3:10 to Yuma (1957)

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  • 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

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

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  • 3:10 to Yuma is a 1957 American Western film starring
    Glenn Ford and Van Heflin and directed by Delmer Daves.


    The film was based on a 1953 short story by Elmore Leonard.
    The film is about a drought-impoverished rancher who takes on the risky job
    of taking a notorious outlaw to justice.
    In 2012, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry
    by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"


    The title song, "3:10 to Yuma", was by George Duning (music), with lyrics by Ned Washington
    and was sung at the beginning and end of the film by Frankie Laine.
    He recorded it for Columbia Records in 1957 (with the Jimmy Carroll Orchestra)
    and in 1960 (with the Johnny Williams Orchestra).
    It was also recorded by Sandy Denny in 1967.


    The film was remade in 2007, directed by James Mangold
    and starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale.


    Any movie that starts with Frankie Laine,
    singing 3:10 To Yuma, has to be good, and it was.
    A gripping story brilliantly directed by Delmer Daves.
    It's stars Glen Ford and Van Heflin,
    played good credible parts, in front
    of scenery that was spectacular.


    The remake in 2007, is also critically acclaimed.
    We had discussion about that movie here:-


    3:10 To Yuma (2007)

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

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