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.
黑人在体育上有努力 但白雪公主是黑人 我就不看
老套的黑人政治正确电影，剧情平庸，乏善可陈。
叙事结构类似于《摔跤吧爸爸》，因为太熟悉大小威看到2/3才察觉，察觉的原因在于有些夸大普通人对天才少女的关注度，大小威在网球场上最大的关注点应该是肤色，业内人士及经纪人、体育商对她们的关注倒是可以理解。美国电影产业的成熟度体现在他们已经熟练掌握了如何把这类传记电影拍的吸引人、打动人，虽然很流水线化，但也的确打动我了，尤其想到姐妹俩在赢球后总会像公主一样致谢全场的场景，会觉得她们值得这样的宠爱。当然本片主角是理查德，之所以叫国王，因为他独断专权，想为女儿做一切决定，不愿意受任何人牵制，但有今天的成绩，和他的坚持密不可分。
7/10。比起King Richard，其实叫Despot Richard可能更符合片子的调性：对跨越阶层的名利和成功毫不掩饰地推崇，对竞技体育带来的种族平权毫不吝惜地赞美，顺便把价值判断的权利留给了观众。剧本挺厚实，Will Smith又一次扮演了一个伟大父亲角色，标准的冲奖季电影。
被“好人”理查德耍成猴了
三星半，同一个题目，更想去看爸爸的单人纪录片。不是演员表演问题，大概在剧本重心设计上。
坦白说，因为之前蛮期待的，结果是有所失望的。大小威的成功，肯定是离不开男主父亲的培养，甚至至关重要，但抹杀她们的个人努力和选择，女性自我的力量就被削弱了，包括母亲的声音，虽然有不满，但却也是接受后的抱怨，而非突破性的举动！威尔·史密斯的演技一如既往，拿了奖，我只能说，是对《幸福来敲门》的补偿。另，家长的控制欲，有时也挺可怕的，要有所警惕，辅助引导，不要替他/她决定人生~
好久好久没看这种传记类的片了 还是因为准备考试补到相关资料了才终于决定看一看的 这么一看 演员本人和剧中角色确实挺像的 还是希望理查德本人会没有威尔史密斯那么“大男子主义” （再一次不自觉地忽略点了其他人 哎）
自卑以自负的形式向外投射 作为教练父亲传记而非运动员传记 竞技的部分做出了取舍
大威已经够委屈了，而小威委屈的更加彻底，明明我最强，结果连个故事线都分不到
说实话，这么好的故事，拍成这样，真的不算及格。
老威廉姆斯这人设实在喜欢不起来，连带着威尔·史密斯的表演也看不下去，我反而觉得演妈妈的安洁纽·艾莉丝演技更佳，厨房争吵戏明显女好于男。
5-6｜非常不解风情，不合时宜的电影和焦点。在女权主义崛起的当下将天才姐妹的成功归功于父权和成功学的灌输，怎么看都是，极度的不适。是个好故事，演员也非常好，这难以改变这部电影的平庸。这部电影配不上威廉姆斯姐妹，我想也配不上理查德。下次是不是该拍个亚裔虎妈的故事？
非常满足的两个小时观影体验，看了一个好故事
还行，体育运动片儿里也就还行，放全部片儿就更还行。
和一般的体育片不同的风格，加入了家庭教育的元素，使得整个片子都充满了爱意。
虽然是成功学鸡汤但是原型这么slay很难不瑞思拜
很苦很现实很励志很感动。谁说选择比努力重要？神也是拼出来的。
自卑以自负的形式向外投射 作为教练父亲传记而非运动员传记 竞技的部分做出了取舍
为何选择小说家的身份，似乎无需一个明确的解释，但其执着敏感的特质于一次次对世俗旧识的失落后指向了对金敏喜的发现，并通过与她同行的经历逐渐揭开两人平行却又相悖的处境，窗外的女孩对金的好奇如同《逃走的女人》中的猫咪，脱离世俗的晶莹灵动的吸引力，而重回咖啡馆后，小说家又一次陷入来自过去的尴尬，金则一醉睡去安静而甜蜜，末尾影厅中的放映，影像由黑白变幻为彩色，镜头内外的表白让美在此刻被铭记，创作的激情变得模糊又浓郁，洪再一次通过一部电影全方位的歌颂了金作为影像的精灵，最终散场去往天台找寻小说家的她究竟是否梦醒，总之是随着放映的结束，重新步入黑白而惆怅的消失了，等待着又一次望远镜中、橱窗外、镜头内的召唤，洪的创作在痛苦的结构游戏和对金的虔诚的赞美诗间从容而规律的变奏着，仿佛每经困顿，便用爱人的花束安魂。
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