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  • 1957
  • Approved
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 1957
  • Approved
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 32 m

Summary Dan Evans (Van Heflin) is a mild-mannered cattle rancher who takes on the task of shepherding captured outlaw Ben Wade (Glenn Ford) to the train that will deliver him to prison. This apparently simple mission turns into a nerve-racking cat-and-mouse game that tests each man’s particular brand of honor. Based on a story by Elmore Leonard.

Directed By: Delmer Daves

Written By: Halsted Welles, Elmore Leonard

  • 1957
  • Approved
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 1957
  • Approved
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 32 m

3:10 to Yuma

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
80
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary Dan Evans (Van Heflin) is a mild-mannered cattle rancher who takes on the task of shepherding captured outlaw Ben Wade (Glenn Ford) to the train that will deliver him to prison. This apparently simple mission turns into a nerve-racking cat-and-mouse game that tests each man’s particular brand of honor. Based on a story by Elmore Leonard.

Directed By: Delmer Daves

Written By: Halsted Welles, Elmore Leonard

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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100
Directed with a touch both delicate and muscular by the great Delmer Daves, it's truly a Western for those who don't like Westerns, and will be treasured by those that do. [02 Jun 2013, p.Q21]
By G. Allen Johnson FULL REVIEW
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Largely devoid of the usual Western histrionics, this 1957 film, thanks to the steady hand of veteran director Delmer Daves, represents one of the more sober depictions of the clash between chaos and order that has always been at the center of the movie Western. [26 Aug 2007, p.3E]
By Chris Kaltenbach FULL REVIEW
80
For the performances and the atmosphere, it’s worth it.
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80
The compositions evoke a kind of open-air claustrophobia, whether in overhead shots that pin the characters in the landscape or in tableaux of men, women, and children staving off the chaos of the wide-open spaces with their weary fences and weathered towns.
By Michael Sragow FULL REVIEW
80
A good, lively script has been written by Halsted Welles, and sharp, business-like direction has been contributed by Delmer Daves.What's more, the whole thing is neatly acted.
By Bosley Crowther FULL REVIEW
75
This is a landmark western, redefining what the genre was capable of doing, and is one of Daves's best works.
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Aside from the fact that this is an upper-drawer western, 3:10 to Yuma will strike many for its resemblance to High Noon. That the climax fizzles must be laid on doorstep of Halsted Welles, who adapts Elmore Leonard's story quite well until that point.
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Production Company Columbia Pictures
Release Date Aug 7, 1957
Duration 1 h 32 m
Rating Approved
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Tagline Drink the whisky... Love the woman... Try to stay alive till the 3:10 pulls out of town!
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Awards

Laurel Awards
• 2 Nominations
National Film Preservation Board, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
BAFTA Awards
• 1 Nomination

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