| 3:10 to Yuma | |
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| Directed by | Delmer Daves |
| Screenplay by | Halsted Welles |
| Based on | "Three-Ten to Yuma" 1953 short story by Elmore Leonard (1925-2013) |
| Produced by | David Heilweil |
| Starring | Glenn Ford Van Heflin Felicia Farr |
| Cinematography | Charles Lawton Jr. |
| Edited by | Al Clark |
| Music by | George Duning |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.85 million dollars (US and Canadian rentals)[1] |
3:10 to Yuma is a 1957 American Western film directed by Delmer Daves and starring Glenn Ford and Van Heflin. Based on a 1953 short story of the same name by Elmore Leonard, the plot concerns an impoverished rancher who takes on the risky job of escorting a notorious outlaw to justice.
In 2012, the film was selected for preservation in the United States on the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."[2][3] The film was remade in 2007, directed by James Mangold and starring Russell Crowe with Christian Bale.
The title song, "The 3:10 to Yuma", was written by George Duning (music) and Ned Washington (lyrics), and sung at the beginning and end of the film by the noted Western and Country music singer Frankie Laine (1913-2007), who also did several other popular Western film and television musical theme songs. He recorded the song for Columbia Records also in 1957 with the Jimmy Carroll Orchestra when the feature film was released, and later repeated in 1960 with the Johnny Williams Orchestra (future famous film music theme composer, born 1932). It was also recorded again seven years later by Sandy Denny in 1967 for Island Records.
- ^ "Top Grossers of 1957". Variety. January 8, 1958. p. 30. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
- ^ King, Susan (December 19, 2012). "National Film Registry selects 25 films for preservation". The Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved May 7, 2020.