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.
说差吧也不算差，两个小时能不费力地看完；说好吧，也确实没有哪里特别突出。
现在的香港电影连手法也跟大陆的连续剧有点相像，特别中间的剪辑调色手法，这是用了6个月从培训学院毕业的剪辑师吗？而且不知道是不是大陆审美要求，现在的港片至少有一位或以上的整容脸？
三池崇史。2022 金馬奇幻。宮藤官九郎。鼴鼠三部曲，算是系列高標。廢到笑的美術跟賣弄生田斗真的裸體是基本盤。堤真一跟吹越滿三人組很可愛。一直覺得仲里依紗不是傳統典型正妹，但純奈這個角色真是正正正。尾段在牆壁海報上好像看到三池崇史，不知是否眼花認錯。
一开始会觉得非常杂乱，看到最后觉得可以，想回去找找线索，重看的念头又会让自己很痛苦。就是这样的一部电影。玩概念玩得挺好，但是这样拍也相当危险，任务完成得也算是可以，剪辑未免显得杂乱。男主演技可以。
一法师就拿着金刚杵和恶灵贴身肉搏😅（听掉地上的声，杵还是空心的）
7分。这其实是个惊悚片，实在算不上恐怖片，整个片子恐怖的镜头都没几个。但我还挺喜欢这片子的，时间跳跃和生死轮回的设计有点像恐怖游轮。但可惜创意是有了，但完成度欠佳，只能靠脑部才搞得清楚时间线，浪费了还算有趣的创意。
乏善可陈。为啥标签会出现伪纪录片？是那三个傻逼套路大学生嘛？
小成本的棒子恐怖片还有点意思，除了黑乎乎的画面有点不舒服外，虽然主题还是怨念鬼魂杀人的基本情节，但时空交错与多重鬼格的设定算是有点小惊喜。现在韩国很多恐怖片都要加上点宗教色彩却又不是正宗的佛教，学鬼佬搞点驱魔仪式却全盘高丽服饰法器，所以看上去总有点不伦不类的怪异感。这年头作鬼都需要多重鬼格才能混下去，真不容易。个人觉得本片比昆池岩更胜一筹，好多细节有点细思极恐的感觉，特别是时间线的交织有点恐怖循环的味道，恐怖氛围营造得挺不错，深夜观看还有点感觉。
氛围和鬼的妆容都在致敬黄金时期港式鬼片的风格，精神分裂鬼算是一个新鲜点子，可惜后面全员醒悟自己早已变鬼的反转，也是港片曾经玩烂的梗
幾乎沒有懸念的電影，過於公式化橋段，智叔的最後作品，沖這就值得看看。
说差吧也不算差，两个小时能不费力地看完；说好吧，也确实没有哪里特别突出。
拍得太理想化，什么正义战胜了权力，最后还不是靠伪证和权力金钱收买的证人，年轻演员表演太差了，这样下去香港电影真的要没落了。
8-1.我觉得5.7真的低了，打四星支持电影立意。如果这种伟光正都要质疑和不鼓励，这个社会就没希望了。港版的长夜难明，总体还是可看的，但这阵容注定不会火。廖启智遗作，那段飙戏也算是完美谢幕了。
个人评分4.5分（主观影评，不喜勿喷）
前两部至少还笑点十足，这部就真的感觉为了完结而完结了…草草收尾
听说是智叔最后一部电影，致敬！曾经在港铁上遇到，BU的老师，致敬老一代戏骨，希望内地的年轻影人能学习
曾药师应该是想牺牲亲儿子保集团利益吧，结果被廖叔玉石俱焚拉下水打了个全盘皆输。剧情和几位大叔大爷演技都还可以吧，打两星那些人太苛刻了。
如果导演能力有限的话，大可不必把时间线拍的这么复杂
看到5.6分的评价，差点就不想点进去了。不过其实还挺好看的，剧情老套，但其实也隐射了一些人治和法治的问题
听说是智叔最后一部电影，致敬！曾经在港铁上遇到，BU的老师，致敬老一代戏骨，希望内地的年轻影人能学习
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