Room 207 and the 3:10 To Yuma. Van Heflin plays rancher Dan Evans whose family and livelihood is at breaking point due to a devastating drought. Needing money fast, Evans gets thrown a financial lifeline when a reward is offered to escort a recently captured outlaw, Ben Wade (Glenn Ford), on to t ... Read more
A top 50’s Western with Glenn Ford only held back by the B&W photography RELEASED IN 1957 and directed by Delmer Daves, "3:10 to Yuma” is a Western about a struggling Arizona rancher, Dan Evans (Van Heflin), who has no choice but to hire-on as an escort of dangerous, but charismatic outlaw, B ... Read more
Interesting watch, especially after the remake (which improved on some plot holes). The first half is a "typical western" that you could easily see Wayne or Stewart in. But the second half (once they arrive in Contention), sees this turn into more of a psychological drama. Especially surprising ... Read more