西部联盟

• 豆瓣评分：6.7
• 片长：95 分钟
• 导演：弗里茨·朗
• 年代：1949
• 地区：美国
• 类型：历史 / 西部
• 语言：英语 / Sioux
• 编剧：赞恩·格雷 / Robert Carson / Jack Andrews / George Bruce / Horace McCoy
• 影片别名：
• 更新时间：2018-10-01
• 上映：1949-10-27
• 主演：Russell Hicks / Iron Eyes Cody / 欧文·培根

主演：Russell Hicks / Iron Eyes Cody / 欧文·培根导演：弗里茨·朗语言：英语 / Sioux 地区: 美国 编剧：赞恩·格雷 / Robert Carson / Jack Andrews / George Bruce / Horace McCoy类型：历史 / 西部上映时间：1949-10-27 别名：用户标签：1940s,弗里茨·朗,美国,西部片,西部,Fritz_Lang,1941,FritzLang片长：95 分钟imdb编号：tt0034384While 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.《西部联盟》下载观后评论：8.2/10,獨特的西部片，三位人物的性格鮮明，保持到結尾。Scott(典型牛仔)、Young(文明紳士)、Jagger(進步促進者)，前兩者與女主角三角戀，隱藏衝突但又保持惺惺相惜的三人行。後者對於文明的擁護，決心與印弟安人及賊匪的對立，才會導致Scott歸於宿命。某程度上本片是Lang的西部史詩。影片着重体现了一个变字，老西部向现代化的转变，兰道夫.斯科特由黑帽（反派人物）变成了白帽（正派英雄），罗伯特.杨从一个东部绅士变成了西部牛仔。PS真正破坏西部安宁的是混在印第安人中的白人（白人冒充的印第安人）这点和福特的铁骑异曲同工。老厨师的扮演者从长相到表演都像极了憨豆。。。从奥马哈到盐湖城架电报线的故事。表现出几个小人物的故事，想做正行的牛仔，充滿理想的工程師們，以及一群架線的工人們，尤其是出彩的廚師。西部狂野的風景，我常常分不出是室內還是室外拍的。結尾肖的死，太過宿命了。理髮店的激戰挺耐看的，是西部片慣用的手法。感谢甜蜜电影字幕组。电影偶尔有小细节让我觉得西部风味够劲道，但总体上一般般。萧挺拔的身板与气度，也是我在西部片里见过最东部绅士的西部牛仔了，文质彬彬腰板直，头发打理得挺好，于是不时让我觉得有点违和感。此时的彩色电影，这个色调我竟没有完全适应。3.6.Lang'sfilms,evenawestern,arefatalistic.Toobadit'snotshootonlocation,therearprojectionreallysucks.弗爷的电影可以说涉猎了电影的各种类型和题材，他到了美国也入乡随俗地拍起了西部片，同样精彩不是吗？朗的西部片，果真是高端大气一些，一去不返的情节，宿命式的结局，在美国西部片里也算是独树一帜。[彩色]西部联盟.WesternUnion(1941)甜蜜电影字幕组多谢甜蜜字幕组的奉献，弗里茨朗很棒的西部片，好莱坞的一套朗信手拈来是挂在电线杆上死翘翘的那个同志奠基了文明，朗叔拍西部片也近乎无敌我第一次在电影中看到白人用电线电印第安人，朗老师真是太机智了。西联公司宣传片,倒是没想到最后斯科特会挂表现主义西部片，多了些严谨，少了些魅力。