Sep 30th
3:10 to Yuma*** US 1957. Columbia. 92m. bw
A struggling cattle rancher agrees to escort a notorious gunman to justice.
Excellent character Western, shorn of too much action but plenty of suspense and atmosphere (and even moments of comedy), with the most effective scenes taking place in a single hotel room. An over-elaborate remake(qv) came along fifty years later, which was honourable but not quite as focused or as absorbing as the original.
Written by: Halsted Welles, from a story by Elmore Leonard.
Producer: David Heilwell.
Director: Delmer Davies.
Starring: Van Heflin, Glenn Ford, Felicia Farr, Henry Jones, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Emhardt, Leora Dana.
Photography: Charles Lawton Jnr.
Music: George Duning (title song sung by Frankie Laine).
Preceded by:
East Anglian Holiday*(GB 1954. British Transport Films. 18m; Technicolor travelogue through the Fenlands, Norfolk and Suffolk.; p: Edgar Anstey; d: Michael Clarke; ph: Bob Paynter.)
3:10 to Yuma*** US 1957. Columbia. 92m. bw
A struggling cattle rancher agrees to escort a notorious gunman to justice.
Excellent character Western, shorn of too much action but plenty of suspense and atmosphere (and even moments of comedy), with the most effective scenes taking place in a single hotel room. An over-elaborate remake(qv) came along fifty years later, which was honourable but not quite as focused or as absorbing as the original.
Written by: Halsted Welles, from a story by Elmore Leonard.
Producer: David Heilwell.
Director: Delmer Davies.
Starring: Van Heflin, Glenn Ford, Felicia Farr, Henry Jones, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Emhardt, Leora Dana.
Photography: Charles Lawton Jnr.
Music: George Duning (title song sung by Frankie Laine).
Preceded by:
East Anglian Holiday*(GB 1954. British Transport Films. 18m; Technicolor travelogue through the Fenlands, Norfolk and Suffolk.; p: Edgar Anstey; d: Michael Clarke; ph: Bob Paynter.)
Labels: Western
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