Yuma

3:10 to Yuma is a 2007 Western film that is a remake of the 1957 film 3:10 to Yuma, making it the second adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s short story. It is directed by James Mangold and stars Russell Crowe and Christian Bale. Filming took place in various locations in New Mexico. 3:10 to Yuma opened September 7, 2007, in the United States.

Outlaw Ben Wade (Russell Crowe) and his gang have been behind over 20 major robberies on the Southern Pacific Railroad in 19th-century Arizona. After orchestrating a vicious attack on an armored carriage, Wade is confronted by Dan Evans (Christian Bale), a down-on-his-luck rancher and Civil War veteran with a wooden leg whose cattle were used by Wade as a diversion in the attack. Wade leaves Evans and his two sons and travels to the town of Bisbee, Arizona, where Charlie Prince (Ben Foster), Wade’s right-hand man, tells the railroad police that Wade has committed a robbery. The guards all ride out to investigate, leaving Wade and his gang in peace for a drink at the bar.

The railroad guards find Evans and his sons as well as the only survivor of the attack, bounty hunter Byron McElroy (Peter Fonda). Upon learning from Evans that Wade had headed off in the direction of Bisbee, the company returns with Evans and McElroy. McElroy’s wound is treated by Doc Potter (Alan Tudyk) while Evans pleads with the man who is taking his land to no avail. He grabs his rifle and storms into a bar looking for him, but instead finds Wade, who was upstairs romancing the barmaid. Evans stalls Wade long enough for the railroad guards to burst in and arrest him.