A smalltime rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw whos awaiting a train to go to court in yuma. In 2012, the film was selected for preservation in the united states national film registry by the library of congress as. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out the rancher. Accompanied only by the town drunk, alex potter henry jones, dan battles wades henchman richard jaeckel, the murder. Glenn ford is one of those stars who gives more than a solid performance in all his films. Dave evans, a small time farmer, is hired to escort ben wade, a dangerous outlaw, to yuma. I have become an admirer of leonard and westerns and took the opportunity of mandated time at home to watch this 1957 film, the first of two movie adaptations of leonards story. With russell crowe, christian bale, ben foster, logan lerman. Kinney road, tucson, arizona, usa contention city backdrop elgin, arizona, usa railroad scenes yuma, arizona, usa yuma territorial prison scene deleted. Broke smalltime rancher dan evans is hired by the stagecoach line to put bigtime captured outlaw leader ben wade on the 3. He finds a financial solution for himself and his family when he is offered a large sum of money to secretly escort ben wade, the captured leader of an outlaw gang, to a nearby town and place him on board a train that will carry him to trial in yuma. It is about a droughtimpoverished rancher bale who takes on the. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. The underlying story is made into a very watchable movie by the director and.
Outlaw ben wade russell crowe terrorizes 1800s arizona, especially the southern railroad, until he is finally captured. Released by red bitch music in 2014 containing music from 3. The library of america published a volume of elmore leonards westerns which included his famous 1953 short story the three ten to yuma. Dan evans van heflin, a droughtplagued arizona rancher, volunteers to take captured stagecoach robber and murderer ben wade glenn ford from bisbee to contention city, where the criminal will be put aboard the 3. Based on a 1953 short story by elmore leonard, the film is about a droughtimpoverished rancher who takes on the risky job of escorting a notorious outlaw to justice. When i got to the end of this movie i said to myself damn, that was a good movie. The script and dialogue are all top notch, a very nuanced character study western set within a. My name is nobody western english free and full movie henry. Yuma preferred realtor yuma real estate yuma real estate pros gina wilson 9285809816. At the outset, dans just a guy trying to make a life for his family in the hills of arizona. It opens straight into the central action, with a stagecoach robbery gone wrong, and only comes.
With glenn ford, van heflin, felicia farr, leora dana. But if youre looking for a fastpaced western with blazing pistols and just the right amount of moral ambiguity, 3. It represents the height of a genre of movies westerns that we hardly ever see. Glenn ford as ben wade van heflin as dan evans felicia farr as emmy 3. Music by george duning, with vocals by frankie laine. The chilling opening, from elmore leonards story, delmer daves directing, introducing glenn ford as the bandit wade, and van heflin as the rancher evans, barry curtis and jerry hartleben his sons, from 3. The film is full of tension as wade tries to cajole, bribe, and threaten wade to let him go. A remake of delmer daves 1957 film of the same name, its based on a story written by elmore leonard.
But instead of focusing on the faceless evil of the coming bandits, as high noon did, 3. In this remake of a 1957 western, dan evans is not a hero. The 1957 film was directed by delmer davies and stars glenn ford as the. Three ten to yuma 1957 frankie laine introduction this feature is not available right now. Sedona, arizona, usa bisbee exterior set, about mogollon dr old tucson 201 s. Wade must be brought to trial, so dan evans christian bale, the owner of a droughtstricken ranch, volunteers to escort him to the train. A must own dvd especially for glenn ford fans world wide.
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