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.
很难想象老雷居然用了2个半小时的片长来讲述这样一个并不出奇的豪门龌龊故事，而即便如此，关于遗产税、夫妻情变、叔侄反目、父子反目等桥段或是转折生硬，或是交代模糊。可惜了一众大牌卡司的演技。
看完以后，我只能说大失所望，剧情搁一边不说，这部剧最大的噱头就是LADY GAGA吧，包括一系列的造神提名，可惜奥斯卡一把子打脸了，作为LG的歌粉，这电影我没觉得她的演技有什么登峰造极的地方，甚至觉得她在里面的形象真的是太难看了！！我一度怀疑这电影就是在拿LG的各种提名作为PR手段，但可惜奥斯卡不买账。毕竟星诞已经让她尝到甜头了，如果连续提名，那真的是无脑造神了。其次就是作为以她为主轴的电影，她演到一半，就没影了！！！突然主线就变了，然后快结尾了，主线又回到了她身上。。。。这就离谱了，怪不得口碑崩了，确实拍的不咋地。
2.5到3，就像一部烂俗的豪门爱情片。女主被塑造得像一个为爱情冲昏了头脑的bicth.男主完成了从一个呆头呆脑的豪门公子变成了有独裁欲的中年渣男。完全没有想像中的那种爽感。印象稍微深刻的是被枪杀的前面，他还悠哉的吃完早餐，踩着单车离开，观众都知道他马上就要死了。那种被命运崩的开了一枪的戏弄感，还是有的。
第三代接班人可真是个废物➕懦夫，gaga饰演的帕特里奇亚论能力论魄力论智商哪点不比他强？懦夫无论是家族争权、还是经营企业，干啥啥不行，抛妻弃女却是第一名🥇
不知道原事件，还挺有意思的，敢情Gucci家族的人没一个好下场啊，太惨了… 拜托Gaga不要再演戏了
阵容没话说，父与子、叔与侄、兄弟与夫妻之间为了家族品牌不断挑起纷争的故事也很有开发价值，可惜雷老做出来的效果就像记流水账，平铺直叙，一点儿冲突的紧张也没有，有人被忽悠，有人入了狱，有人被暗杀，这些大事件仿佛不起眼的小事，就这么发生了。
在电影院看的。人为财死，鸟为食亡，欠债还钱，杀人偿命。
也太无聊了。。。感觉有三个半小时长，毫无重点。。。
一群a-list cast卖力地演了一出流水账…
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再看电影本身，其实看完再细想，几个主要角色人物几乎都没有立住，真的太奇怪了，一切的转变都是莫名其妙（越说越想给两颗星…想想还是算了…
也太鬼长了。。。两个半小时的肥皂剧还tm没节奏变化。。。Gucci的财务报表都比这好看( / 想补一星给司机少爷帕西诺，但电影院里的痛苦阻止了我。
Tom Ford:“I often laughed out loud, but was I supposed to? "
（6.0）嘎嘎演技大进步，尤其肢体动作表现力爆棚。问题还是我在明星那部时说的，面部肌肉掌控不够细腻，也就是微表情太贫乏了。天赋看来还是一般，这些年也没有长期表演训练打磨出来。不过靠着形体也能成就伟大演员的。整部影片拍得就那样吧，音乐的调配有点意思。意大利歌剧、莫扎特的德语歌剧、电子乐的交替演变，多少也对应了古驰家族的变迁。
怀抱理想主义情怀的“律师”终究担不起家族大业，而敢想敢拼的“妻子”’则在最后一刻被愤怒冲昏了头脑。现在古驰企业中已经没有一个姓古驰的人了，所以这故事想讲的可能是家族企业被现代管理制度吞噬的过程。
必须要承认，我只看了斯科特这几年的两部作品，一部《决斗》还有这个。前者已经看不到斯科特的锐气、这一部不仅没有锐气、连诚意和认真都看不到了；简直平庸的像摄影打光教科书。不能说没有失望，更多是可惜。能看得出gaga为了角色有增重，但她变化在这十年间是不是过于巨大了……？她原来自带的美感、全都看不到了……也有可能是我太久没关注她了。不过我当年那么迷她，绝壁不是没有道理。且不谈演技，我觉得她很会在镜头前展现自己的魅力；不只是性魅力，还有她对于自己举止的从容和自信。这片，看她就好了。
看完以后，我只能说大失所望，剧情搁一边不说，这部剧最大的噱头就是LADY GAGA吧，包括一系列的造神提名，可惜奥斯卡一把子打脸了，作为LG的歌粉，这电影我没觉得她的演技有什么登峰造极的地方，甚至觉得她在里面的形象真的是太难看了！！我一度怀疑这电影就是在拿LG的各种提名作为PR手段，但可惜奥斯卡不买账。毕竟星诞已经让她尝到甜头了，如果连续提名，那真的是无脑造神了。其次就是作为以她为主轴的电影，她演到一半，就没影了！！！突然主线就变了，然后快结尾了，主线又回到了她身上。。。。这就离谱了，怪不得口碑崩了，确实拍的不咋地。
雷老生涯最差了吧…无重心无佳章，Gaga土且差，莱托演得就是神经病，帕叔铁叔也救不回来
（全剧最精彩之处莫过于TF在结尾所带来的那场时装秀。
这么有趣的故事，真的给拍的太普通了。老司机不停换装负责好看就可以了，土鳖的表演是有进步的，但是这么有戏的角色，也被她演的没有什么亮点。反而莱托演的保罗是最有戏的角色。
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