导演:弗裏茨·朗
《西部聯盟》是由知名导演弗裏茨·朗 执导的一部劇情片,拉塞爾·希克斯 艾恩·艾斯·科迪 歐文·培根 等倾情出演,该片讲述了: While surveying a telegraph line in 1861, Western Union engine er Edward Creighton (Dean Jagger) is severely injured in an accident. He is discovered by Vance Shaw (Rando lph Scott), an outlaw on the run from a posse. Forc ed to trav el on f oot after his hors e was hurt, Shaw at first considers stealin g Creight on's horse, but changes his mind and takes the man wi th him, saving his life. Som etime later, following his recove ry, Cr eight on returns to Omaha, Nebraska and plans the constru ction of a tel egraph line from Omaha to Salt Lake City, Utah. Facin g consi derable opposition to the l ine from Confederat e sold iers, Indian s, and o utlaws , Creighto n elic its the help of his sister Sue (Vi rginia Gilmore) , forema n Pat Grogan (Minor Watson), a nd assistant Homer Kettle (Chill Wills). Looki ng to put hi s outlaw past behind him, Shaw arr ives at Creigh ton's We stern Union office looking fo r hon est work and is hired as a scout by Grogan wh o is una ware of his past. Creighton re cognizes him among the men and allows him to s tay despite his suspicions. Creighton also hires te nderfoot Richard Blake ( Robert You ng), a Harvard-educated engineer as a favor to Blake's father. S haw and Bla ke are bot h attra cted to Sue and vie fo r her attention, but th eir romanti c rivalry is cut shor t when construction of the telegra ph lin e st arts on J uly 4, 1861. After work commences o n the line, one of the men is killed ap parently by a mysterious b and of cattle-rustling Indians. Unconvinced that Indians are to blame, Shaw rides out to investigate and follows the rustlers'; trai l to the cam p of Jack Slad e, a former friend and cohort, whose g ang commit ted the killing disguised as In dians—the gang Shaw l eft following his last bank robbery. Slade reve als th at they are working fo r the Confederacy to dis rupt Western Uni on bec ause they believe the telegraph s ervice will help the Union. Shaw rides away and returns to the line. Not wanting to turn in his former friend s, Shaw tells Creighton tha t a large band of Dakota Indians stole the cattle, an d recommends t hat they simpl y replace the herd and not risk a fight with the India ns. Sometim e later, a confronta tion t akes place b etween me n working on the forward line and a band of drunken Ind ians. Wh en one of th e Indians tries to steal some e quipment, a nervous Blake sh oots him, ignoring Sh aw' ;s order t o re main calm. After word ar rives that the main camp is under attack by other Indians, the Western Union men rus h back to he lp with the def ense. At the main cam p, Slade's men, who are aga in disguised as Indians, s teal t he Western Union horses. The company discover the ruse when one of the w ounded Indians tu rns out to b e a white m an. Forced to buy back their stolen hors es fro m Slade, Cr eighton becomes suspic ious of Shaw 9;s involvemen t, especially when he admi ts to know ing the gang. Soon the U.S. Army a rrives an d announces the Indians have now refuse d to allo w the telegraph lines to go through their territory in res pons e to Blake' ;s s hooting o f the drunke n Indian. Creighton, S haw, and Blake ride out to convince Chief Spotted Horse to allow them to build t he line through Indian territory, even th ough the man B lake w ounded was Spot ted Horse39;s son. Cr eighton is finally able to persuade t he Indians to allow them pass age, and work continue s until the c ompany a pproaches Salt Lake City. Sometime later, Shaw r eceive s word that Jack Slade wants to meet with him. On t he way to see Slade, Shaw is captured and bound by Slade 39;s men. Slade says his group is going to burn down the Wester n Union camp and they don 39;t w ant Shaw to interfere. After Slade and his men ride off, Shaw escapes from his ropes but arri ves back too late to prevent the fire. He helps rescue some o f the Western Union men from t he flames and burns his hands in the proc ess. After the fire, Cr eighton co nfronts S haw for an explanatio n, but Shaw does not reveal what he kno ws and is fired by Creigh ton. As Sha w leaves the c amp, he tells Blake that Slade is actually Shaw's brother and that he, Shaw, will fi nd Sla de's gang and stop t hem from int erfering with the t elegraph project. Shaw rides off and fin ds Slade and his men in a nearby tow n. At t he b arbe r shop, Shaw confronts his brother, who se g un i s concealed under the barber's sheet. Slade shoots Shaw through t he sheet. Shaw fights back in spite of his woun d, ki llin g some of the gang members, and then dies . Bl ake a rrives and continues the fight with Slade who di es from his wounds. Soon after, th e West ern Union l ine is completed and the workers celebrate. When Su e lam ents the absence o f Shaw, C reighton te lls her that Shaw can hea r them. 陆灵蹊眨了眨眼 ,很干脆地把当初在奇怪岛 石殿抢来的黑漆漆大鼎放到院中,“ 老祖,您看它到仙级了吗?我筑基中期就得到它了,一 直想打开它,可是 ,结丹的时候打不开,元婴以后 还是打不开。到 了化神,我一直忙,就把它忘了,您帮我瞅 瞅,若是能用您就用。”