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.
Jessica不停冲奖，但......迪士尼的套餐越来越多电影～
至于剧本和电影本身确实不太行，看完之后依旧不太了解塔米菲这个人，只能说主角和妆发增添了太多色彩。
（加菲这个角色的确很可恶，但是真的让人讨厌不起来（对不起是我的问题…
劳模姐需要一个奥斯卡～应该是今年最佳女主角有力竞争者：天真/好胜/对LGBTQ群体的同情心以及跌落神坛再起的人生被演绎得淋漓尽致～加菲作为男配有前半部好戏，后半段被不够老年感的妆造拖了后腿（不过同性恋倾向确实演出来了是水平）劳模姐唱歌好好听呀
编剧不行，加菲还是不行，但是请给劳模姐一个影后
流畅的剧本，一气呵成的故事，其中的转折不显突兀，贵在导演没刻意的卖惨
劳模姐这部差点真没认出来，真的拼。。。感觉用圣经打嘴仗挺有趣的。。。
时评6.6好大一个惊吓。低期待来看查斯坦新片而后明白它应该能为她赢下一次影后，whatever希望劳模姐这次能有点奖运。1.塔米菲形象亮相时即乍令我感到是变装icon；2.结尾段落美国国旗落下时蛮震撼的，因按照惯常立场预判，它太‘不适宜’，长评里搬运的评论文章有提到结尾塔米菲形象更类似于另一位极端保守福音派电视人，想想看是为了弥合或宣誓什么话语；3.作为无场外信息观众:对人物的核心定义抓得很稳，对真实的关键问题避免做出任何‘回答’，是尊重人物的、有感染力的，且并不能简单用‘冲奥片’来盖章说它无趣
一个女明星，本不长这样，却动手抢其他外形稍逊的胖女人的角色，把自己脸型贴成这样，极尽用力过猛之能事，拍这种showy但又臭又长完全不知所云的好粉丝类glamorous传记电影，就是为了骗那尊小像。之前有某位影后也有这种化妆抢胖子角色的新闻好在后来角色又交回胖姐儿手里人家获得了认可。没想到这种事会发生在自己喜欢的演员身上，制片的还是她自己鼓吹“为更多各色少数群体/女性提供平台”的公司。我只感觉虚伪与羞耻。【qrbt之王龟头小二真的不能看了，已产生生理不适，口区
传记片本身对人物挖掘不足，塔米·菲的宗教狂热和表演欲应该源自童年经历，但这段被过于囫囵带过，她和母亲的关系也没写出应有的张力，说到底导演还是想呈现一个心力憔悴的女性形象，演员的表演空间是舞台上下的反差，浮夸与空虚的对比，欲望的吞噬，索性劳模姐表演不错，尤其靠近结尾处独角戏更佳。
劳模姐封神之作，至少颁奖季我觉得她是我心中的最佳女主。 服化道歌曲和题材都是我挺有兴趣的点，看着就是不断惊叹的过程。
【7】信仰在现实面前无数次濒临崩塌，但塔米·菲终归找到了平衡点，依旧相信，但不再盲目。劳模姐的表演非常感性，情绪把握有度，很能让人共情。这种“看起来只为讲完一个故事”的传记片越来越多了，甚至隔壁《里卡多一家》就和本片有点相似之处。
很普通的传记片，非但没有过人之处，劳模姐的妆容还令我感到很不适，让我在吃东西时候不得不两次中断观影，片尾原型人物并不这样。
为什么我。。。看的是。。。。guo配。。。😭😭😭
在影院几对家庭组合中无数次问自己，天赋自由？怎么过S的啊？
you know, there is something, what if you cannot have the faith, you couldn't consist.
故事逻辑很像《大雄和白金饭店》，但是更加凌乱，有点像是在致敬星战系列，但也只是浅尝辄止，如果没有特色还去呼唤爱与和平，就会沦为比较一般的说教
劳模姐的演技无可挑剔，跟艾滋病患者对谈那段堪称全片高光。剧本真的太弱了，仅仅偶尔对人物人性部分的“窥探”，让Tammy Faye变成一个虚无的符号。
一个真神婆遇到一个打着宗教旗帜的男野心家，被同妻被嘲笑被卷入一无所有，但她依然乐观积极勇敢，她爱上帝爱妈妈爱丈夫爱世人，她只是极度缺爱渴望关注始终童心。啊，人太复杂了！
很难想象像劳模姐这样，天赋、勤奋、美丽具备的完美女演员，在她四十多岁才拿到第一座小金人。之前《猎杀本拉登》那段爆发，包括这部里任何一个片段，都可以说是业内标杆，珠峰顶上的避雷针！客观讲，加菲确实相形见拙了（特别是老年的部分）。典型的冲奥传记片，看的就是演技～
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