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.
3.5。拉雷恩努力用視聽、色調和表演呈現「政治驚悚片」的驚悚本色，並讓用以諷刺的滑稽基調一點點從畫框邊緣滲透出來。然而，既有重複渲染的贅筆，也有破局過快的缺憾。
一个纯洁的疯子，一群复杂的骗子
看到一半的时候在想I need 小k和sally的同人文 我要看宫廷版指匠情挑 没想到接下来剧情就真的…
配乐和节奏极佳 服饰和pd也太美了 前半段觉得有点乱 但从她和两个孩子一起玩游戏开始就泪流不止了 孤独和无助在让自己更加渺小的皇宫里变得无边无际 kk的表演痕迹还是重 但某些momenta好像和黛安娜的感觉很像 害羞drama童真倔强
音乐做的好，甚至叙事有些依靠配乐。衣服好看，摄影调色也不错，道具做的也不错，还说到Jane Seymour，不知道是英国王后还是演员。现在看这种传记片会去想它是不是史实，总会感觉导演的目的是什么，这样看总感觉他挖的不够深，停在表面表现一个杜撰出来的Diana
拍得很美，但不喜歡說故事的方式，真的不喜歡
难受，完完全全是戴妃视角，但这真的是戴妃的处境吗？感觉像是在地狱中，看着有些窒息感……2星半给服饰还原
戴安娜不停抱怨老房子(空气中有维多利亚女王的皮屑...),她就生在宫殿里好吗。
吃珍珠的一幕,串戏尤二姐~，而且那大塑料珠子好出戏。
不太行，演员都在端着表演，KS发力过度，戴安娜很难引起共情，节奏迟缓又怪异，空洞的粗线条叙事缺乏焦点，构图与配乐营造焦虑压抑的氛围呼应主角精神状态，算是少有的优点。
很大胆的戏说，将黛安娜的内心挣扎浓缩化外在化寓言化，成为所有被禁锢被压抑的女性追求自由找回自我的象征。
三星不到。真的很烦动不动就把锅推给精神疾病，拍到后面直接精神分裂了。虽然从一个口子来拍传记没错，可是这块戴安娜切割得并不好，太片面了。过于神经质到显得很没礼貌。但看到最后，我也想吃肯德基……
#Prime Video# 镜头构图还行，配乐比较一般（主要是太抢戏了），剧情不太行，演的就……，特意找了一下黛安娜的访谈，确定了一下她嗓子没问题，我不知道发生了什么，全程要这么说话。
整部电影最可爱的地方就是女王的柯基还有他们打猎的时候那一群鸡毛
小k搞不好会凭借此片拿个奥奖最佳女主提名。电影展现的是戴安娜王妃和查尔斯结婚十余年，距离婚只有几年的那段时期，感觉还没到她与查尔斯正式分居的1992年底，不过也快了。戴安娜不仅与查尔斯感情破裂，而且在王室生活极其压抑。每天都不得不强迫自己表演，可能有一定程度的心理疾病。小k演得还不错，会让观众怜惜这个美丽脆弱痛苦的女人。电影的结局似乎戴安娜得到了呼吸的机会，心情也一扫阴霾。可是现实是痛苦的，她并没有活成斯宾塞。整体还是偏文艺的表达，并不是写实传记片。
比Jackie好，比the crown差，可能是因为缺了Josh O’Conor。
前面的节奏和情绪不是太好，后面收的又有点突然…
and the king chopped off her head because he met another woman
诚如片头语所言，这则来源于真实的寓言，残酷无情得令人无法呼吸。小K再一次证明她自己是一个细腻、神经质、美丽而又厉害的好演员。剧本打磨得非常精致，环环相扣的语调和词汇，紧密围绕主人公温柔而破碎的内心。
戴安娜之所以被称为人民的王妃应该有很多原因，其中一个大概是因为她的痛苦人民最能够想象和共情。高度风格化的影像和配乐，搭建起一个极具电影感和戏剧性的舞台，人物被困于牢笼的逼仄感以及皇室荒谬又无处不在的重压，都在这个舞台上被生动有力的呈示出来。开场部队进场的段落太精彩，融反讽于无形，用服饰串联冲突亦可算巧思，女王和男管家等次要人物的设计和展现也不错。但全片最明显也是根本性的问题，就是对于绝对中心戴安娜的人物定位和推动方式缺乏可信度和贯通性，人物一上来就已经是濒临崩溃的女人，让电影从始至终被笼罩在过于强烈和反复的情绪之下，而且类似利用安妮·博林进行对比映照的塑造方式也过于直白和陈旧了，这一切都让小K卖力演出的这个人物并没能成为这部传记电影的重量和核心，只是成为了其中最大的一个符号。整体三星半。
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