Delmer Daves

3:10 to Yuma

3:10 to Yuma

In this beautifully shot, psychologically complex western, Van Heflin is a mild-mannered cattle rancher who takes on the task of shepherding a captured outlaw (played with cucumber-cool charisma by Glenn Ford) to the train that will deliver him to prison. This apparently simple mission turns into a nerve-racking cat-and-mouse game that tests each man’s particular brand of honor. Based on a story by Elmore Leonard, 3:10 to Yuma is a thrilling, humane action movie, directed by the supremely talented studio filmmaker Delmer Daves with intense feeling and precision.

Film Info

  • United States
  • 1957
  • 92 minutes
  • Black & White
  • 1.85:1
  • English
  • Spine #657

Special Features

  • New, restored 4K digital film transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
  • Alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack, presented in DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition
  • New interviews with author Elmore Leonard and actor Glenn Ford’s son and biographer, Peter Ford
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • Plus: A new essay by critic Kent Jones

    New cover by Gregory Manchess

Purchase Options

Special Features

  • New, restored 4K digital film transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
  • Alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack, presented in DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition
  • New interviews with author Elmore Leonard and actor Glenn Ford’s son and biographer, Peter Ford
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • Plus: A new essay by critic Kent Jones

    New cover by Gregory Manchess
3:10 to Yuma
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
Credits
Director
Delmer Daves
Produced by
David Heilweil
Screenplay
Halsted Welles
Based on a story by
Elmore Leonard
Director of photography
Lawton Jr. Charles
Gowns
Jean Louis
Music
George Duning
Art director
Frank Hotaling
Film editor
Al Clark

Current

Elmore Leonard, Man of the Western
Elmore Leonard, Man of the Western
Delmer Daves’s 3:10 to Yuma, driven by compelling mano a mano suspense, is quite a yarn. It’s no surprise, then, that it’s based on a story by the estimable Elmore Leonard. Known predominantly for his crime fiction such as Get Shorty and Rum …
3:10 to Yuma: Curious Distances
3:10 to Yuma: Curious Distances

Delmer Daves’s classic western is psychologically probing, magnificently shot, and fascinatingly ambiguous.

By Kent Jones

Gregory Manchess’s Visions in Oil

Studio Visits

Gregory Manchess’s Visions in Oil

The veteran illustrator behind our covers for Jubal, 3:10 to Yuma, and A Night to Remember invites us inside his creative process.