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.
从电影的角度来看，这片片拍的很烂。严格的说，这片片是俄罗斯🇷🇺的宣传片——只反应乌东地区乌克兰政府军的暴行，但是没有给出原因……不管怎样，战争都是残酷的，战争都是对生命的犯罪。人类已经来到了今天，来到了全球化、科技异常发展的时代，除非疯子、稍有理智者，稍有对生命有尊重的人，就不可能首先发动战争。
使用太多种画法和风格用来表现不同阶段和时空，也导致了全片美术风格不太统一，感觉是由没有执导过动画的导演带来的问题～
有那么一两个瞬间确实热泪盈眶了。不是流水账虽然一直在絮絮叨叨，有那个文化背景看起来应该更感动吧
我很好奇，好莱坞如此喜欢拍根据真实事件改变的电影，为什么没有找这个题材？是美国不允许吗？
人类的记忆很奇特，就算是因为睡去而错过重要时刻，但回想起来依然觉得自己亲眼所见。那些肆意玩乐，追逐电视剧听流行音乐的童年往事真是单纯而快乐。
一个很棒的美国六七十年代怀旧篇，中间穿插了小镇青年的幻想。将当时的童年生活娓娓道来，很细水长流。
虚拟的主角的登月经历和现实中的登月交叉，有一种在梦中的感觉。处在美国六十年代的童年生活比二十一世纪初的我的童年要精彩得多，是真的会很羡慕。
乌克兰对乌东地区的暴行!快进看完。
不如说是在追忆童年 追忆美国最后最光辉的时代吧 父亲一个人的工作可以养起整个家庭 邻里和谐 没有社交媒体 搞不懂的大人的世界 政治 战争
动画包装了一缅怀的故事 ，絮叨自念下做了个60年代的无趣梦。梦中踏上的月壤又为如今铺向了何处，不愿提及，或许也不必提及。
就和主角坐在离心机上训练到吐的定帧镜头一样，影片所有的乐趣在此戛然而止，我本以为之后的碎碎念家常只是简单的背景介绍，谁想到就是电影本身......
有些方面是有不足，比如剪辑过场有些混乱，拍摄质感也比较一般，但是不妨碍是一部很好的作品，尤其是被欧美个人英雄主义以及意识形态输出的掌握话语权的当下。
阿波罗十号半，这个是挺好的故事，我可以推荐五星，我看的时候还感叹美国人真有钱，小孩都可以送到月球，但是看来其他的评论以后才知道是假的，是小孩的自我幻想，但是也很有趣，六七十年代的时候美国也是真的富，得益于冷战与那时候的经济形势，现在种族矛盾、政治正确等上来以后，想要办成一件事情尤其是劳民伤财的事情真的很难了，另一方面也让我了解了那一代美国人生活的方式，展现时代的风貌。
美妙童年是相通的，我和1969年的林克莱特惺惺相惜了～
这是林克莱特的少年太空梦，更像是为了弥补当年因为睡着错过直播的遗憾，文艺男也可以这么可爱啊哈哈，他在梦中见证了这一历史性时刻…
无辜平民被肆意屠杀，凸显战争残酷，
2021 乌克兰 卢甘斯克 战争 真实事件改编，非常好看，震撼！
如果能由第三方执导，站在客观公正的立场，来真实的反映地区冲突的根源，才能被国际社会所接受！那位民兵组织头目，少年时拍过《自己去看》吧。
从电影的角度来看，这片片拍的很烂。严格的说，这片片是俄罗斯🇷🇺的宣传片——只反应乌东地区乌克兰政府军的暴行，但是没有给出原因……不管怎样，战争都是残酷的，战争都是对生命的犯罪。人类已经来到了今天，来到了全球化、科技异常发展的时代，除非疯子、稍有理智者，稍有对生命有尊重的人，就不可能首先发动战争。
沉浸式旅行，在六十年代的休斯顿。真假有些分不清了，这才满足对童年的定义吧。
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