It's of necessity a talkative film, with Ford working on Heflin's nerves in a stream of Machiavellian banter, but one held in perfect balance by Daves, who keeps the tension strung taut.
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
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Reviews Counted:3
Fresh:2
Rotten:1
Average Rating:6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Genre: Westerns
Synopsis: When stubborn farmer, Dan Evans (Ven Heflin), attempts to bring wanted criminal, Ben Wade (Glenn Ford) to the authorities in Yuma and collect the reward, he's in for quite a challenge. Desperate,... When stubborn farmer, Dan Evans (Ven Heflin), attempts to bring wanted criminal, Ben Wade (Glenn Ford) to the authorities in Yuma and collect the reward, he's in for quite a challenge. Desperate, the captive criminal offers the poor farmer $10,000 to set him free. While waiting for the train, the two men engage in a brutal battle of wills and as Evans eludes Wade's gang of miscreant thugs, he must fight his own moral battle and catch the 3:10 to Yuma. A poignant and chilling western, 3:10 TO YUMA evokes more thought and emotion with its timing and clever scripting than most traditional shot gun-riddled Westerns ever achieve. Director Delmer Daves teams up with pulp writer Elmore Leonard (who would go on to script GET SHORTY and JACKIE BROWN) to deliver this sharp and biting western classic. [More]
Starring: Van Heflin, Glenn Ford, Felicia Farr, Richard Jaeckel
Starring: Van Heflin, Glenn Ford, Felicia Farr, Richard Jaeckel, Leora Dana, Robert Emhardt, Henry Jones
Director: Delmer Daves
Director: Delmer Daves
Story: Elmore Leonard
Composer: George Duning, Ned Washington
Reviews for 3:10 to Yuma
That the climax fizzles must be laid on doorstep of Halsted Welles, who adapts Elmore Leonard's story quite well until that point.
This is a first-rate action picture -- a respectable second section to High Noon.
Latest News for 3:10 to Yuma
June 18, 2007:
Trailer Bulletin: Crowe vs. Bale in "3:10 to Yuma"
It's a project that almost died and got resurrected more than once, but so far this "3:10 to Yuma" remake looks like it was worth the trouble. More...
September 29, 2006:
Crowe, Bale Get Company On "3:10 To Yuma"
Peter Fonda, Gretchen Mol and Dallas Roberts will be joining Russell Crowe and Christian Bale in the Western "3:10 to Yuma." The film, a remake of a 1957 Glenn Ford... More...
September 19, 2006:
Lionsgate Rescues Bale, Crowe & "Yuma"
Long story short: James Mangold's pet project, a remake of the semi-classic western "3:10 to Yuma," has had a really rough time getting into production. Sony didn't... More...
August 31, 2006:
Actor Glenn Ford Dead at 90
People of my generation (and younger) most likely remember the widely-admired Glenn Ford as "the actor who played Pa Kent" in Richard Donner's classic... More...
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