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.
喜剧恐怖片，说到黄秋生的时候我笑了，果然就是那么简单的卖肉。
黄秋生那段翻译笑死人了 又万分的贴切 1168
素食主义者禁片 aka 麦克白夫妇 aka 全员饿人（还有一只饿犬）。
一般来说：自编自导自演的的影片，如果好就非常好；相反如果差，就会很差……而这个却中不溜的偏差一些。
题材很暗黑，但拍的很sunshine，这很法国。没什么出挑的优点，黑色幽默什么的也谈不到，不过没大毛病，随便看看就还行吧。
实际上。。。。猪的脂肪率要比人的低多了，夫妻俩还在找那么肥的素食者，伊朗猪好吃难道是所谓的脂肪香么？哈哈哈
不是我的菜，剧情还行，但是我看的这版字幕翻译有些滞后，所以观看体验没有那么好。屠夫疯狂屠杀疯狂的素食主义者vegan。
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改编得已经很出色了，把主人公狱中和船上的两段经历交织得很精彩。但是结尾，还是原著更有张力。
想看原著。向男演员奥利弗•马苏奇致敬，惊叹他的表演！
翻译里面竟然有，学黄秋生，哈哈，虽然很血腥，但很搞笑。
坚毅的精神是走出平静乏味的大海 和颠覆杀戮风暴雨的钢铁巨轮
一点儿都不觉得变态，还是黄秋生演的变态。素食主义肉食主义的冲突，就像动物世界一样，食肉动物捕杀食草动物
哈哈哈哈哈哈导演是有多想吐槽素食主义者啊，去他的zzzq，有点恶心又有点好笑。
法国佬好像什么题材都可以幽默一把，明明是连环杀人狂魔杀人分尸吃人肉卖人肉的恐怖事件，却搞得这么轻松搞笑加爽快，连人肉叉烧包的梗都用上了，活生生成了喜剧片。所以当你看到这两口子把那些素食者干掉吃下去或者当伊朗猪肉卖掉，不仅心里没有恐惧和恶心，甚至于还有一丝丝的快感和解气。很赞同导演的思想，素食肉食不过是生活方式的不同，这个世界是多元的，不同的理念完全可以共存，为什么非要道德绑架或者强迫个人的意志，这也许就是观众对这两口子恨不起来的原因，那些伪善的素食者被这样消灭还让人有了解恨的感觉。两口子的覆灭和虚伪的人际关系也有密不可分的关系，社会中像这样虚假的朋友背后捅你一刀的时候屡见不鲜，这样的设计让观众也更有共情之处。喜欢法国佬这种调调，比起美帝那些恐怖片更有独道之处。
法国人真是什么都能想出来拍。肉铺夫妻意外撞死了一个素食主义者，他们把这个倒霉蛋分尸后竟然误吃了他的肉，然后他们发现素食主义者的肉超级香。于是，他们不仅自己吃，而且把肉放在肉铺出售。这种肉卖得特别好，大家慕名而来，很快就卖光了。为了继续吃到这种美味，夫妻俩开始捕杀素食主义者。俩人不仅因此吃到了美食，赚了很多钱，而且还增进了感情。挺好笑的恐怖喜剧，不仅黑了素食主义，而且好像还黑了穆斯林，因为他们把这种肉叫做“伊朗猪肉”。
搭配上法式幽默和欢脱的配乐，让本应血腥恐怖的杀人魔题材变成了轻松愉悦式的cult片。
【20220527】法国人真敢拍，（极端）素食主义者跟一切狂热分子都让人讨厌，无论他们有多么政治正确----不过他们毕竟是草食性动物，肉质鲜美可以补偿我们这些杂食动物收到的惊扰。
一个每天晚上看杀人狂纪录片的人能正常吗？
法国人拍这种黑色幽默是真有一套。一开场就很抓人，节奏很快，跑上来10分钟就开始把ren大卸八块了。观影过程很流畅，及其紧凑，没有很浮夸的剧情。以往对法国电影是敬而远之的，但这部戏又让我路转粉。
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