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.
此外还有很多熟悉的老面孔，巴比伦柏林女主，王冠里的爱德华八世……荞麦小哥西装革履的精英扮相居然比1917里的狼狈乱糟糟的汤米更苦逼，好在这一次他总算没有再眼睁睁看着朋友死去了
昨天刚看完原著，趁着新鲜的记忆又看了电影。
导演把蓝眼睛帅哥拍得太好看了，帅哥演技也很好。运镜很有想法，就是故事有点无聊
好看！不知道历史上张伯伦是不是真这么考虑的
张伯伦在对希特勒实施绥靖政策的同时也在采取重振军备的措施，以及1938年（或者说整个1930年代）英国糟糕的经济状态和战备情况导致其无力承担战争（张伯伦角色在电影中所说的台词“我只能打我手上有的牌”就是此意）——这些都是历史事实，反倒是令自从高中英语教科书之后除了微博博主文章就没读过其他历史类书籍的简中网友们大为惊诧了。“所谓希望，是指望别人出手做事来改变状况”，这句台词颇有内涵。
Captivating from the start to end
张伯伦对英国二战的贡献不亚于丘吉尔，为英国备战争取了宝贵的时间。“乌克兰危机”以史为鉴
节奏很好 制作精良 希特勒扮相奇怪了点
这个卡司我爱了，扬尼斯小哥还有伦敦一枝花夏洛特，但在老演员们的衬托下年轻演员们的演技还是有些稚嫩青涩；剧本无功无过，一些情节点的紧张感也有，开头的双线交叉比相遇之后来的更有意思，ss和Paul交锋时的紧迫感本可以更大的
通过外交秘书来讲张伯伦的故事，于是又重看了一遍《至暗时刻》，发现之前第一次给的评价太高了，里面音乐太煽情受不了，减了一颗星～～这片子还不错，男主角长了一副特别容易紧张的脸，情绪控制很到位，故事也讲得不错。
根据畅销书改编的历史果然是不太靠谱的，这其实就是给《慕尼黑协议》加了点虚构的谍战佐料（为了剧情反转竟还安排了个莫名其妙的守护天使），以此塑造一个颠覆世人史观的张伯伦：当希特勒的阴谋通过间谍之手以秘密会议纪要的形式呈现在张伯伦的眼前，他仍装聋作哑，坚持在协议上签字，目的是为盟国争取一年的备战时间？表面看是忍辱负重的冒天下之大不韪，实则顺应欧洲民众的厌战情绪（毕竟一战的伤疤尚未愈合）。非要这么编，似乎也是一个探寻历史的角度，但如此舍身取义兼有大智慧的爱国者居然被世人曲解了？张伯伦下台后不久就去世了，但就在他生命的最后一年里，也就是丘吉尔主政之始，他都没有放弃给丘吉尔添堵，仍活跃在反战阵营中，备什么战？这是绥靖至死的意思啊，完全说不通。但此片的优点也很明显，表现力特别强，以一段友情牵动欧洲命运。
爬梯开了百年了，还真是一点没变。竟然有点感动着。
为了凸显两位年轻主演的伟光正，对张伯伦的刻画极为敷衍、毫不立体，至于紧张气氛和表演处理上也有些差，显得格外出戏和失真。
4，节奏感和氛围把控惊喜，没想到这么精彩，两位男主化学反应太棒可遇不可求，那些对视，果然又是牛津爱又是一个永恒的夏天，share一根烟等着一起呼实在太浪漫了，成为一个经典的时刻，私心加一星。
三星给签订协议过程中你争我夺，还蛮紧张刺激的。两个年轻人奋力左右，几乎左右了整个欧洲的战局。也是为历史上的争议人物张伯伦证明平反的历史剧
是我想拉国政猛男来看了并讨论的题材
感觉精髓是片尾阴天下被攥在手里的纸，真的很脆弱
情节不算特别精彩，四平八稳的历史同人，不愧是《王冠》导演，最大看点和亮点不是两个年轻的主角，而是杰瑞米艾恩斯饰演的张伯伦，毕竟以他的立场展现慕尼黑会议的影视作品并不多。
节奏前松后紧，巧合设定过于尴尬，视听中规中矩，表达的政治观点恕我无能我无法苟同，于我而言，趣味仅在于荞麦讲德语和英德外交官设定。
希特勒是个魔鬼，但是所谓的聪明政客团体依旧无能为力，苟延残喘般说为战争争取了时间，却没有想过更有效阻止战争！没有一片雪花是清白的。
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