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.
这部影片的重点在于凸显战争误杀无辜平民，对平民的创伤，耿怀结尾人物故事的后续大可不必。伊娃妈妈狂奔的长镜头好赞，心之所向言于面。修女和警官的故事我一直没明白，谁是谁的救赎？
哈哈哈哈我喜欢！通灵元素加分够邪够夏天！Jump scare警告！
1945 年 3 月 21 日，英国皇家空军开始执行轰炸哥本哈根盖世太保总部的任务。这次袭击造成了致命的后果，因为一些轰炸机意外袭击了一所学校，造成 120 多人丧生，其中 86 人是儿童。——片头皇家空军也误炸了去参加婚礼的平民，所以这是一部吐槽皇家空军的电影吗？电影除了特蕾莎修女的故事线外，其他的叙事线基本都是儿童视角，所以这是一部儿童片吧？
看完确实让人失望的感慨：“就这？”怪奇物语的大火已经把这种复古、儿童、恐怖的题材定义到一个新的高度，而本片在此框架下则显得十分无趣，伊桑霍克的角色也太过于酱油，电影内核青春成长以及外部的通灵也都十分老套，甚至有一种大数据剧本的廉价观感。拍的其实还不错，只是故事真的毫无新意且老套，在一个半小时的时长之内不管是孩子还是反派都过多的缺少人物描绘和动机，都成为为了满足电影结局而生凑起来的工具罢了。
这啥啊这，基本没有剧情，就一个小孩被绑架了，最后在一堆鬼魂和妹妹通灵的帮助下逃出来了，看开头还以为后边会给一些解释，结果最后啥解释也没有，反正鬼魂们就是要帮他。妹妹骂完耶稣不管用后立刻梦到了哥哥的准确地点然后一边去救哥哥一边喊对不起耶稣我相信你的存在拜托这个梦一定要正确啊，这其实是，大型基督教传教片？完全没看出那是伊桑霍克。
战争太残酷，不但对士兵，更对平民，尤其是儿童带来的创伤很难愈合，伊娃小女孩淡定的回到自己家开始喝粥，可能是幸运，但更多的我理解是麻木了，丽穆曾说伊娃曾见过杀人但是仍然可以说话就是证明。
掌權者的利益紛爭 都是以老百姓的生命來買單的 無論是70年前 還是現在……你們可以吵架，可以制裁，但是請不要打仗了，好麼……心碎……
[B-]没白期待，好久没有看过这么精彩的恐怖片了。
宋康昊这部戏里的表现真的值得拿戛纳影帝？？
整体来说平平无奇吧，讲了个很寡淡的小故事。恐怖方面远不如德瑞克森之前的《险恶》，或者说恐怖元素微乎其微，而且伊桑·霍克的反派形象也没多深刻的塑造，这变态角色的扭曲童年只能脑补。不过我个人还挺喜欢结局的，可以给个好评。
空袭前半段剪得像MV，然后变成了各种误炸。
英国皇家空军居然出现这种重大失误。最后母亲跑回家的长镜头情绪真复杂啊
🙃本年度最烂恐怖片预订。花开两朵，各开各的。一颗星给里面的男孩女孩，都好美好有气质。至于伊桑霍克这个角色🙄
7.0；被朋友推荐看，期待很高，但看完感觉一般。男主角小孩的表演比较弱，表演痕迹很重，其它小孩的鬼魂帮助男主，这种帮助算什么呢，友情？同情？反抗？就是不太能找得到一种可以带入的能够共鸣的情绪进去，只感觉到有一种小聪明在里面，不感动。
我可能是感觉太像乙一的《七个房间》才在结尾的时候大哭。要这种惊悚温情我想不出来上一部是什么时候了。选角都好棒啊！小演员们未来可期！！！
7分，镜头语言非常赞，一开始男孩骑自行车遭遇的飞来横祸和最后那段妈妈一路狂奔回家，闻讯赶来的路人逐一消失在背景里，最后看到女儿在家喝粥那一幕令人动容；英国空军误炸修道院学校，这大概是战争最大的不幸了
“总有一天，你得站出来保护你自己。”
无论出于什么目的 无论正义与否 战争永远是错误的 只要看看无辜卷入战争中的人们 就能明白这一点
烽烟掩盖天空与未来，无助与冰冻的眼睛，流泪看天际带悲愤，是控诉战争到最后，伤痛是儿童——《Amani》
导演在reschedule了一个月以后今天临时通知又没来 估计这波covid搞得有点严重 其实就算来了QnA也没啥好问的 挺爽的一个暑假无脑惊悚爽片 没有惊恐哭叫的小孩 没有坏人悲惨的童年故事 Finney和他的朋友Robin太好磕了呜呜呜 妹妹又能通灵又能打 简直是近战巫女 男主从头到尾都很冷静头脑清晰绝不手软 简直太清流了 Mason Thames好好选戏5年之内绝对能成事儿 有很多致敬沉默的羔羊 It等等经典惊悚片的梗 看了下采访感觉Ethan Hawke也觉得这个角色很单一 完全是来做人情的
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