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.
一句话影评:千万别惹性饥渴的老妇人！
女主这种傻逼真就靠主角光环活到了最后啊……小电影套排小电影～
质感其实很不错 个人觉得比soho惊魂夜执行自由很多 可惜就是暴力或情色作为任何一种引人买票的元素 它下料不够 毕竟不能要求恐怖片迷沉溺于影像质感
血腥、性、血浆、暴力、愤怒、嫉妒、懵懂。年轻的时候就要疯狂做哎，不然到老了就后悔去吧！垂死的老太婆和老太公因为得不到性快感而杀掉来他们家拍A片的年轻人（没错故事就这么简单）。太好看了！一枪爆头、推下湖泊被鳄鱼吃掉、砍手指，最后老太公操老太婆，幸存的女孩躲在床底，太好笑了哈哈哈哈戏剧死了！！！let fuck every day and night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
对不起我对这种主题实在接受无能，不是说我觉得老年人不可以有性欲，但他们因为嫉妒年轻人而杀戮，还自以为能让他们永远炽热的爱情锦上添花，我完全厌恶。
就是说真的有必要把老年刻画得如此不堪吗？好奇老年观众观影感受。 才知道女主一人饰演老少，有点厉害。 惊悚部分有些地方能被吊着，当然也有落入俗套的地方。 当然了最大的感受还是为老年人鸣不平啊。。。老了真的没这么惨吧？
最后一幕变态老奶奶的死法不要太刺激，哈哈哈哈
拍小黄片还挺有意思的。两个反派的死法也是前无古人后无来者了恐怕
质感其实很不错 个人觉得比soho惊魂夜执行自由很多 可惜就是暴力或情色作为任何一种引人买票的元素 它下料不够 毕竟不能要求恐怖片迷沉溺于影像质感
我还是第一次看到老年人拍床戏，这个观感真的太糟糕了。
《关于一对老年人没有性生活而开始屠杀年轻人这件事》
前一個小時很好，但當進入黑夜，殺戮開始後，還是難免落入了俗套。"I will not accept a life I do not deserve."
年轻是美，是永恒，是无限的生命与活力，谁不渴望呢
a24现在确实是质感的代名词了，整片的概念还是有点意思的，但还不够惊艳
一句话影评:千万别惹性饥渴的老妇人！
又是德州又是保守宗教又是拍a片和我看的上部电影《红色火箭》竟然莫名连上了，这部德州老妪变态杀人事件其杀人动机尽然是嫉妒青年男女能够自由打炮做爱，而自己不能于是痛下杀手，但问题是，老年人性欲是个自然衰退过程，性欲残留且异常强烈的不是没有但也属于少数，大部分到了岁数荷尔蒙自然就消停了，另外我想讨论一点就是如果女性以能够取悦男人或者说以展示性魅力或者说以是否还有性吸引力作为个人价值判断那么一定是不符合目前女性意识觉醒等等主流价值观的，，空虚寂寞冷只是说明一定程度上自我价值的缺失，如果有充分的兴趣和充实的生活目标，也可以过好晚年无性生活的，至少不至于扭曲至疯狂。完全成了《惊魂记》里的主角。
3.5，性和死亡是恐怖片的基本元素，这部片子再次强调了这一点，强调的方式既直接又巧妙。
all about desire，很好。
6.5分。算是近年来越发束手束脚的好莱坞的一次不大不小的开放。倒是在这部电影里见到了我看电影到现在都没见过的人设。精虫上脑却又无法行房事的老年夫妻憋久了会怎么样，有点恶趣味。不过抛去这个设定，影片不说离托比·琥珀的《德州》有多远，就连自己本家A24的《遗传厄运》也够不着。固定机位有，头顶俯拍有，但是也就是如此了，套了A24皮的血浆电影猎奇电影。
挺逗乐的，为爱杀人，为爱痴狂，难得在这样的电影里可以看到一个讨论正确价值观的场景，而且本片中心该是这几个小年轻一起讨论的戏份：及时行乐，老了就操不动了，哈哈哈。
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