3:10 to Yuma (1957)
Rating: 3 Stars (out of 4)
Train Gang
By Jeffrey M. Anderson
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During the 1950s, the Western grew a conscience -- preferring to impart
Important Social Messages instead of pure action. High Noon and
Shane were the most famous of these, but Delmer Daves' 3:10 to
Yuma (1957, Columbia/TriStar, $19.95), based on an Elmore Leonard
story, is a scrappier, tenser example. Glenn Ford plays a captured
bandit who must be held prisoner -- and hidden from the rest of his gang
-- long enough for the 3:10 train to arrive. Van Heflin plays the poor
farmer coerced into doing this dirty job. See also: 3:10 to Yuma (2007).
Starring: Glenn Ford, Van Heflin, Felicia Farr, Leora Dana, Henry Jones, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Emhardt, Sheridan Comerate, George Mitchell, Robert Ellenstein, Ford Rainey
Written by: Halsted Welles, based on a story by Elmore Leonard
Directed by: Delmer Daves
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 92 minutes
Date: May 9, 2002
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