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.
学校不单单是教育学生学科知识，还应培养学生做人。
不讨厌，也没有多少喜欢，感动不起来了。
北欧风格。重压之下，内心孤独与阴暗面的具象化产物，孵化出恶魔的种子。父母不应把自己的意愿太强加于孩子。女主妈妈演绎出色，那笑容真的很渗人。恭喜修理哥远离这奇怪病态的一家人。
毁了我的童年阅读。孩子和家长的矛盾，个体成长和系统教育的矛盾，全都没解决，最后一把大火烧出个英雄来，矛盾全没了。草泥马。
[视]R血，预告配乐不错。体操开局，自带BT属性，有伤退役望女成龙为母系铃。带面具的弟弟，带眼镜的父子，乌鸦埋狗，中场换别墅，迷你城堡经典物件，教育理念碰撞<瞬息全宇宙>，直播元素，镜子墙纸。一人分饰两角，有意往精分方向发展，模糊时空逻辑，结尾倾向回归怪兽类型，开放结局，裂唇，断手，拾人牙慧，李代桃僵，为人母，人为母
芬兰冷不丁还给你不一样的冲击。这大概并不是在说惊悚的怪物被孵化，大概率是在影射什么现实？，是我们喂养了怪物，还是我们变成了怪物？摘去面具，谁是谁？？
很棒，这种才是细思极恐的电影吧！豆瓣对恐怖片一项苛刻，评分好低哦。。这部有芬兰版“仲夏夜惊魂”的味道，但又比仲夏夜更贴近生活，反映了很多现实问题，青春期、原生家庭、多孩家庭、甚至体育竞技等等都有涉及。。呈现的也还是不错，视觉上和心理上的恐怖元素都有，还是很喜欢的！女主角很棒！外形和演技都是！未来可期！
萝莉演的不错，开放式的结局却有点出乎意料，挺有意思的片子。
寓意并不难懂，开篇的抓鸟事件已经定下基调。直到善良女孩的最后一口血造就了恶的女孩诞生，一步一步都是她母亲逼出来的，但这个过程缺乏一些玩味的细节
20220520 周五 16:44 哪个才是我？暗黑那个？被俘虏的那个？杀死我的那个！通通都是我，自己造的因自己承受恶果。家庭表面和谐的假象存在着多少秘密，竟可以共存就是畸形的关系，哪个也不正常，正常就不是一个真正的家庭啦！
那个母亲的选角好优秀，自带一种让人不寒而栗的控制欲
具备很深的教育意义，适合家长和老师观看。现代教育要从唯分数论到关注其他更重要的东西，比如爱的教育，素质教育等等。我们大人跟孩子沟通的桥梁就是童话故事，如果没有童话世界，我们就相隔更远，更为陌生。孩子是我们的老师，教育也是我们的必修课，通过孩子的眼睛，我们可以看到更多不一样的角度，不能自以为是。
“成绩好就是好孩子”
北影节第二部 冲着郑渊洁去的 现在带孩子去的最多1/3 大部分还是8090后为童年记忆买单吧。主创见面以为是郑渊洁结果来了郑亚旗，什么玩意？？？就很奇怪对学历学校教育很不感冒的郑老师 怎么可能认同电影里各种学区啦升学压力啦……感觉这个儿子一直在吃老爸的底子
【芬兰】试着将亲情关系的畸变、社交文化的病态展示以及成长难题（甚至就是体操为代表的运动疯狂）等很为在剧情片里常见的戏剧性元素，完全打包成一个类型化的故事；它提供像《异形》的“黏糊”或者观感上的恐怖，更不吝渲染那种在完美幻象之下被改变和挑战的扭曲心态。只是始终知道它每个步骤和元素在象征什么，就会失去未知的趣味，观影进程全然按部就班；亮点是挑战两角的小女主，太会演。
带三年级的儿子一起看的，80后的我看哭了好几次。儿子之前已经在书上看过这个故事，说真人演的童话比动画片好看。感谢郑渊洁童话给了我美好有趣的我的童年。
表演很不错，概念落地也够完整了，就是文本太老了，换成国内可能还有点搞头
Body horror的展现好像深得柯南伯格亲传，客体又是女孩，自然引发更强的恐惧体验。母题是非常传统的控制-反抗主干，爱的畸变比怪物更可怖。双重孵化关系，母亲失败，女儿成功，代价无可逆转，结局的安排充满宿命般的悲剧色彩，但表现手法稚嫩且单薄，没能增添悲剧的厚重感。
就这种一刀切式的凡是和惊悚带点关系的都归类到恐怖片底下真是让人无语
小时候最喜欢的童话大王，现在才有电影版，集体出猫这个情节太不应该了，但是情怀大于情节！
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