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3:10 to Yuma

  • 1957
  • Approved
  • 1h 32m
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7.6/10
23K
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3:10 to Yuma (1957)
Broke small-time rancher Dan Evans is hired by the stagecoach line to put big-time captured outlaw leader Ben Wade on the 3:10 train to Yuma but Wade's gang tries to free him.
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Broke small-time rancher Dan Evans is hired by the stagecoach line to put big-time captured outlaw leader Ben Wade on the 3:10 train to Yuma but Wade's gang tries to free him.Broke small-time rancher Dan Evans is hired by the stagecoach line to put big-time captured outlaw leader Ben Wade on the 3:10 train to Yuma but Wade's gang tries to free him.Broke small-time rancher Dan Evans is hired by the stagecoach line to put big-time captured outlaw leader Ben Wade on the 3:10 train to Yuma but Wade's gang tries to free him.

  • Director
    • Delmer Daves
  • Writers
    • Halsted Welles
    • Elmore Leonard
  • Stars
    • Glenn Ford
    • Van Heflin
    • Felicia Farr
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    23K
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    • Director
      • Delmer Daves
    • Writers
      • Halsted Welles
      • Elmore Leonard
    • Stars
      • Glenn Ford
      • Van Heflin
      • Felicia Farr
    • 151User reviews
    • 82Critic reviews
    • 80Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 1 win & 4 nominations total

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    Glenn Ford
    Glenn Ford
    • Ben Wade
    Van Heflin
    Van Heflin
    • Dan Evans
    Felicia Farr
    Felicia Farr
    • Emmy
    Leora Dana
    Leora Dana
    • Mrs. Alice Evans
    Henry Jones
    Henry Jones
    • Alex Potter
    Richard Jaeckel
    Richard Jaeckel
    • Charlie Prince
    Robert Emhardt
    Robert Emhardt
    • Mr. Butterfield
    Sheridan Comerate
    Sheridan Comerate
    • Bob Moons
    George Mitchell
    George Mitchell
    • Bartender
    Robert Ellenstein
    Robert Ellenstein
    • Ernie Collins
    Ford Rainey
    Ford Rainey
    • Bisbee Marshal
    Dorothy Adams
    Dorothy Adams
    • Mrs. Potter
    • (uncredited)
    Jimmie Booth
    • Wade Henchman
    • (uncredited)
    Danny Borzage
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    John Cason
    John Cason
    • Wade Henchman
    • (uncredited)
    Woodrow Chambliss
    Woodrow Chambliss
    • Blacksmith
    • (uncredited)
    Barry Curtis
    Barry Curtis
    • Mathew Evans
    • (uncredited)
    Richard Devon
    Richard Devon
    • Wade Henchman
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Delmer Daves
    • Writers
      • Halsted Welles
      • Elmore Leonard
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    User reviews151

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    9shhazam2

    Another great western from Elmore Leonard

    This movie was enjoyable to me before I knew anything about Elmore Leonard's writings.

    The underlying story is made into a very watchable movie by the director and involves a ruthless but insightful gunman being held for subsequent transport by train which will take him to prison. The job of guarding him is taken on by reluctant guard. This temporary guard is a civilian who takes on the job only because he desperately needs the money to save his farm and family.

    Typical of Leonard stories, the main characters have strengths and weaknesses not at first evident but when these traits become evident they are significant factors in the outcome of the story.

    It is an intelligent movie which is great to watch. I highly recommend it.
    bob the moo

    Tense little thriller that stands out for it's simplicity and it's strong characterisation

    Farmer Evans looks to avoid conflict and work his farm in peace, when he witnesses a stage coach being held up he doesn't get involved. However due to drought and debt threatening his farm, he takes the job of escorting the leader of the gang to Yuma and prison when he is caught. The sheriffs fool the gang into thinking that Wade has been taken by coach and Evans and Wade stay in a hotel room until the train to Yuma. However with Wade's gang getting closer, the clock ticking and Evans' posse deserting him man by man the stakes rise.

    It's a western but it could easily have been in any setting if it was done this well. The story is clever but really picks up once Wade is captured – in both Evans' home and in the hotel room, the dialogue becomes clever and meaningful. The story is kept tense (with Evans getting increasingly sweaty) despite being very talky. Wade works Evans in a Machiavellian flow of dialogue that visually gets to him throughout. However once it is clear that honour is important over money the countdown to the tense walk to the train station is on.

