定的割裂。选角选得好青春片差不了，铁律诚不欺我。底层叙事其实讲的还是“那些年”式的年龄、性别价值观摩擦，这种若即若离双向背叛自我来奔赴真爱的故事可实在太青春了！
年轻而充满活力。喜欢Alana这样酷酷的又有行动力的女生（从山上倒着溜车下来好勇w
自认共情能力不差，但这片死活get不到男女主之间的“爱情”，完全没有cp感，好歹魅影缝匠除了猎奇推拉感情戏还有华服美人欣赏嘛。夸这部视听的，这不是大师级应有的基操吗？另外女主哄抬猪价有点over了，看评论男主还是霍夫曼儿子？OMG……
在海边为螃蟹奋力上游流泪鼓劲的那一场戏，魏翔就像波吉——只能说出“啊啊”，而他的梦想与痛苦却全部渗入观众心中的，边跑边摔却从未放弃的，无冕之王。
即使是影迷，我也只愿意给三星。因为他试图带入更多的东西，却没有更多有机联系。因为他试图推销这个女主角给你，但是你却没有准备好接受犹太人。因为他想让你对水床和弹球游戏产生乡愁，而我们恰恰是中国人。他想向那个不知所措，来回游荡的岁月致敬，而我们那时还处于物质的初级阶段。
真正“尊重”女性的男性创作者，很少
比《私恋失调》俗气但不糟糕。令人目不转睛的镜头运动仍然迷人，也有从天而降的转折冲突，70年代电视文化与流行乐和Paul Thomas Anderson脑海中的青少年爱恨/城市情结共谱黑胶之歌。Alana Haim的“本色”演出很不错，《Women in Music Pt. III》的 “Summer Girl”走进片场，平凡与耀眼的矛盾特质在她身上调和扎根，再为爱奔跑(David Bowie那首出现的场景也不落俗套
魏翔真搞笑和这部片子并不搞笑并不矛盾，这个片子不搞笑和算是合格的爆米花喜剧片也不矛盾。
PTA借用80、90年代美国电影的视觉讲了一个相应年份的（或许也是他年轻时的）"洛杉矶往事"
太爱70年代了，David Bowie bgm一出来瞬间泪目。我爱pre web2.0时代的热情，真挚，和所有包裹汗水泪水愤怒蓬勃steamy的人性。上世纪末的人，更像人，以前的爱情，更接近爱情。
没能看完，不打分了——今年肯定是不想看了。开篇女主乍一露脸，宛如春风拂面，气质盎然，后来发现那是因为是中远景的原因，越到后面有面部特写，就越看不下去，就让人宛如背有芒刺。
8.5/10。①1970s美国加州：25岁女和15岁男微妙而复杂的爱情成长故事，充满了时代的怀旧气息。②有许多轻松诙谐的笑点（整体水平≤9.0），比如女主套路客人买水床那段。③松散的叙事结构和一些精准娴熟的长镜头调度都营造了一种轻盈的浪漫。④拍的太长了，有点把轻快拖成了疲累，扣0.5。
【5】以身体或载具的运动来反复进行着道路与情感的双重偏移，在一次次误差中不断调整线路，截然相反却殊途同归，因为世界是圆的！我们终将在尽头相撞：一座富丽堂皇的影院门前。恰是那些随心所欲的闲笔不断撩拨着电影的本质，生意、电影明星、政客乃至暧昧情绪，虚假却栩栩如生，无意义的一切都因被看见而光芒璀璨。
哈哈哈哈哈好看！绝对不止6.9！有笑点有泪点，超适合过年全家欢！事实证明，这电影比上热搜的那个小品值得看多了🐶
一般导演搞成这样算是及格，PTA搞成这样就是可怕了......“这是给XX的一封情书”式的电影都挺可怕的~
PTA果然就是PUA代名词。用这片鉴定豆瓣友邻是否真女权那是一览无余的清晰。
男女主特有灵气，又带着精明算计，他俩就像捡稻穗一样，永远不甘心手上那根，但是当一次次失望后，又投向对方怀抱。这么说来，有点老套，好在叙事新奇。错过了70mm，有点可惜
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