3:10 to Yuma

3:10 to Yuma (1957)

Genres - Western, Drama, Action, Adventure, Thriller  |   Sub-Genres - Psychological Western, Outlaw (Gunfighter) Film  |   Release Date - Aug 7, 1957 (USA - Unknown), Aug 7, 1957 (USA)  |   Run Time - 92 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson

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.

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Keywords

outlaw [Western], bounty, captive, captor, cat-and-mouse, reward, rancher, train [locomotive]

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High Historical Importance