3:10 to Yuma (1957 film)
- Glenn Ford: Ben Wade
- Van Heflin: Dan Evans
- Felicia Farr: Emmy
- Leora Dana: Alice Evans
- Henry Jones: Alex Potter
- Robert Emhardt: Mr. Butterfield
- Ford Rainee Marshall Bisbee
Count to three and pray ( original title: 3:10 to Yuma ). 's A black and white westerns of director Delmer Daves from 1957 is based on the short story Three- Ten to Yuma the American writer Elmore Leonard.
Action
The famous outlaw Ben Wade is arrested after a raid on a stagecoach. His band does everything it can to free their leader again. The outnumbered lawmen offer the impoverished farmer Dan Evans $ 200 to help them to guard Ben Wade and to escort him to a prisoner transport to Yuma, where Wade, the process should be done. As Wade and Evans after a dangerous journey in a hotel waiting for the train to Yuma, they are determined by Wades gang. Abandoned by his colleagues, it comes to the final showdown between Evans, Wade and his gang.
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The much- decorated Elmore Leonard, who became famous for his crime novels, wrote at the beginning of his career, many Western stories. His first novel, The Bounty Hunters, was a Western.
The title song 3:10 to Yuma, composed ( music) George Duning and ( text ) Ned Washington, and it was sung by Frankie Laine.
The original was filmed in 2007 with Death train to Yuma ( in the original English 3:10 to Yuma also ) by James Mangold one more time. The main roles Russell Crowe and Christian Bale are seen.
Reviews
- Movie starts, " director Delmer Daves dresses his duel in a skillful black and white imaging, which ( She Wore, The Searchers ) is very reduced just opposite the imposing style of many John Ford westerns and doing a bit of Fred Zinnemann's masterpiece 12 clock noon recalls. However, this very focused on the characters image amplifies the voltage and, with the actors, the successful characterization of the main characters and the ironic end of that, Count to three and pray ' is one of the Western classics. "
- Protestant movie watchers: " A Wild West film with a personal touch, which is by careful design above average. "
Awards
The film was nominated for the 1958 British Film Academy Award for Best Picture. In the category "Best Action Drama " scored the film took second place at the Laurel Awards, was also nominated for the Best Actor Van Heflin in an action movie.