3:10 to Yuma [Special Edition]

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Desperate for money, frontier rancher Van Heflin holds outlaw Glenn Ford at gunpoint, intending to collect the $200 reward. While both men await the train to Yuma that will escort Ford to prison, the cagey outlaw offers Heflin $10,000 if he'll set Ford free. The rest of the film is a sweat-inducing cat-and-mouse game between captive and captor, interrupted with bursts of violence from both Ford's gang (commandeered by Richard Jaeckel) and the vacillating townsfolk. 3:10 to Yuma is one of the best of the character-driven "psychological" westerns of the 1950s. Its only flaw is Ford's unconvincing character turnaround towards the end. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 1
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 (Theatre Wide Screen)
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Audio: Dolby Digital Mono
• Features:
  • Includes sneak peek of 3:10 to Yuma remake, starring Christian Bale and Russell Crowe!
  • Original theatrical trailer
  • Newly remastered

AWARDS

• British Academy of Film and Television Arts

•     Nominated Best Film - Any Source - 1957 (Delmer Daves)

• Telluride Film Festival

•     Film Presented - 1991

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Glenn Ford - Ben Wade
       Van Heflin - Dan Evans
       Felicia Farr - Emmy
       Leora Dana - Alice Evans
       Henry Jones - Alex Potter
       Richard Jaeckel - Charlie Prince
       Robert Emhardt - Mr. Butterfield
       Sheridan Comerate - Bob Moons
       George Mitchell - Bartender
       Robert Ellenstein - Ernie Collins
       Ford Rainey - Marshal
       Barry Curtis - Mathew
       Jerry Hartleben - Mark
       Woodrow Chambliss

• Director:

  Delmer Daves

• Producer:

  David Heilwell

• Screenwriter:

  Halsted Welles

• Cinematographer:

  Charles Lawton

• Songwriter:

  Frankie Laine

• Composer (Music Score):

  George Duning

• Musical Direction/Supervision:

  Morris W. Stoloff

• Songwriter:

  Ned Washington

• Editor:

  Al Clark

• Art Director:

  Frank Hotaling

• Set Designer:

  William Kiernan, Robert Priestley

• Costume Designer:

  Jean Louis

• Sound/Sound Designer:

  Josh Westmoreland

• Makeup:

  Clay Campbell

• First Assistant Director:

  Sam Nelson

• Short Story Author:

  Elmore Leonard

REVIEW:

• The success of High Noon spawned numerous psychological Westerns, and one of the best of this crop was 3:10 to Yuma. Van Heflin as rancher Dan Evans and Glenn Ford as outlaw Ben Wade both give exceptional, multi-layered performances, among the best of their careers, with Ford going particularly against type and displaying that he was one of the more underrated actors of his generation. The script by Halsted Welles, based on a story by Elmore Leonard, is taut and insightful, occasionally veering towards the conventional (the love subplot between Wade and Emmy is not very believable), but always coming back in time. Equally important is the superb direction of Delmer Daves, who tells his story with an economy of flashiness, and uses the film's obvious low budget to his advantage by emphasizing the isolation and barrenness of the settings. There are also strong supporting parts for Leora Dana as Heflin's wife and a collection of scene-stealing character actors, including Richard Jaeckel, Henry Jones, and Robert Emhardt. 3:10 to Yuma ultimately stands as a superior example of that subgenre of small-scale Westerns that tell their tale simply with an emphasis on character over action, and which can often be every bit as satisfying and entertaining as the widescreen, big-themed Western epics that grab the headlines and critical acclaim. ~ Bob Mastrangelo, Rovi