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.
克隆人的思路和同样是Apple TV+出品的《基地》如出一辙，个人觉得本片被低估了
软科幻，情感上大于内容，阿里演的太好了，每一个眼神都饱含着情感，内容不多，就导致太碎片化，立意也很浅，像概念的延伸
在前沿科技的外衣下，行匠人作坊之事。前提太多了，无论如何不愿接受永隔的真爱，已经遭受过一次打击的破碎心灵，高水平同理心和片刻需要的牺牲情结……
【8】怎么说呢，在视听上是非常享受的，充满未来世界的生活气息，画面也特漂亮，很有设计感。但这个设定...我从一开始就觉得挺站不住脚的，结果最直白的那些担忧拖到中间才出现，这片子把关于克隆的焦虑全部拉长、变细腻了。
男主男配都是我自己，参奖的时候可不可以男主男配奖两个都投🐶
为站在小房间凝视“我爱你”再加一星。是我非常喜欢的主题，但是聚焦点却不在科技与伦理，而是不带judge地展示一个人选择如何离开与被遗忘。It’s hard being left behind，只有狗记得你。爱情本质上还是利己：爱更久，存在更久。我太喜欢马赫沙拉的脸了。结尾正好是圣诞节。🎄🎄🎄
不如鼓勵妻兒更獨立壹些……
究竟是阿里把这个角色变装逼了 还是阿里把啥都变装逼了 阿里能不能挑战一下演个kevinhart那种角色
当科技发展到人类情感也能克隆，是悲剧还是喜剧？
画质，取景，摄影，服化道等无不提现了苹果品牌的艺术气质
一个很值得深思的话题，如果注定要离开，你愿意让另一个人完全取代你吗？很难选择，男主的表演很好很细腻
男主一直不是我喜欢的颜，他的戏老是要快进着看。。。比如纸牌屋啥的
抛开科幻的成分，单从人要面对生离死别时的不安与不舍，足以发人深省并为之动容。至少，向死而生是应该提好做好的自我心理准备。意义大于故事本身，后韵绵长值得加分。
哥们就是喜欢这种一年到头下雨的大闷片
最后一段，破防了，看着他的眼睛说我爱你
黑镜有一集是一个女生的男朋友车祸去世了，她跟一家生物科技公司定制了一个他的克隆男友，这个男友非常好，但是她心底清楚这不是他本来的男朋友。《天鹅挽歌》简直就是那一集故事的镜像作品。
卡梅伦因绝症快要离开妻儿，克隆了杰克替代自己爱他们的故事
最后的礼物太棒了，泪目。场景设计和背景音乐都好美~
It's hard to be left behind.
我也会拥有值得我复制出另一个我陪伴他们左右的人么。
Copyright © 2015-2023 All Rights Reserved