    Heflin is great as the farmer who takes a stand only to see pride swell up in his family, in a way he respects the criminal for taking risk and being brave in contrast to his middle road lifestyle. Ford is effortlessly brilliant as the criminal blessed with charisma and charm with a dangerous streak underneath – in one key scene he sets out Heflin's character when he easily casts a spell charming Heflin's wife and sons. However beneath the dialogue he is slightly jealous of the farmer's settled life and this adds spice to the relationship between the two.

    Overall this is a fantastic western, but if it was set in the modern day it would be a brilliant cop thriller, or in space, a brilliant sci-fi. The key is the central relationship between the two men – here it is perfect and the tension that builds towards the fateful walk to the station is gripping.
    8Sleepy-17

    photography by charles lawton is amazing

    I normally don't comment on movies others have already commented on, but this one's been really bother me because no one really noted just how outstanding the cinematic compositions are. They're eye-poppingly gorgeous and remind me of a western Citizen Kane. In some scenes the Deep Focus technique (lots of hot light so that the background is in sharp focus) is outstanding. The artistry is almost out of place in this exciting but preposterously noirish western. There doesn't seem to be anything else in Lawton's repertoire (maybe parts of Two Rode Together?) as good, but director Daves' respect for good pictorials is evident in most of his efforts. It's a great collaboration, and a pretty good picture that's not as great as the sum of its parts. *** Most of the other comments rightly comment on Glenn Ford's cool acting. Isn't it time for him to get a Lifetime from AFI?
    8lastliberal

    A tough act to follow

    Christian Bale and Russell Crowe are going to have to perform feats of magic to beat this film. There is no doubt that they have picked one of the toughest westerns to beat in their remake.

    There is shooting, but this is not a shoot-'em-up western. It is a thoughtful game of chess between a ruthless outlaw (Glenn Ford) and a farmer (Van Heflin). To see Ford, who we lost last year, try to buy Helflin (Johnny Eager, Shane), and see Heflin grow in courage was magnificent.

    Every one else fades as these two play their game. The ending was terrific. I am anxious to see if they change it.
    10kayaker36

    Original Still The Greatest

    Long before it was re-made, I treasured this modest gem of a western.

    From the first notes of its mournful, affecting theme to to the poignant finale it draws you in and keeps you riveted as the tension mounts. It accomplishes this by keeping to the Aristotelian unities: a single theme about a single protagonist on a single day. Yes, there is an obvious parallel to **High Noon**.

    Though cast as a villain for the only time in his career, Glen Ford's natural likability shines through in the role of gang boss Ben Wade. Van Heflin's Dan Evans is Everyman--no hero but spurred to heroism by desperate circumstances and devotion to family. In contrast to Heflin's homeliness is the godlike physical perfection of the young Richard Jaeckel as the outlaw gang's second-in-command, smart, dangerous, utterly amoral yet loyal unto death to his boss.

    There is not a bad performance anywhere. But I must single out Felicia Farr as the lonely barmaid who gives Ford a last, quick good time, and craggy-faced Ford Rainey as a town Marshal with a plan.

    With its mix of deep focus shots and closeups of the actors' faces, the cinematography was the obvious inspiration to Sergio Leone in his spaghetti western series.

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    • Trivia
      Although most Westerns by this time were being produced in color, Delmer Daves and Charles Lawton Jr. opted to shoot this one in black and white. Lawton used red filters on his lenses, however, to give the landscape an even more starkly parched look, befitting the story's setting amid a lengthy drought.
    • Goofs
      When all the characters are shown in the street just after the clock shows just after 11:00, all of their shadows are extremely long, because the scene was shot probably in very early morning after sunrise.
    • Quotes

      Bisbee Marshal: Do I have two volunteers?

      First Posse Member: We gotta know what we're gettin' ourselves into.

      Second Posse Member: Sure... might not be safe.

      Bisbee Marshal: Safe! Who knows what's safe? I knew a man dropped dead from lookin' at his wife. My own grandmother fought the Indians for sixty years... then choked to death on lemon pie. Do I have two volunteers?

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert Holiday Gift Guide (1991)
    • Soundtracks
      3:10 to Yuma
      by Ned Washington and George Duning

      Sung by Frankie Laine

      A Columbia Recording Artist

      also performed by Norma Zimmer (uncredited)

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    • Release date
      • August 7, 1957 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • El tren de las 3:10 a Yuma
    • Filming locations
      • Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA(Contention City backdrop)
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $4,033,000
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 32m(92 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1
      • 1.75 : 1

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