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| Columbia Pictures | Release Date: August 7, 1957 |
Starring:
Felicia Farr, George Mitchell, Glenn Ford, Henry Jones, Leora Dana, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Ellenstein, Robert Emhardt, Sheridan Comerate, Van Heflin
Summary:
Dan Evans (Van Heflin) is a mild-mannered cattle rancher who takes on the task of shepherding captured outlaw Ben Wade (Glenn Ford) to the train that will deliver him to prison. This apparently simple mission turns into a nerve-racking cat-and-mouse game that tests each man’s particular brand of honor. Based on a story by Elmore Leonard.
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Directed with a touch both delicate and muscular by the great Delmer Daves, it's truly a Western for those who don't like Westerns, and will be treasured by those that do. [02 Jun 2013, p.Q21]
Based on an Elmore Leonard story: the classic suspense western in which a desperate farmer (Van Heflin), trying to save his spread, hires on to transport a sardonic outlaw chief (Glenn Ford) to Yuma. [25 Jul 2008, p.C8]
Largely devoid of the usual Western histrionics, this 1957 film, thanks to the steady hand of veteran director Delmer Daves, represents one of the more sober depictions of the clash between chaos and order that has always been at the center of the movie Western. [26 Aug 2007, p.3E]
A small western gem.
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