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.
虽然是翻拍的是与《较量》（《误杀》原著）风格截然不同的《迫在眉梢》，但修改了人物背景、社会层面的悲情底和父亲结局的新本子还是沿袭了《误杀》系列的特色——些许喜剧、迷影、黑官以及字面意思的误杀，这些细节的修改共同构成了这场形似神不似的改编。但同样，也正是陈思诚这些重复的创作（尤其是底），让当权者第一次出场的时候就能让观众知晓谜底，这失去了太多的趣味。也许是看过原版的原因，又或许是接踵而至的底的轰炸，最后原版最精彩的部分并没有感受到同样的温柔触感，当然也可能是原版扣动扳机未果的颤抖太过动人。
那个什么什么萨丁出场的时候，我就想走了。绝了。看得我头疼。让蝼蚁市民们花大几十块看自己的同阶层蝼蚁怎么死的
医保不能断！不是悬疑片！不是悬疑片！不是悬疑片！不如第一部，投机倒把，毫无节制的设计与贩卖苦情。看完最大的感受是“不相信”，妻子还是应该让谭卓继续演，文咏珊更像是一个与世无争，来体验生活的大小姐。
最后的结局才是亮点 无论经历前人多少刻骨铭心的痛失亲人 忍辱负重的调查真相 即使将事实摆在眼前最终也变成政客资本家互相推诿的皮球而已 万字诉讼和实验报... 展开
如果最后警察打得是心脏怎么办？？(哦对他穿了防弹衣 可恶居然被他严谨到了
这剧其实拍的非常沉闷，我分了三次才看完的，代入感是事件本身而不是剧情。然后要说的就是既然是真实事件，那么到底什么医生可以自己解剖妻子尸体？最后要说的就是用什么加湿器，太不安全了，我这种不舍得用纯净水供养它的反而就了自己一命？
最后聪明地选择用『亲情』化解所开头提出的矛盾冲突，对贫富小人物等质问笼统解决，不过想想，还能怎么做呢？不管是生活还是电影，可能最后都变成药神的那句话：为什么会这样？因为……没有药了啊。
毕业作品水平，2倍速能坚持看完，浪费4张券。跟前作完全不是一个风格，而且跟“误杀”无关(硬蹭前作热度多扣一星）！这故事肯定是放国外啦！煽情+政治煽动，致敬《药神》那场戏，由于没有人家那样深厚的前期铺垫，因此毫无冲击。要不是女记者俩手下帮忙，局长通风管道那波就把肖央收拾干净了。最后还安排市长儿子去祭拜你是真嫌我不够没抠出两室一厅啊。肖央没问题，女记者要演技没演技要流量没流量，文咏珊还没找到自己风格(已经演起妇女了），灵气已慢慢磨光。谭卓可能是被剧本尬跑了。指望这个追上《恐怖直播》？差着光年的距离呢！对了，说到这想起抖音一条千赞评论:韩国有《燃烧》，中国有《误杀》……哈哈哈哈哈不知道是鱼钩太直还是真蠢~
这剧本是林日朗这样的编剧写的吧？是赶工期还是赶档期？剧本本来就已经千疮百孔，两个女演员还一直让人出戏……
悬疑片呈现的现实跟真实生活的现实有很大的不同，最典型的就是戏剧的锐度不同，很多我们生活中无法接受的坏事，在电影里都只是小事。真正的好故事一定要写出“两难处境”，不可以给观众只站一边的机会。在锐度上要“剜肉饲虎”，要写真正的戏剧性的绝处。
肖央的角色质感真好，细节和眼神让人信服入戏，恍惚中有一丝宋康昊的既视感。任达华出场那种香港老电影的气场依然。故事刚开始的无助感很强，前期积累的压抑让人对主角他们的困境逐渐共情，期待他们绝处逢生，之后一次次反转，是一种困兽犹斗的决绝悲壮，观影体验很好，内心只希望林日朗能够成功。逼着好人“犯罪”，到底什么才是真的恶？
我明明下载了国家反诈App…为什么还是会被骗？
故事不行，漏洞还多，这些编导就是喜欢省事和捷径。
-反转有点多，感觉像是刻意反转，但是不得不说最后一个反转是真的震惊
既然是翻拍的，为什么在央视上宣传的时候还说是全新故事？？？有这么恶心的么？ 后续：看过了之后觉得被陈思诚骗进去的，除了肖央演技以及反转还行以外，就给俩字，可耻。
就算影迷们对这种套路早已厌倦，我相信更多（春节档）观众看片中的各种“反转”仍然是充满新鲜感的。我依然愿意给去泰国拍政治讽刺这件事好评，架空却又如此真实，不比药神刺激？
成年人的心脏不能移植给小孩！不适配！不适配！不适配！
俗套、平庸，这样的作品实在想不出来有何生产出来的价值。
#电影院#肖央的好演技能不能别浪费在这种一而再再而三的翻拍片上了?陈🐶真的是个投机融梗达人，一招鲜吃遍天。
豆瓣这是被劫持了吗，这么好的片被喷成这样。反正我是看哭了。也不觉得情节有什么不合理。难道爸爸被打死不是某种意义上的误杀吗?从爱奇艺的弹幕来看，大部分也都觉得拍的好，很感人。“我们可以卑微的或者，但是不能像虫子一样踩死”
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