Almost succeeds in being an interesting look at the myth of heroes and outlaws. The farmer is driven not by a sense of justice, but by necessity and trepidation, and the criminal has a strange sense of honor and is prone to sentiment. Unfortunately by the end it seems to sacrifice these themes for moral transcendence and a black-and-white view of the world. Still, it's acted brilliantly and shot neatly, making it worth a watch.

As with many a western, 3:10 to Yuma is so thoroughly unremarkable that it should inspire more boredom than wonder or enjoyment. Though occasionally decent, it lacks the artistry, grandeur and urgency that might have been brought to the table by a director like Sergio Leone or Nicholas Ray.

A gripping Western full of suspense and character and two excellent performances by Heflin and Ford.

Very solid western drama with great performances from the two leads and a memorable theme song. Great dialogue and tension, but somewhat of a disappointing finale compared to the remake due to the black-and-white nature of Hollywood storytelling during that period. Moves along at a nice pace and is well shot - there are much worse ways to spend 90 minutes.

The original film adaptation of Elmore Leonard's western story shares the same plot framework with its recent descendant and a few scenes play out almost identically. Yet it also serves as an enlightening lesson in how Hollywood filmmaking has changed in fifty years. There's a clear contentment to let the drama and conflict play out quietly between the two main characters. Ample time is turned over to their psychological parrying, which adds weight to the final moments.

Soild Western, but completly overshadowed by its high quality remake.

While a mass majority of film-critques haven't seen nor heard of this, This is a very well-made, tough as steel Western phenomenon that excels at all the elements that leads to a classic: acting (led by driving performances from the duo-casting of Ford and Heflin), script, score (with haunting, yet somewhat cheerful pieces of orchestra), editing and of course, cinematography. However, the crowd that has seen it worship it and helm it as the best ever made. Great, but not at classic status.

Classic western with some great dialog. It's age certainly shows in comparison to the remake, however. I'm glad I saw this version first.

although this is the original it is still very good and the storyline is just amassing

The remake is so much better. But this was still good.

Great Western for the period, great Western now.

Uses the Western setting for a character drama and it's really interesting despite having very little action. It's all in the tension and Ford's cockiness combined with everyone else's palpable trepidation makes it work.

A classic film the write up said. Yeah,whatever

One of the few pictures that ever dreamed of Ford as an articulate villain - and the experiment works so well it's a marvel more people didn't try him that away. In a lot of this you can feel the natural inquisitiveness of Leonard, waiting for the train and wondering if you were ever going to get a glass of cold water again. Movies and trains have usually like each other. This is one of the great talking westerns. The remake had nothing of value from the original.

Even though remakes are the work of Mr. Lucifer, the Mangold version does improve a lot of things from this half-hearted original. It's still pretty fun - in the same way Bonanza is enjoyable a lazy Sunday morning.

A surprisingly psychological-thrillery Western. Glenn Ford is perfectly charming and affable, making him seem even more like the Devil Himself when he starts to get inside other people's heads. Tense stuff.

Glen Ford is amazing.

A decent western, fairly suspenseful, if sometimes hard to swallow, particularly the ending sequence.

Pretty good for a recent cowboy flick. I really liked the music, as well as the end.

OK Western. Finale shot in a confusing way to conceal how noncredible it is

A bit flawed, but overall a fine western. Heflin and Ford make fine leads.

Remake is so much better.

Felicia Farr is kinda hot.

Alright for an old western, I guess.