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.
幸福生活来之不易，但你不能为了维护幸福生活的安稳而否定给你泼凉水的人，老话儿讲「生于忧患 死于安乐」，过分沉溺于歌舞升平的「稳定」中而听不进反对意见的，离土崩瓦解就只差那临门一脚了。另外，这个片子让我开始思考一个问题「怎样才能把一部歌舞片拍的不那么像MV？」我目前的答案是：少用咏叹调。咏叹调相当于人物独白，独白的画面一定是蒙太奇，而蒙太奇是不能用来叙事的，这跟国产电视剧的毛病一样。但是迪斯尼的技术真牛逼，那个沙子的质感真好。以及，我喜欢那个顺风耳，她好美啊！
《魔法满屋》里边的歌舞多到让人误以为迪士尼总部迁入了印度，但是很好听。算是不错的动画电影，可是又远不如《疯狂动物城》，建议片方把海报上的「《疯狂动物城》金牌团队原创力作」字样抹去，别把预期拉太高，口碑会更好一些。
凭豆瓣top1的长篇影评这部电影就值得五星了
有一天终会面对自己的内心，接纳自己的平凡，并坦然接受他人的帮助。
4/10。看睡着了两次，根本不知道在干嘛。故事在我这是失效的，唯一没有魔法的人必是拯救家族危难的救世主；抛开故事看美术，是美的，但我还不如去看儿童画本，至少它很安静。收尾极其潦草，好希望房子就此塌掉女主背井离乡去过新生活。
越简单越老生常谈的基础道理 不就是最难执行的吗 审美和美学太完整了
感觉是墨西哥歌舞片，感觉冰雪奇缘以后不唱歌就不是迪斯尼了。
感觉是墨西哥歌舞片，感觉冰雪奇缘以后不唱歌就不是迪斯尼了。
如果把魔法小屋看做是家族成员内心具象化的表现，米拉贝儿的gift就是洞悉人心，她看到的裂缝和摇曳的烛光即是那些已经不堪重负的内心——虽然外表若无其事，其实早已濒临崩溃，只有米拉贝儿最先察觉到，也只有她才能让其他人敞开心房去诉说那些只敢埋藏在心底的秘密，还有什么比这更珍贵的gift了吗。
怎么还有一个TARDIS梗
其实剧本还蛮一般的，甚至居然夹杂了两整段MV…但是舞美特效设计各种都是动画最佳，实在没办法给低分。最后给门把手那里真的有感动到。
本片唱的歌也是数不胜数，许多矛盾通过一首歌就解决了，略显生硬。
迪士尼稳定发挥，还是挺好看的，色彩画面音乐都上乘，内核永远是爱，人类最大的天赋就是爱的能力。
Let It Go，Just Follow Your Heart.
当魔法消失了 我们还有彼此♥️｜真好哭 为什么分数这么低？以及音乐太好听了 仿佛看了一部音乐剧
各种zzzq……故事强行发展…歌也没得好好听…哎
比寻龙传说好一丢丢吧，建议迪士尼动画片部和童话真人部可以一起解散了哈～
非常伤心的故事。舅舅布鲁诺因为不受欢迎的关于厄运的预言，无法为家族带来名声利益，被迫自愿出走，躲藏在屋子的夹层里，透过画像的夹缝，看着一家人快乐的共进晚餐。没有比那更残酷的画面了。//我不知道想要宣扬什么，几乎从一开始就感到恐怖，强调自己是家族的一分子，而把自我放得无限小。这算什么？世代同堂不是好事，早八百年就该分家了，奶奶不会道歉，只有童话里的奶奶会歉疚，会为自己失去想要照顾保护家人的初衷而感到抱歉。
引进的话该译作《魔屋奇缘》，迪士尼正常发挥。
但是这层糖衣下的苍白，还是增添了许多无力。
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