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.
不要因为曾经受过伤害，就去变成伤害别人的人啊～
霸凌场景和父母面对孩子霸凌的反应都好真实，真实的让人害怕。前半部分的反转还是有被惊到，但是对最后的反转表示不理解，当然最后薛叔的演技真的绝了
本片的阵容也比较强大，薛景求和文素丽的合作曾经创造了象《薄荷糖》与《绿洲》这样的经典，但在本片中他俩的对手戏并不多。吴达洙复出了。
感觉是导演拍到85%后觉得这样稍微有点太白开水太浅，于是强行加戏。老师这个角色也是鸡肋，虽然演员很棒。
除了葛优没啥亮点，剧版的主线剧情，猜的到结尾却看不懂过程。全片镜头七八十年代的感觉，却搞那些花里胡哨的特效有点不大和谐。他爹消失二十年的原因还是不太明白，是我太笨了？
最后一幕《母亲》式的反转，除了成就了薛景求在表演上的高光之外，并没有太大的实际意义，受害者在霸凌系统中被驯化成为加害者的这个过程在前面的展现并不充分，还没有台湾的《无声》做得到位，因此这个结尾的力度就立不起来。反派阵营的刻板塑造以及韩式问题片传统的二元对立都削弱了社会性的表达，文素利和千禹熙都有些被大材小用了。
无助无奈，我们对这种社会问题总有这两种最大的感受。就像男主问他儿子，到底是哪里开始出了问题？
牛👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
很迷惑的滤镜 很烂俗的剧情 但是结婚宣誓的部分真的很动人🥺
辛女士样貌似故人，独特的美
许愿显老，老朝奉更像是葛优的付贵，80s做旧感不错，盗洞里感觉会迎头碰上胡八一和王胖子，啧啧 ~
突然看到片名还叫《父母长什么样》。确实这个片名更加有趣，为了自己的孩子不受法律的责罚，不顾道德，正义，不惜使用各种肮脏的手段。最终知道真相的父亲，也只是含泪帮他处理掉了证据。父母长什么样？无条件的护犊子罢了
薛景求和千禹熙也救不回剧本的感觉 强行为了反转而反转 反而缺少一些社会性
联想到最近看的《被讨厌的勇气》
结局的反转令人唏嘘。父母不是为孩子善后而存在的，而是该教会他们如何做人，如何待人。霸凌问题需要学校、家庭、社会共同面对，而非视而不见。薛景求的演技值得信任！
4位少年似乎也是4位家长或者是整个社会的缩影。医生是主谋；警察和老师是同谋；律师是受害者更是加害者；普通百姓就是最直接的受害者。造成这个悲剧的核心，似乎也是片名所提示的“想见你父母”，在影片开头也明确了几位主人公与学校之间的关系，不熟且之前从未见过，并且不知谁是老师。最后舍弃律师，或许是律师还会站在社会法律之上为民众争取胜利，但这也是在自身利益受到侵害时才会有所体现。最终律师儿子回归校园，律师继续律政工作，但是他受贿的行为并未改正，也就说明他的恶行也就存在，以此也引申出他的儿子罪行依旧。题材是好的，内容也够丰富，但是拍摄欠缺。（哦，补充一句，最后薛景求直视摄影机，与观众产生联系，如果与杀人回忆中宋康昊相联想的话，是否可以理解为，观众都是目击证人，庞大的观众群体也是大部分普通百姓，使他惧怕？）
生平最恨魔改，然而这片已不只是魔改问题了，而是一个投机取巧的缝合怪，把原著情节东拉西扯的揉在一起，还回避了最敏感但也最关键的文革旧事。一句话总结就是：你该死。
生平最恨魔改，然而这片已不只是魔改问题了，而是一个投机取巧的缝合怪，把原著情节东拉西扯的揉在一起，还回避了最敏感但也最关键的文革旧事。一句话总结就是：你该死。
个人觉得肯定算不上烂片，但也就隔着一层纸吧。非原著党表示节奏有点太赶，光靠着吆喝一些花里胡哨的话调动气氛，这不是在纯装B嘛，细节压根没有办法去推敲呢，脑子一晃等编剧给你来反转就行。并不觉得葛大爷有多出彩，李现演的也不差，雷佳音正常发挥，辛芷蕾真是越看越好看鸭，反倒演的最好的是阿如那(郑国渠)，那段酒席看的是真来劲！
中间都看得很生气，但是眼看进度条进到快尾声一切都已经无力转圜，就变成深深地无奈，害。人性永远复杂
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