3:10 To Yuma
One of the best of the 1950s classic Westerns, 3:10 To Yuma stars Glenn Ford as outlaw Ben Wade, and Felicia Farr as the bar girl who falls in love with him. After a holdup and killing, Wade and his gang are captured. Wade's men break out of jail, and now wait for the chance to rescue him. The authorities suspect that a daring escape plan is in the make, so they look for a guard to escort Wade by train to Yuma to stand trial. The marshal offers a bounty and Dan Evans (Van Heflin), a poor rancher hit hard by a crippling drought, takes on the job. His wife pleads with him to save his own life by letting Wade go free, but for Evans, it's a matter of principle as well as money. He takes Wade and begins the dangerous trek to the station.
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Really Good! - ShawnConnery
One of the best westerns! This has it all-suspense, comedy, romance, and adventure. Real tension that builds throughout, acting top notch, story and plot handled very well. Music could've been a little better, though the dialogue more than makes up for it. Cinematography has it's share of really good moments and mediocre moments.Very tense western. - estefan
A great western, mainly thanks to its simplicity and overall calmness. Glenn Ford's fantastic performance especially contributes to this, as he doesn't play the usual stereotypical western outlaw. However, it is through that where so much tension is built through the course of the film. The cinematography is also some of the best I have ever seen in a western, transporting the audience into another time successfully and the screenplay is very smart, too. A good chunk of 3:10 to Yuma is just two men sitting in a hotel room together and it's just as exciting as pulling out a gun at high noon.Near Classic - rnhaas
This is one of the better Westerns from the 50s. It is mostly very well executed, the location shooting is a big plus and the acting is definitely above the average film of the period. There are a few things that don't work, it's hard to see how they could survive the walk to the train (that is handled better in the remake) and the appearance of Dan's wife feels like it was mandated by some studio exec. The remake does a better job with the characterizations (of the minor characters) and actually deigns tell us what happened to the stage, but on the whole this is superior.
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Really Good! - ShawnConnery
One of the best westerns! This has it all-suspense, comedy, romance, and adventure. Real tension that builds throughout, acting top notch, story and plot handled very well. Music could've been a little better, though the dialogue more than makes up for it. ...Very tense western. - estefan
A great western, mainly thanks to its simplicity and overall calmness. Glenn Ford's fantastic performance especially contributes to this, as he doesn't play the usual stereotypical western outlaw. However, it is through that where so much tension is built ...Near Classic - rnhaas
This is one of the better Westerns from the 50s. It is mostly very well executed, the location shooting is a big plus and the acting is definitely above the average film of the period. There are a few things that don't work, it's hard to see how they could ...