3:10 to Yuma 1957

Critics score:
96 / 100

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Bosley Crowther, New York Times: This is a first-rate action picture -- a respectable second section to High Noon. Read more

Stephen Garrett, Time Out: A portrait of storytelling made for and by the Silent Generation, an audience all too familiar with the world's spooky, white-knuckled moral twilight. Read more

Pat Graham, Chicago Reader: Despite an abundance of talk, this 1957 film is often considered [Daves'] best. Read more

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New Yorker: The compositions evoke a kind of open-air claustrophobia ... Read more

Tom Milne, Time Out: It's of necessity a talkative film, with Ford working on Heflin's nerves in a stream of Machiavellian banter, but one held in perfect balance by Daves, who keeps the tension strung taut. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: That the climax fizzles must be laid on doorstep of Halsted Welles, who adapts Elmore Leonard's story quite well until that point. Read more