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.
情感的表现已经足够了 希望能有更多的伦理上的讨论
如果不按照科幻伦理片来看 毕竟剧本和逻辑上的漏洞还是很多的 单纯当作家庭和文艺电影 片子还是有很多可圈可点之处 用了大量笔墨细腻的梳理整个翻墙流动 结构和节奏非常缓慢耐心 一切都围绕着主角的内心世界设计 也算是助力冲奥片才有的效果
克隆人替本體去生活……
其实拥有记忆了，就是“you are you”了，可惜人类都可以转移记忆了，却还不能治愈癌症。很期待苹果那辆无人驾驶的车上市
Look me in the eyes and tell me you love me
一个得病将要去世的人，克隆了一个自己，让他代表自己继续照顾自己的家人。从此独自一人抱着所有痛苦而死去～
太难过了，大概一个小时之后我就开始一直流泪，在远离城区的地方一个人死去，骨灰洒在大海里，“我”变成自己生活的局外人，流水一般的电影，Ali流水一般的表演，我该如何与自己和深爱的人做最后的告别，我该如何与流水一般的生命告别啊。配乐真好，科幻与哲学的深处都是寂静的，电影对这点把握得很好。
不知道咋说好，浪漫而深沉的作品，探讨的克隆人伦理相关问题过于遥远，但看完又觉得很真实。人类喜欢遐想也算是天性吧。男主演技非常厉害，7/10。
不知道咋说好，浪漫而深沉的作品，探讨的克隆人伦理相关问题过于遥远，但看完又觉得很真实。人类喜欢遐想也算是天性吧。男主演技非常厉害，7/10。
是不是一个梦
我想我也很难和自己的一生和解，我们都是。
故事戛然而止，仅可以作为黑镜中的一集的程度。
第3485-电影以外，对于克隆人这种事还是不支持，因为人的欲望是消除不了的，克隆技术绝对会让人用来谋私利，很有可能会引起混乱和战争。
890｜3.5，克隆之后毫无区别是直奔主题的软科幻设定，然而剧本不够简洁，情感的表达也不够有力。故事是残酷而温暖的：即使另一个我与我自己毫无区别，但与家人的爱的记忆无法被抹去，怀着它离开这个世界无疑是痛苦的，但也只有知悉亲情完好如初，才舍得放手离开。中间一段配乐居然是Radiohead的Idioteque。
我挚爱的一切
故事戛然而止，仅可以作为黑镜中的一集的程度。
片中用医疗式生命决策合同经期可能的卸去道德的包袱。当然你能感到的是，科学家的功利意愿像针一样戳破生活生命脆弱的气泡。
从故事类型到叙事风格，整体与亚历克斯·加兰非常相似。｜7.0
太难过了，大概一个小时之后我就开始一直流泪，在远离城区的地方一个人死去，骨灰洒在大海里，“我”变成自己生活的局外人，流水一般的电影，Ali流水一般的表演，我该如何与自己和深爱的人做最后的告别，我该如何与流水一般的生命告别啊。配乐真好，科幻与哲学的深处都是寂静的，电影对这点把握得很好。
一个人运用科技手段悄无声息地完成了与妻儿的单方面告别。当科学发展到一定程度，当克隆人体不再是个难题，剩下的就只有应用中的伦理问题。一个命不久矣的男人在妻儿不知情的情况下与医学实验室签署了复杂的协议，克隆自身，然后把记忆与潜意识上传给克隆体，并在一周适应期后抹去克隆体被克隆的记忆，令其永远不知自己是克隆人的真相，全情投入本不属于他的角色。而另一边，彻底放弃了身份的病躯甘愿在与世隔绝之地拥抱自己的宿命。但要在正本与副本之间实现毫无痕迹的切换并非易事，皆因人非草木，取决于爱与占有如何博弈。要让自己所爱的人永远都不要经历失去之痛，只有真爱能让这一切成真。非常好的题材。
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