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.
电影院看的，没看过之前的
本粉丝看得很满足。婚礼开始，葬礼为尾，新生作为结束，在这座充满故事的庄园进行电影拍摄也是绝佳选择，默片有趣地走向了有声片。几段感情的拉扯，群像的刻画，各种呼应，最终granny的和Barrow的离开也是唐顿的某种结束和新的开始。
虽然就是大团圆但是很喜欢！看着好开心！5555大家都成双成对了，奶奶😭南法也太美了！
我一直把她比作红楼梦，并且不断去做交叉对比阅读。我喜欢一一，也是，去对比红。
以一场婚礼开始，一场葬礼结束，还有一个新生命，确实是new era，这一部比上一部好多了，但是lady Mary感觉老了好多啊，跟小茶杯的这一段有点可惜，根本没有火花！最后巴罗真的跟那个演员走了啊，感觉不会有好结局诶。
应该是真正完结的时候到了，所以想着给每个人都有着好的归宿，即便这部拍的太过紧凑、过满了点，但作为告别而言，我还是欣然接受并且喜爱它。
她们都老了，可能这就是系列剧的意义，剧里的人，也一起和我们变老。如中所说：生活，就是接收意料之外
富贵大宅子，各有烦心事，一团乐呵呵，送别老贵婆。
富贵大宅子，各有烦心事，一团乐呵呵，送别老贵婆。
Cora阿姨，我会一直follow你到The end！
第二部双线发展，法国那部分非常好，狗血、喜剧、煽情，甚至加上了一点小悬疑，是一如既往的唐顿味道。大宅部分的剧情从女演员的自白到Molesely的写剧本天赋到Lady Marry配音都很刻意。尤其是Marry和导演那堪称画蛇添足的感情线，当她说出“in a way, you remind me of him.”的时候，作为老粉的我感到了莫大的不适。
真的很喜欢他们，永远的英式浪漫，细水长流，娓娓道来。
石头姐有爱乐之城，加菲有了倒数时刻，我磕到了
奶奶下线了，但我觉得这个IP可以再拍一个世纪✌👍
感觉更像是一部主线无关的番外，虽然唐顿跟随世界迎来了新的时代，但还是希望能继续保持优雅平和的气质，而不是在纷纷乱乱的新世界中丧失自己的步调。
三年或三年内，也许还能再见吗？
很细腻流畅，佣人们上阵群演那一段特别温情，看之前毫无期待，看后竟然觉得不错，还想把剧也补一下。就是删减你妹，越活越回去了好吧
尽管很感动。但对小司机因为婚姻跻身贵族社会并越来越乐在其中这一点，很讨厌。
十年前，2012年，我仍然记得那晚，妈妈在厨房做凉皮给我吃，我打开了唐顿。
强弩之末（症候过于明显，用无声转有声片暗示今天的covid变迁造成的失业）（只提了一句1919的西班牙大流感，但胜过千言万语）
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