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.
镜头很漂亮，特别是跳舞的镜头，故事相对简单。
电影美感佳，氛围也给得到位。看片名就能猜到导演是想把文艺和悬疑两把抓，很遗憾没能双双达成效果。关于林音的死没能自圆其说，连环杀人案的凶手犯罪动机更是潦草带过。bug太多，且结局反转显得突兀 更是让人一头雾水。但情节还是可以的，服道化不错，主演演技在线，值得一看。
镜头很漂亮，特别是跳舞的镜头，故事相对简单。
照相馆摄影师是连环杀手，可是他又被谁杀死了？警方画师牵出17年前的命案，原来被害者并没有死。。。
真的很良心额 拍的很用心调色也好看，灯光置景道具都很好，故事不复杂 但是很完整。
反转的过多了 最后一个还没有说服力
悬疑推理不够。背景年代感很足。摄影画面可以当桌面。新面孔演员颜值很高。
后半部分完全没什么用，看的人恹恹欲睡，全片有点故弄玄虚了，警察角色也不讨喜，过于暴躁了。
剧情能看出来狠下了番功夫，也加入了导演对文艺的追求，就是女主二人的身份互换弱逻辑，另，几个男角色不是很喜欢，值得翻拍
这电影不是网大，有龙标，不是网标，只是因疫情没在院线上映。不懂为什么风格像《杀人回忆》就一定要被批，中韩犯罪电影本就存在差距，学画都是从临摹开始，为什么电影风格就不行？请不要说这是电影版的《猎罪图鉴》，张欣警官真有其人，是中国模拟画像师的鼻祖级人物，这是根据他的事件所改编的。剧情虽有bug，但值得鼓励，真实评星3.5星，赠送1.5星
画面感五分，剧情两分。想告诉导演，别管想走文艺路线还是什么，最基本的是要把一个故事先讲好。
影片给我最大的感触就是勇气，林音能为了新人选择放弃舞团头牌的位置、严华决定以另一个身份活下去、章欣在刑警和画像师之间的抉择、沈队长一心要破获这些陈年旧案、站街女要抚养可能不知道父亲是谁的孩子，事情看似平常，但平心而论，能决定如此，是需要勇气的。
画面挺美的，偏文艺片，虽然打着悬疑的标签，但悬疑的节奏没把握好，整体人物性格的挖掘也不太深入，没有一个人物的人设或故事能走入人心。年代的特征似乎只能从服装道具上看出来，没有很强烈的年代感的烙印。片子有点长了，节奏可以紧凑些。结尾两人的舞蹈有些感觉。
远去的淡影展现在画像师的笔下，迷离的案件也变的清晰了。
越来越接近真相 好看 文艺，每一处风景每一首配乐都恰到好处，好看的必须支持，不得不说里面每个女演员都很有气质，也被女主那份偏激的姐妹情所感动。
看到片名的瞬间想起了石黑一雄1982年的同名小说《远山淡影》。小说也是一个关于自我欺骗与救赎的故事。远处模糊氤氲的山景混合着回忆将本片的氛围调整的刚刚好，严华对林音的憧憬和向往，让她可以成为她生命的延续，就像队长和画家也是一种继承。最后的芭蕾舞演出把从头到尾的氤氲全部擦去，泛出闪闪的光。这是我近期看过最好的电影。
是以画像师为破案线的内容，和小说没有关系。最后转折的时候有点意思，但细思好像不够有逻辑。
摄影很好，音乐太聒噪，没完没了的乱来。国产悬疑，3分鼓励一下吧！
网大诚意之作，值得鼓励。镜头相当漂亮，角色塑造也很有年代感，是部艺术气息浓烈的悬疑片，不仅完整表述了一起连环案件，还侧面表达了年代泪痕与时代之殇。主角原型：张欣，全国公安系统一级英模、公安部刑侦专家、上海铁路公安局刑事侦查处一级警长，具有高超的凭口述模拟画像的特殊本领。从业30余年经手案件11000多起，通过画像破案超过1000起，被誉为“警坛神笔”、“罪犯克星”。2018年因病去世，年仅58岁。
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