3:10 TO YUMA
(1957)
DIRECTED BY DELMER DAVIES
PRODUCED BY DAVID HEILWEIL
COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION
Information From IMDb
Plot Summary
After outlaw leader Ben Wade is captured in a small town, his gang continue to threaten. Small-time rancher Dan Evans is persuaded to take Wade in secret to the nearest town with a railway station to await the train to the court at Yuma. Once the two are holed up in the hotel to wait it becomes apparent the secret is out, and a battle of wills starts.
Written by Jeremy Perkins
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
Danny Borzage ... Townsman (uncredited)
Writing credits
Elmore Leonard (story)
Halsted Welles (screenplay)
Produced by
David Heilweil
Original Music by
George Duning
"3:10 To Yuma"
by Ned Washington & George Duning
Performed by Frankie Laine
also performed by Norma Zimmer (uncredited)
Trivia
* Average Shot Length = ~6.4 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~6.6 seconds.
* 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.
* 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: 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.
* 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.
* Revealing mistakes: As the bad guy posse rides into Contention City, in a couple of scenes you'll note seven men on horseback. However, when Ben Wade looks out the window to talk to his gang, there are eight men present. At the same time, one of the men in the hotel states to Butterfield that he counted seven men, while Wade remarks to Evans after one of his men is shot, 'it's now one against seven'.
Filming Locations
Amerind Foundation - 2100 N. Amerind Road, Dragoon, Arizona, USA
Columbia/Warner Bros. Ranch - 411 N. Hollywood Way, Burbank, California, USA
Elgin, Arizona, USA
Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Sedona, Arizona, USA
Texas Canyon, Arizona, USA
Triangle T Guest Ranch - 4190 Dragoon Road, Dragoon, Arizona, USA
Willcox Playa, Willcox, Arizona, USA