3:10 to Yuma (1957)

Director:

Delmer Daves

Writers:

Halsted Welles (screenplay)
Elmore Leonard (story)

Release Date:

13 September 1957 (West Germany)

Genre:

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:

Outlaw | Train | Hotel | Rancher | Small Town

Awards:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 2 wins & 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)
Jimmie Booth	...	Wade Henchman (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
Halsted Welles		(screenplay)
Elmore Leonard		(story)

Produced by
David Heilweil	....	producer

Original Music by
George Duning

Cinematography by
Charles Lawton Jr.		(director of photography)

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	....	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)
Jack N. Young	....	stunts (uncredited)

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

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation (presents)

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1957) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Film-Verleih (1957) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Columbia Films (1957) (France) (theatrical)
• Columbia International Films (1957) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2002) (Germany) (DVD)
• GoodTimes Home Video (1988) (USA) (VHS) (pan and scan)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (1987) (USA) (VHS) (pan and scan)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (1996) (USA) (VHS) (pan and scan)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Canada) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD) (special edition)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (200?) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Criterion Collection, The (2013) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.75 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

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) | West Germany:12 (f) | Netherlands:6 (DVD rating) (2002) | South Africa:PG | Netherlands:14 (original rating) (1957) | Germany:12 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

This film, along with the equally allegorical High Noon (1952), was a deciding factor in making Howard Hawks turn out Rio Bravo (1959), a return to simpler, less revisionist Westerns.

Goofs:

Continuity: Inside the hotel room, when Wade fights with Dan trying to disarm him, Wade falls with his back on the bed and his hat rolls a little ways from him. When they take a close up shot of Wade, his hat is almost completely on his head. When Dan orders Wade to get up, they cut to a medium shot and once again, his hat is way over on bed again.

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 "Hotel Impossible: Triangle T Ranch (#2.2)" (2012)

Soundtrack:

3:10 To Yuma

Original Still The Greatest

Long before it was re-made, I treasured this modest gem of a western.

From the first notes of its mournful, affecting theme to to the poignant finale it draws you in and keeps you riveted as the tension mounts. It accomplishes this by keeping to the Aristotelian unities: a single theme about a single protagonist on a single day. Yes, there is an obvious parallel to **High Noon**.

Though cast as a villain for the only time in his career, Glen Ford's natural likability shines through in the role of gang boss Ben Wade. Van Heflin's Dan Evans is Everyman--no hero but spurred to heroism by desperate circumstances and devotion to family. In contrast to Heflin's homeliness is the godlike physical perfection of the young Richard Jaeckel as the outlaw gang's second-in-command, smart, dangerous, utterly amoral yet loyal unto death to his boss.

There is not a bad performance anywhere. But I must single out Felicia Farr as the lonely barmaid who gives Ford a last, quick good time, and craggy-faced Ford Rainey as a town Marshal with a plan.

With its mix of deep focus shots and closeups of the actors' faces, the cinematography was the obvious inspiration to Sergio Leone in his spaghetti western series.