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DVD 3:10 to Yuma
Struggling rancher and family man Van Heflin sneaks captured outlaw Glenn Ford out from under the eyes of his gang and nervously awaits the prison train in this tight, taut Western in the High Noon tradition. Adapted from an Elmore Leonard story, this tense Western thriller is boiled down to its essential elements: a charming and cunning criminal, an initially reluctant hero whose courage and resolution hardens along the way, and a waiting game that pits them in a battle of wills and wits. Glenn Ford practically steals the film in one of his best performances ever: calm, cool, and confident, he's a ruthless killer with polite manners and an honorable streak. Director Delmer Daves (Broken Arrow) sets it all in a harsh, parched frontier of empty landscapes, deserted towns, and dust, creating a brittle quiet that threatens to snap into violence at any moment. --Sean Axmaker
Cool, well mannered but ruthless Ben Wade, leader of a band of outlaws has masterminded a stagecoach robbery killing the driver. Wade played in a notable acting performance by Glenn Ford and his gang are observed by local cattle rancher Dan Evans played in solid fashion by Van Heflin and his two young sons. Wade and his desperadoes vamoose to the local town of Bisbee where they evade the sheriff and his posse. Dawdling in town on account of a pretty barmaid Ford gets apprehended as the posse returns to town realizing they'd been hoodwinked.
Stagecoach owner, the gutless Mr. Buttlefield played by the corpulent Robert Emhardt intends to see that Ford gets prosecuted for his crimes. He recruits Heflin who is desperate for money to save his drought stricken herd to secret Ford to a nearby town to await the 3:10 train to the territorial prison in Yuma. With the full knowledge that Ford's murderous gang will attempt to free him, the righteous Heflin with assistance from the town drunk embark on the dangerous journey.
They arrive in the town to await the train holed up in the local hotel. As the minutes slowly tick past a gripping psychological drama ensues between the manipulative Ford and the forlorn Heflin. Ford fails to seduce Heflin with promises of riches if he releases him, which would solve his problems. Heflin shows great restraint and resolve in carrying out his mission against improbable odds, as men enlisted to assist him, one by one abandon him.
This taut drama ends on an improbable note as the experience has evidently forged a bond between the adversaries Ford and Heflin.
Defintitely borrowing a page from the classic and dramatic western "High Noon", director Delmer Daves rachets up the tension as the time draws closer to the arrival of the train. He uses Heflin's pocket watch to remind us of the waning minutes. Ford does very well in his portrayal of the principled scoundrel, usually cast as the good guy. Heflin reprises his role of the strong and ethical farmer that he played to perfection in "Shane". The Sedona scenery where the film in part was shot, always adds authenticity and the required western flavor.
3:10 to Yuma
Based on an Elmore Leonard story, Delmer Daves's film is a sharp psychological western in the vein of another better-known classic, "High Noon." Taut and suspenseful, Yuma also tells a very human story, as Evans's own self-respect and principles are as much at stake in this situation as money. "3:10" is intelligent and skillfully paced, boasting top-notch turns from the two leads.
A superb western!
I have been a hard fan of the western movies. I think this genre constitutes the true American mythology. And even if you weave fine, may be you will agree with me there are very subreptitious links with the Noir Film, the surroundings may change but the stereotypes still remain; the bad guys and the mob; the corrupt sheriff and the double moral policial agent, the greed and ambition simply translate from the horses to the thirty vehicles.
Consider for instance the case of John Huston; famous for Treasure of Sierra Madre and then by Maltese Falcon; or Anthony man with The Naked Spur and The Thin Man; Howard Hawks and Fritz Lang would be another two fundamental examples that would complete this statement.
3:10 at Yuma is a Western with multiple dramatic angles. We have to Delmer Davis in top form with an engaging and absorbing script, with wide references to the human behavior in the edge conditions.
I will not tell you any additional information my dear reader, because I consider this is one of the best twenty westerns ever made, so to make any simple reference would be to private you from a giant film. You have to experiment by yourself this outstanding picture.
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Despite incorporating elements of Shakespeare's Othello, Delmer Daves's CinemaScope Jubal is the first and least of three Westerns the director made with star Glenn Ford. Although not up to the measure of 3:10 to Yuma and the boldly original (and sadly neglected) Cowboy, it's still a well-above-average Western by a man whose sturdy sense of drama and pictorial ecstasies qualify him as a solid genre filmmaker. Ford plays a drifter who is rescued, then hired as ramrod, by rancher Ernest Borgnine, thereby stimulating the erotic interest of Borgnine's sexy young wife (Valerie French) and the Iago-like resentment of the former top hand (Rod Steiger). A range war and the persecution of a religious sect whose wagon train is camped on Borgnine's land... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Glenn Ford - Ernest Borgnine Director(s): Delmer Daves DVD Release Date: Released the 05 April 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Kirk Douglas plays Marshal Matt Morgan (what a great name for a sheriff!), who's looking for the man that raped and killed his Indian wife. His search leads him to the town of Gun Hill, which is run by Morgan's old friend Craig Belden, played by Anthony Quinn. Earl Holliman (pre-Police Story) plays Belden's son, the spoiled rich kid who did the deed. Morgan isn't just facing the son; he's got to deal with the whole town as well as his old friend. Kirk is in top form as the tough as nails, nonsense marshal who sets out to get his man no matter the odds. Director John Sturges made a series of highly competent and enjoyable Westerns during the fifties and sixties: "Escape from Fort Bravo," "The Law and Jake Wade," "Gunfight at the OK Corral," and "The Magnificent Seven." This one is no... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Kirk Douglas - Anthony Quinn Director(s): John Sturges DVD Release Date: Released the 09 November 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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"Warlock" is a great classic western with an amazing cast. I am sad to see Dolores Michaels not get billing on the DVD, as she did on the original moive posters. While she retired early from acting, she not only was beautiful, but a very solid actress. More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Richard Widmark - Henry Fonda Director(s): Edward Dmytryk DVD Release Date: Released the 24 May 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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This sturdy Delmer Daves picture--his third with Glenn Ford, following Jubal and 3:10 to Yuma--is one of the most offbeat Westerns ever. And it must be the most writerly, with Frank Harris's memoirs as the source and a picaresque screenplay by Edmund H. North and Dalton Trumbo (a blacklistee, credited only posthumously). There's a pileup of oddities and complications at the outset, with Chicago hotel clerk Harris (Jack Lemmon) already in mid-romance with a daughter of the Mexican aristocracy (Anna Kashfi--Mrs. Marlon Brando at the time), and Texas cattleman Tom Reese (Ford) storming in to commandeer an entire floor of the hotel for him and his drovers so they can party till, well, the cows come home. Partying is curtailed when Reese loses big at cards; Harris bails him out... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Delmer Daves DVD Release Date: Released the 14 May 2002 Usually ships within 24 hours
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