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.
看这个之前看了十五分钟的我要我们在一起，太尬了
Like Mary said: I wish you well. And I hope you will be as happy as our crule world allows.
就是电视剧拍法，故事也是电视剧，除了美丽的衣服和布景外没啥好说的，但是我好感动，大家都很礼貌，每个人都柔和镇定，结局也很正向。不过同性线删掉真是讨厌啊
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。
观影门槛比爱乐之城甚至是直白讽刺的芝加哥要高，很挑观众，对林聚聚没有丝毫了解的可能会看得一头雾水，可以想象评价的两级分化。
以婚礼开始，以葬礼结束。从无声电影到有声电影的转变，以及老奶奶的离世，都呼应了标题，唐顿庄园的new era的开始。
关于舞台的能量，神圣的高不可攀的，和亲密的触手可及的。不再无缝切换于情绪饱满的演唱与黯淡困厄的日常，用无处不在的舞台盛放演员的光芒，像保护荒岛上的火苗一般珍视着他们的当众孤独。这让那些强行点题拔高的段落都不那么惹人厌了，用可复制的无瑕的爱填充命运的裂痕，有时是鸡贼，有时是天真。
Bravo
肉眼可见的剪了众所周知的部分。还是谢谢青天大老爷放行，有得看总比没有强。 （smirk*
In times like this, we all need Downton Abbey.
一个童话般的ending。奶奶真是完美善终了。
What I want most is not the most important.
开头主题曲响起真的会泪目…… 剧情非常紧凑，制作精美，巴罗的爱情线可以的。
电影很好诠释了中国人留下的成语，什么是薪火相传、继往开来。也是追了这么多年所有影迷最愿意看到的完美Ending吧!! 想哭…经营大家族需要大智慧，老外时时刻刻和缓人心而又陌生的距离感让亲人间的距离更紧密了，这一点我们应该反思。崇尚自由包容和尊重，在那个年代对待同性恋的态度放在现在都让人羡慕。电影能明显看出换导演的感觉，镜头位置和画面停留时长，背景音乐改编都有不同，好在导演继承电视剧精神火炬，完成度很高。感谢唐顿庄园，美好生活处处都有。不说再见👋🏻
拍电影这个提到的无声转有声的概念挺像雨中曲，也是女主声音不行
大型宫廷剧，大制作，很戏剧...相当成功吧...群戏基本都很成功，面面俱到。所有细节工作都做得尽善尽美的。 服饰，场景，背景音乐都美轮美奂的。贵族大家族的各自事情，好比《红楼梦》，又隐射英国皇室家庭。小小唐顿国，代代延续下去吧。 4.5星
美轮美奂的质感，帝国斜阳时代的旧日。不同于大洋彼岸镀金时代的爵士乐，全剧洋溢着浓浓、真正的英伦风情，这是属于不列颠的时光。
唐顿庄园角色三千，我却独宠Thomas一个（好吧其实Tom也挺帅的）
从求婚到葬礼，从死亡到新生，一切依然那么优雅高贵精致，完美得几近童话。
老夫人去世了唐顿庄园就真的结束一个时代了
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