3:10 to Yuma

"The lonesome whistle of a train... bringing the gallows closer to a desperado... the showdown nearer to his captor!"

1957 1h 32m EN

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★7.3TMDB · 442

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Dan Evans, a small time farmer, is hired to escort Ben Wade, a dangerous outlaw, to Yuma. As Evans and Wade wait for the 3:10 train to Yuma, Wade's gang is racing to free him.

“The lonesome whistle of a train... bringing the gallows closer to a desperado... the showdown nearer to his captor!”

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Cast

Glenn Ford
Ben Wade
Van Heflin
Dan Evans
Felicia Farr
Emmy
Leora Dana
Mrs. Alice Evans
Henry Jones
Alex Potter
Richard Jaeckel
Charlie Prince
Robert Emhardt
Mr. Butterfield
Sheridan Comerate
Bob Moons

Credits

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Director: Delmer Daves
Writers: Halsted Welles, Elmore Leonard
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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69 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Delmer Daves, shot by Charles Lawton Jr.. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by George Duning. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Al Clark shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Glenn Ford and Van Heflin and Felicia Farr carry the top of the cast.

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ERA

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Marketing tagline: "The lonesome whistle of a train... bringing the gallows closer to a desperado... the showdown nearer to his captor!".

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IMDB entry: tt0050086 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Delmer Daves directs. Charles Lawton Jr. behind the camera. George Duning scores. Al Clark cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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169 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Directed by Delmer Daves, shot by Charles Lawton Jr.. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by George Duning. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Al Clark shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Glenn Ford and Van Heflin and Felicia Farr carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "The lonesome whistle of a train... bringing the gallows closer to a desperado... the showdown nearer to his captor!".
7IMDB entry: tt0050086 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 14 themes, including "hotel", "small town", "arizona", "hunger".
9Released under 12 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Charles Lawton Jr.
Original score: George Duning
Editing: Al Clark
Costume design: Jean Louis
Makeup / hair: Helen Hunt
Runtime: 92 min · 1h 32m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $1,850,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: 3:10 to Yuma (1957)

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John Chard2017-02-09
★ 9/10
Room 207 and the 3:10 To Yuma. Van Heflin plays rancher Dan Evans whose family and livelihood is at breaking point due to a devastating drought. Needing money fast, Evans gets thrown a financial lifeline when a reward is offered to escort a recently captured outlaw, Ben Wade (Glenn Ford), on to the 3:10 train to Yuma prison. But as Wade's gang closes in to free the shackled outlaw, and the clock starts to tick down, Evans finds himself torn between a sense of social duty and an easy option courtesy of Wade's mind game offer. Based on a story by Elmore Leonard, this is a tight and tense Western that harks to the wonderful High Noon five years earlier. Directed by Delmer Daves, 3:10 to Yuma sees two of the Western genre's most undervalued performers come together in perfect contrast. Heflin's Evans is honest, almost saintly; but ultimately filling out his life with dullness and too much of a safe approach. Ford's Wade is the other side of the coin, ruthless (the opening sequence sets it up), handsome and very self-confident. This coupling makes for an interesting story-one that thankfully delivers royally on its set-up. As Wade's gang closes in, led by a sleek and mean Richard Jaeckel, Wade toys with Evans, offering him financial gain and gnawing away at him about his abilities as a husband, the tension is palpable in the extreme. Nothing is ever certain until the credits role, and that is something that is never to be sniffed at in the Western genre. The comparison with High Noon is a fair one because 3:10 to Yuma also deals with the man alone scenario. A man left alone to deal with his adversaries and his own conscience; money or pride indeed. Daves' direction is gritty and suitably claustrophobic, with close ups either being erotically charged {watch out for Felicia Farr's scenes with Ford in the saloon} or tightly wound in room 207 of the hotel; where Heflin & Ford positively excel. His outdoor work, aided by Charles Lawton Jr's photography, also hits the spot, particularly the barren land desperate for water to invigorate it. While the piece also has a tremendous George Duning theme song warbled (and whistled by Ford in the film) by Frankie Laine. Great acting, great direction and a great involving story; essential for fans of character driven Westerns. 8.5/10 Footnote: The film was very well remade in 2007 with two of the modern era's finest leading men, Russell Crowe & Christian Bale, in the dual roles of Ben & Dan respectively. One hopes, and likes to think, that they remade it purely because it was such a great premise to work from. Because Daves' film didn't need improving, it was, and still is, a great film showcasing how great this often maligned genre can sometimes be.
Wuchak2018-05-09
★ 7/10
A top 50’s Western with Glenn Ford only held back by the B&W photography RELEASED IN 1957 and directed by Delmer Daves, "3:10 to Yuma” is a Western about a struggling Arizona rancher, Dan Evans (Van Heflin), who has no choice but to hire-on as an escort of dangerous, but charismatic outlaw, Ben Wade (Glenn Ford). Wade proceeds to employ psychological manipulation in order to corrupt the righteous family man and escape. This is a quality psychological Western from the 50s, only held back by the B&W photography. The Arizona landscapes are spectacular but they’re all for naught due to this flat B&W presentation. Nevertheless, the story & characters are great. The mind games Wade plays with Evans keeps things interesting. Felicia Farr, the hottie from Glenn Ford’s excellent “Jubal” (1956) is on hand as a bartender who has a thang for bad boys. I’m not complaining about her role, but it’s a tad unlikely that such a smoking hot woman would be alone for too long in the Old West where there were twenty times more men than women. Most old Western theme songs are hopelessly hokey, e.g. “North to Alaska” (1960) (a great Western), but the one here sung by Frankie Laine is very good. I like it when words that don't rhyme are made to rhyme in a song: "There's a legend and a ruma', when you take the 3:10 to Yuma." The 2007 remake with Christian Bale and Russell Crowe in the Evans/Wade roles takes the template of this film and makes a superior Western with more action and deeper themes, not to mention IN COLOR. THE MOVIE RUNS 1 hour, 32 minutes and was shot in Arizona (Old Tucson,, Contention City, Sedona, etc.) and the studio ranch in Burbank, California. WRITERS: Halsted Welles (screenplay) and Elmore Leonard (story). GRADE: B
sykobanana2021-08-08
★ 8/10
Interesting watch, especially after the remake (which improved on some plot holes). The first half is a "typical western" that you could easily see Wayne or Stewart in. But the second half (once they arrive in Contention), sees this turn into more of a psychological drama. Especially surprising is that Wade's torments actually seem to break the hero, Evans. In this movie, Evans then suddenly seems to "right" himself and get on the train with a happy ending because Wade, for some inexplicable reason, decides to help him. The acting of the 2 leads is top notch (esp Ford), but all else are left aside and not developed. The score and cinematography are superb. Overall an above average western, worthy of its status as a classic, but not the masterpiece I was hoping for.