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June 10, 2005
3:10 to Yuma
3:10 to Yuma (1957), Delmer Dales:
I just noticed that this was another Elmore Leonard deal; guy is everywhere in the pulp world.
I remember I had a pretty disappointing run of Westerns before this, and this was exactly what I was looking for to turn it all around. Hero vs. Villain on equal footing on opposites sides of the moral divide. Here, the Villain is captured and must be delivered to the 3:10 to Yuma, before his posse can spring him. There's a smidge of High Noon, but there's not really much emotional complexity here.
13/15
Posted by bing at June 10, 2005 11:15 PM