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3:10 to Yuma (2007) More at IMDbPro »

• Continuity: At the beginning, when Dan's son lights a match to see at night, the match burns very slowly and irregularly, varying the burnt length. When he puts it out, only the tip is burnt despite it being lit for about 60 seconds.
  
  
• Factual errors: In the end credits, writer Halsted Welles' first name is misspelled as "Haslted".
  
  
• Continuity: While Ben Wade and Dan Evans are moving from the hotel to the train depot, there is one shot where the sky is completely overcast. All other shots show a bright, blue sky.
  
  

• Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Doc Potter removes the bullet from McElroy's belly, he drops it in a metal bowl. The noise of the dropping bullet does not match up with the visual drop.
  
  
• Continuity: During the exchange of Ben Wade with the deputy in the stuck coach in front of Dan Evans' Ranch, you hear the Marshall cock his revolver just before Ben Wade is let out. In the subsequent shot his revolver is not cocked.
  
  
• Anachronisms: In some of the shots of Bisbee, power lines (maybe telegraph lines) are visible on the horizon.
  
  
• Errors in geography: Bisbee, Arizona is portrayed as being laid out on a flat plot of land, when it is actually a mountainous, hilly town. The general appearance of the countryside shown in the film bears scant resemblance to southern Arizona, where this movie is set.
  
  
• Factual errors: There are dialogue references to "gunslingers," a term which did not exist until the 1920's. At the time of the film, such men would have been referred to as "shootists," "pistoleers," or simply "gunmen."
  
  
• Continuity: The first night camping out, Ben is sitting in the cold night air with just his shirt and vest on. The next morning he is again wearing his jacket. This is rather difficult to explain since he was supposedly handcuffed throughout the night.
  
  
• Continuity: In the fight with the railroad workers, one of the workers has a badge on the left lapel of his coat. When they are shown meeting Wade's gang in the tunnel, the badge is on his right lapel. When he is shot, it is again on his left lapel.
  
  
• Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Early in the movie, Logan makes the comment that "... the calvary is coming..." He should be saying Cavalry.
  
  
• Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Dan and Ben round the corner of the building with the liquor sign on it, a bullet hits the corner behind them without making a sound.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: A Pinkerton inside the coach is shown firing a lever-action rifle twice without re-cocking it.
  
  
• Anachronisms: When Charlie Prince enters the corral in Contention, the weathered boards are held together with shiny new nails that have a gold-colored coating.
  
  
• Audio/visual unsynchronized: During the shootout when Ben and Dan are on a rooftop, before the camera cuts to Ben and Dan, Charlie Prince fires a shot but there is no sound when he shoots.
  
  
• Continuity: When Evans and his son are holed up with Wade in the hotel, Butterfield proves he's with the sheriff by sliding a badge under the door. When Evans opens the door, the sheriff and deputies are all wearing their badges.
  
  
• Audio/visual unsynchronized: When in the train station, the camera angle is over Dan's right shoulder pointing at Ben; Dan is talking about his younger son Mark but Dan's lips aren't moving.
  
  
• Continuity: When the stage coach is being ambushed, one of the men in the back shoots one of the gang members and is hit on his left ear. As they arrive in town, they signal each other to go to the tavern and you can see that the man hurt on his ear is no longer hurt on the left ear but instead is hurt on his right ear.
  
  
• Audio/visual unsynchronized: In the train office, as Dan is talking to Ben in a reverse shot (focus on Ben), Dan's mouth moves but his dialogue isn't heard until after his mouth stops moving.
  
  
• Audio/visual unsynchronized: In the Continuity train depot, Dan's speech does not match his lip movements.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: In the shots at the train station you can clearly see all of the land in the background is covered in snow. There's even snow on the tracks. Not only is it evident that it's spring or summer time but there is a drought. Even though Contention is a distance away from Bisbee there would have never been a drought at one town while there's a blizzard at another.
  
  
• Continuity: When Charlie shoots the three men building the tunnels he shoot the first man, then he crosses his arms to shoot the other two. In the next shot his arms are pointed away from each other not crossed.
  
  
• Incorrectly regarded as goofs: The construction sites in Contention have dimensional lumber being used and that didn't come into widespread use until mid 20th century. As explained in the behind-the-scenes featurette, the filmmakers decided to use the unfinished buildings in the final chase sequence because they ran out of budget for set-building.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: The portrait of Evans drawn by Wade has a incorrect angle of view per where they were seated. In fact, to draw that portrait, Wade would have to sit in the opposite corner of the room.
  
  
• Factual errors: When the train is leaving the station, the engineer whistles three times. Three whistles means the train is going to back up. One whistle means it will go forward.
  
  
• Continuity: When Wade sketches Evans in hotel room, his handcuffs seems to be off.
  
  
• Continuity: After the stage coach tips over Charlie Prince goes over and picks up Byron McElroy's shotgun, he breaks it open to check it. The scene then starts from another angle still showing Charlie Prince and he breaks the shotgun open a second time.
  
  
• Anachronisms: In the saloon with Wade & his gang for a victory drink: When Wades gang leaves and Wade is taking his final drink at the bar with just the bar maid there, you can see he is taking the shot from a modern day plastic disposable shot glass, yet when he sets it on the bar it makes the sound of a glass shot glass.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: At the very end of the movie, while seated in the front cabin of the train, Ben Wade whistles (very mellow) at his horse to follow him. At this time, the train has already moved a significant end from the train station. There's simply no way his horse could've heard this through the noise of the locomotive engine.
  
  
• Audio/visual unsynchronized: The rounds fired at the station have a very faint computer buzzing to them in the background.
  
  
• Anachronisms: The movie is supposed to take place about three years after the civil war, Dan says something to the effect of "I've bee standing on one leg for three years". So the film takes place around 1868. Many of the guns used in the movie were not available in 1868. Most notably Ben Wade's "Hand of God" which is clearly a model 1873 Colt Single Action Army.
  
  

• Continuity: SPOILER: Unless the 3:10 was more than "running a little late" there seems to be a significant loss of daylight in the final scene. As we watch the final shots of the train leaving town and son standing over his father's body, the sun is seen in its last light of the day; lighting both the underside of train and 10 gallon hat. However, at its shortest time of the year, the sun doesn't set on the Arizona region until well past 5pm.
  
  
• Continuity: SPOILER: At the end of the movie, when Ben Wade and Dan Evans are in the train station, Ben puts his hat on in two separate shots, preparing to leave for the train.
  
  
• Continuity: SPOILER: After Ben shoots his gang, William points and cocks his gun at Ben. When he relents, he uncocks his gun twice.
  
  
• Continuity: SPOILER: In the Climactic sequence, while Ben Wade still has his back to his gang, the Mexican Marksman tosses Wade's gun to Charlie Prince. Moments later another gang member arrives with the gun and passes to the Mexican who tosses it to Prince again.
  
  
• Plot holes: SPOILER: When Ben's gang arrives at Contention, it is made clear that there are 7 members. However, when Ben shoots all the members of his gang, he only fires 6 shots, and a seventh at Charlie Prince whom he has already shot once, leaving out one gang member.
  
  

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