3:10 to Yuma (1957)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Delmer Daves

Writers:

Elmore Leonard (story)
Halsted Welles (screenplay)

Release Date:

7 August 1957 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller | Western

Tagline:

The Lonesome Whistle of a Train... bringing the gallows closer to a desperado--the showdown nearer to his captor!

Plot:

After outlaw leader Ben Wade is captured in a small town, his gang continue to threaten. Small-time...

Plot Keywords:

Hotel | Outlaw | Rancher | Small Town | Train

Awards:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Glenn Ford	...	Ben Wade
Van Heflin	...	Dan Evans
Felicia Farr	...	Emmy
Leora Dana	...	Mrs. Alice Evans
Henry Jones	...	Alex Potter, town drunk
Richard Jaeckel	...	Charlie Prince
Robert Emhardt	...	Mr. Butterfield, Stage Line Owner
Sheridan Comerate	...	Bob Moons (Stagedriver's Brother)
George Mitchell	...	Bartender
Robert Ellenstein	...	Ernie Collins
Ford Rainey	...	Bisbee Marshal
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dorothy Adams	...	Mrs. Potter (uncredited)
Danny Borzage	...	Townsman (uncredited)
John L. Cason	...	Wade Henchman (uncredited)
Woody Chambliss	...	Blacksmith (uncredited)
Barry Curtis	...	Mathew Evans (uncredited)
Richard Devon	...	Wade Henchman (uncredited)
William Dyer Jr.	...	Townsman (uncredited)
Frank Hagney	...	Townsman in Contention (uncredited)
Bill Hale	...	Dave Keene (uncredited)
Jerry Hartleben	...	Mark Evans (uncredited)
Joe Haworth	...	Wade Henchman (uncredited)
Robert 'Buzz' Henry	...	Wade Henchman (uncredited)
Tex Holden	...	One-Legged Man (uncredited)
Fred Marlow	...	Townsman (uncredited)
Tony Mayo	...	Wade Henchman (uncredited)
Erwin Neal	...	Wade Henchman (uncredited)
Jerry Oddo	...	Wade Henchman (uncredited)
William Rhinehart	...	Townsman (uncredited)
Boyd Stockman	...	Bill Moons (uncredited)
Guy Teague	...	Orin Keene (uncredited)
Guy Wilkerson	...	Hotel Proprietor-Bartender (uncredited)

Directed by
Delmer Daves

Writing credits
Elmore Leonard		(story)
Halsted Welles		(screenplay)

Produced by
David Heilweil	....	producer

Original Music by
George Duning

Cinematography by
Charles Lawton Jr.

Film Editing by
Al Clark

Art Direction by
Frank Hotaling

Set Decoration by
William Kiernan
Robert Priestley

Costume Design by
Jean Louis		(gowns)

Makeup Department
Clay Campbell	....	makeup artist
Helen Hunt	....	hair stylist
Robert J. Schiffer	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sam Nelson	....	assistant director

Sound Department
John P. Livadary	....	sound recording supervisor (as John Livadary)
J.S. Westmoreland	....	sound (as Josh Westmoreland)
John Speak	....	boom operator (uncredited)

Stunts
Robert Bradshaw	....	stunts (uncredited)
Robert 'Buzz' Henry	....	stunts (uncredited)

Music Department
Arthur Morton	....	orchestrator
Morris Stoloff	....	conductor
Morris Stoloff	....	musical director (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1957) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Film-Verleih (1957) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Columbia Films (1957) (France) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD) (special edition)

Also Known As:

Three Ten to Yuma (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Netherlands:6 | South Africa:PG | Australia:G (DVD rating) | Australia:PG (original rating) | Finland:K-16 | UK:PG | USA:Approved (PCA #18496) | West Germany:12 | Argentina:Atp | UK:A (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Amerind Foundation - 2100 N. Amerind Road, Dragoon, Arizona, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

James Mangold, who directed the 2007 remake, was sufficiently influenced by the film to name the lead character Heflin in his 1997 film Cop Land (1997), after Van Heflin, the star of this film.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Wade is handcuffed and set in the stagecoach, his jacket is completely unbuttoned, and remains like this in all shots he appears, until he step down on the Dan's ranch. When he walks toward the Dan's house, his jacket is completely buttoned. Once inside the house, the jacket appears in part unbuttoned.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Mr. Butterfield, Stage Line Owner: Let me warn you - I am Mr. Butterfield; this is my line, these are my passengers. You bother any of them, I'll hound you from here to kingdom come.
Ben Wade: Mr. Butterfield, we don't mean to bother anybody - we just mean to get what's under that tarpaulin up there, that's all

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Cop Land (1997)

Soundtrack:

3:10 To Yuma

The greatest Western of all time?

The 3:10 to Yuma must surely be in any fan of the 5o's Western genre top 10. Glenn Ford is at his best as outlaw and gang leader Ben wade, it does not take him long to shoot someone, ride into town and then proceed to chat the local barmaid up. When captured he goes one better and makes a play for his armed escorts wife! Van Heflin is superb and worthy of an Oscar in his role as the hard up rancher making a pay day out of being Fords captor.

The tension that mounts as Heflin & Ford wait for the train to arrive at the station whilst surrounded by Fords gang is unbearable, and the twist at the end is both unexpected and brilliant in its delivery.