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.
请问这个电影。。有什么。。任何的点好看的除了看看我的吉伦哈尔有没有瘦
老吉和编剧都用力过猛的翻拍之作，很多设定和剧情安排都有些画蛇添足的感觉，经不起推敲，让人有些出戏。
Broken people save broken people
和丹麦版比较下感觉更胜一筹，演员表演更加具有张力，剧情衔接更加紧凑，老吉和猫王孙女的表演都很好
全胜在故事绕，出乎意料地反转又反转，还是草灰蛇线叙事法，除了主线剧情电话里的求救者的故事，主角自己也有故事。杰克杰伦哈尔就是很会选剧本，但这部电影他的肢体语言和面部表情在我看来都演绎过火，他姐夫就只露了把声都比他更真实。
7.5
？？？看得烦死我了 引人入胜又故弄玄虚 多一颗星给演员
没看过原版这版还行，看过就只能三星，翻拍的规规矩矩。没啥惊喜。
密闭空间失败品典型之一，在调度和剧本苍白的情况下，出色的演员很难挽回影片的水准。
剧本很好。敢接这剧本的演员挺有勇气。值得一看。看评论写的，的确丹麦版的结局更好，这版结局就很。。网飞。
个体总是片面性的，三思而行难抵一时冲动，如问心有愧，则难逃其罪
和汤姆哈迪的一个电影洛克差不多，全程就是以对话的形式展现的影片，电话情节比较平淡不如洛克抓人，一个警察通过一通报警电话良心发现的故事，网飞现在真是什么题材都要尝试一下，不管怎么说杰克吉伦哈尔的表演还是很卖力气的。
对于这种纯翻拍的电影，我认为可看性就只有新演员的演绎了。基于这一点，吉伦哈尔完成得其实不错，摄像机90分钟几乎全都聚焦他的面部，不同于丹麦原版演员的相对克制和冷静，吉伦哈尔的表演是美式的易怒、粗鲁、傲娇。靠放大情绪来弥补单一空间带来的乏力，音乐摄影一切都退到他的表演后。这种方式也没什么问题。总之，如果你喜欢吉伦哈尔，那么这是有可看性的一次再度演绎，如果对他无感，这个翻拍其实的确没什么必要。
105/ Broken people save broken people..
我说怎么越看越是一股熟悉的味道，原来是翻拍丹麦的那部。老吉的情绪张驰更大，感觉略微有点过头，但也正是老吉单人这丰富的情绪变化撑起一个半小时。
基本上从头到尾都是吉伦哈尔的独角戏。演得很卖力，而我的内心却毫无波动。
低分好片，老吉这表演不比瑞恩在活埋里面表现好？我是真想他得次奥斯卡。
没有看过丹麦原版，单就美国版而言，以《致命呼叫》的视角，用《活埋》的拍摄手法，将摄影机牢牢的固定在吉伦哈尔身上，成就了吉伦哈尔的一次独角戏。吉伦哈尔前半段的表现尚可，后半段有些用力过猛，表演太满没有留白，看的有些疲惫。而且主线案子结束之后，电影迟迟没有收尾，也显得有些啰嗦。最关键的问题在于，此类型影片已经拍过很多，无论《活埋》还是《恐怖直播》、《狙击电话亭》最后都是带着生死一线的高潮感的，本片主线案子收尾的过于草率，紧张感不足。勉强及格。
即使不考虑跟原版的对比，即使有Jake，也只能给三星
生而为人，都不容易，对别人宽容一点，对自己也宽容一点。杰克一人撑起的电影。
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