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.
差不多是《香水》、《生吃》和《房间》的混合体。虽然主旨和社会隐喻并不新鲜，但表演和一些故事细节却颇可玩味。而抛开隐喻不谈，男人不好吃，我觉得应该是太柴的缘故。顺便，Daisy Edgar-Jones前途不可限量。
演得倒是都挺好，这剧情不忍直视，主要是既不恐怖也不惊悚，血腥度也一般。
一切流于表面，就女主忍辱负重那部分勉强有点看头
如果是好电影的话希望将来我有机会欣赏。
感觉大家都在假装变态或假装心理不适……但事实上，在人间，大多数人并不关心你吃不吃人，或者说，没有这方面的议题，因为它并不是日常的啊，它给人的感觉就像有人问你资本吃不吃人，一模一样。太抽象了！若不是真变态或真单纯，谁有那么大的共情能力啊。
除了有些情节有点奇怪，为什么当她觉得单独打阿十，为什么不先告诉那个黑人大叔呢，还好最终战斗爆表，活下来了
感觉大家都在假装变态或假装心理不适……但事实上，在人间，大多数人并不关心你吃不吃人，或者说，没有这方面的议题，因为它并不是日常的啊，它给人的感觉就像有人问你资本吃不吃人，一模一样。太抽象了！若不是真变态或真单纯，谁有那么大的共情能力啊。
20220327 周日 15:57 只是我觉得女主演技不对劲还有我奇怪的注意点就她声音有点难听哈哈，此类的自我心灵救赎是真的挺无聊的！
啥都没有啊。。。你要想表现上流社会的无耻那你表现啊，没那个胆那就足够血腥也行，最后啥也没有
大型厌男片，惊悚做的不是很到位，大部分篇幅都在讲爱情
一般，暴雪+封闭的小屋，没好好利用这个设定
电影主人公的人设设定很不错，没有一些常见的stereotype刻板印象的人设，而且场景安排得也不错一个被暴风雪封堵无法行动的游客中心（很奇怪这个游客中心都没有工作人员的吗？），情节设定也比较有意思，但是实话实说拍得真的不吸引人，看着有点闷，不过还在最后十几分钟还算是有点小高能，特别是那个钉子枪把钉子打进女主的手腕里钉在墙上然后又把手拔出来，看着瘆人，不过也就那么一点小惊喜吧。
对比 诈骗王，只是骗色骗财，这个是要你的肉，要你的命！用铁链锁住你！No one gona save you !
有一句台词点亮了主题 男权帮凶让女性更难
3⃣不要轻易透露自己的社会关系薄弱，没家人爱没朋友理
剧情围绕着Noa和Steve，前面半小时如何诱骗女孩，后面就是如何诱骗这位变态食人杀手，剧情可以再更加丰富，从头到尾起码报一次警试试。
汉尼拔恋爱脑可还行，最后成片两不靠太可惜！#我小时候的确想过，约到吃人魔这种该怎么办
吃女人的世界暗喻明喻啊！制作质量上乘！就是比想象中要vanilla一些
今年很多男人不靠谱做工具人的大女主女拳片啊。
hulu品味就是比较特别吧，就看看塞包哈哈。相亲部分就已经让人抓狂了233不如说是个都市讽刺剧。
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