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.
雷老爷子的“罗生门”，影像传递出来的是导演一以贯之的历史厚重感，延续着一向以来的风格，用心之作。
3.9分。 每个人的眼里，自己都是被忽视和受委屈的那一个，周遭则到处都是恶意和敌对。斯科特没有刻意对女性的历史处境做出批判，而是选用了一个独特的视角，让我们可以用不同的切面进入到当时的历史语境里，并且与三位关键性的人物产生共情。由此，你才不会认为最后女性的视角过于偏狭，为了女权而女权，更能理解被强暴的女人将要面临的困境。 斯科特能在八十多岁的高龄，对这样一个语义丰富的文本做出展现，用古典的打光和布景，让这一中世纪的故事变得可信，且戏剧张力十足，确实值得钦佩。
对Jean，Margerite只是他的所有物；对Jacques，Margerite只是他的被征服物。一群教士以伪科学为标准审判Margerite如同当代键盘侠。《不是中世纪的最后一场决斗，是从古至今的女性哀歌》这篇影评写得很好。
黑暗中世纪就这操行，这种能把观众气背过去的情节比比皆是。魔改罗生门已然是看的津津有味心里飞蛇走马，居然最后又来一段荣耀战魂，简直冰火两重天爽到爆炸
最终，她发现真相对她毫无意义。好在，丈夫在拼杀关头还算争气。
看到第二章才意识到，这是罗生门式的结构。前两段的铺排很平，差点没忍下来。从一开始就同情马达，一个埋头苦干的猛人二愣子，不懂得人情世故被边缘化，太委屈了。一个女人指控强奸却要背负那么多枷锁，被闺蜜背叛，被婆婆嫌弃，被世俗不理解，一个女人被那么多男人围住问那样冒犯的问题，太特么屈辱了。最后决斗大战野蛮生猛，一颗悬着的心始终被吊着，终于，刺穿那张烂嘴。沉冤得雪大仇得报。申冤再难也要干。
西部片里经常决斗。
决斗那场戏看得人非常紧张，因为关系到女人的生死。这不是悬疑片，不是宫斗剧，而是抨击男权的利器。
本片的优点集结于展示男性对于自身以及自我行为的臆想性美化，将女性当作财产以及生育工具的麦迪文和风流并觉得“No means Yes"的司机的视角中从来只有自己，嘲讽二人伪善。但三条线的信息差很小，主要是展现不同的情绪，因此重复的观感并不算好。很理解为什么老雷要特地标出真相，但这从纯文本角度出发是很无力的一次标记。
只按女权理解是不是也格局小了。整体真不错，最后的1v1嗓子吊心口。
开罗人真是个神奇的演员，上一秒钟我还在想这也太丑了，下一秒钟他脱了之后又觉得“咦，丑到一定程度还蛮性感的”，不过片子里的几位夸他chaiming又handsome的，这是啥眼神……
这不是罗生门，是屁股决定脑袋。马特达蒙演这样一介武夫气质上距离稍远，倒是本阿弗莱克演的皮耶差点没认出来。
在现代可能立案的机会都不会给，从正义伸张总有渠道的目标来看，还有个国王给大家一场公平的决斗，并且有让原告被告说谎的代价的制度，反而是挺含智慧的。比滴血认亲，比举证困难因此不立案的科学思维好的多。
就说人家男人是武大郎，就算你风流倜傥，西门庆也没你那么猴急！
雷老爷子太厉害了，能科幻能历史。三个所谓的真相，看到了男人物化女人，迷之自信的一脉相承，也看到了女人历来被物化，被作为男人的附属品的悲哀，即使丈夫为了妻子而决斗，却并不是为了妻子的清白，而是自尊心和体面。所有人，亦或是说所有男人，关心的只是决斗的精彩和男人的勇猛--无人关心真相是什么。女人却都默默知道却又只能默默承受。女性主义电影又一教科书式的作品，相信这部叫好不叫座的电影能够名垂青史。
丈夫，妻子，强奸者与敌人……怎么说呢，可以看，也很欣慰最后耶稣支持了他们。电影妙在一个事被以不同人的角度反复讲（罗生门？），引发人的思考。但故事本身较简单，偏爱剧情的我未免觉得有些乏味。
这个算是致敬黑泽明吗？有的时候，真相并没有我们认为的那么重要......
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原以为影片要走刚正不阿战胜奸猾小人的路线，没想到是以伪罗生门的形式，迂回且生动地展现了那个时代男主自身的局限和女主遭受的不公，其间的矛盾冲突即便放到现世依然值得警醒，确实耐人寻思，回味无穷。
一般，感觉还行，从不同角度叙述同一件事情，提炼出对女性社会地位的思索。
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