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.

Remake is so much better.

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

A classic film the write up said. Yeah,whatever

Felicia Farr is kinda hot.

Heflin and Ford's strong as ever performances make this a classic showdown western. It carries on some of the questionably motivated and ambiguously good or bad characters that High Noon made possible, giving it more depth than many of the movies of its time. Really good!

Just watched this for the first time, I'd seen the remake already. I was into the movie for almost the entire thing and then the climactic walk to the train was a disappointment. The phycological torture that Ben Wade puts Dan through was fantastic. Then the ending just plain sucked, and I did not buy into his sudden changed heart. A great 80 minutes followed by a weak ten.

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.

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

Glen Ford is amazing.

Everything a classic western should have - gorgeous cinematography, catchy theme music, solid characters and hard-boiled suspense. It also has pitch-perfect tough guy dialogue, most of which I'm guessing comes directly from Elmore Leonard's typewriter. The remake wasn't bad either from the little I remember, but who needs it?

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Alright for an old western, I guess.

I watched this in anticipation of the 3:10 remake in '07, and was pretty enthralled by it. It's got a unique concept which really separates itself from other Westerns' standard fare. The two leads give solid performances. Most of all, if you enjoyed the more complex and superior remake, it's worth watching through this one to see how they flipped the original ending on its head.

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.

A nice, character-driven western

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

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

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.

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.

This was a good character driven psychological drama wrapped up in Western clothes.The mind games Ben Wade (Glen Ford) played with Dan Evans (Van Heffin) really take this from an average Western to a classic of the genre.

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