3:10 to Yuma plot
"The lonesome whistle of a train... bringing the gallows closer to a desperado... the showdown nearer to his captor!"
Rancher Dan Evans witnesses Ben Wade and his gang rob a stagecoach and kill one of the guards. Next, the outlaws head for the nearest town of Bisbee, where Ben Wade finds his old flame Emmy behind the bar in the saloon. When Wade's gang members leave for Mexico with the loot, Wade is left with Emmy. Being with Emmy is fatal for Wade, because he is arrested in the saloon. Butterfield then offers Dan Evans $200 to take Wade to Contention City, from where he has to take Wade to Yuma Jail on the 10:45 train. A psychological cat and mouse game between Evans, Wade and his gang begins when Evans and Wade wait in a hotel room for the train to Yuma. Wade even offers Evans $10,000 if he lets him go.