Derailed: New '3:10 to Yuma' goes off track when it strays from its characters



 
Derailed: New '3:10 to Yuma' goes off track when it strays from its characters


'3:10 to Yuma' -- 2 1/2 stars



Two of the finest westerns of the 1950s traded in a particularly wily brand of snake-charming antagonist, an outlaw being brought to frontier justice but vexing the vulnerable protagonists something fierce en route. One was "The Naked Spur," in which Robert Ryan's manic chortle sent shivers down the spine of James Stewart. The other was "3:10 to Yuma," a terrific and melancholy wonder featuring Glenn Ford in his most compelling portrayal, opposite Van Heflin, whose woeful bearing always made him easy prey for demons, human or psychological.

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News entry number 1024 added on Sep 7, 2007 in the Entertainment category.

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