Line #8 Film/Yuma


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2	[[caption-width-right:183:A U.S. Marshal's life is threatened when he tries to clean up a lawless town ...]]
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4	''Yuma'' is a 1971 American {{Western}} MadeForTVMovie starring Creator/ClintWalker and released by Creator/{{ABC}}.
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6	Dave Harmon is a US Marshall who has been assigned to the Yuma territory. Unfortunately for him, Yuma is notorious for being borderline anarchy and driving its lawmen away quickly. Not helped is the fact that the richest man in the county has two criminal brothers. When Harmon tries to lay down the law and is forced to shoot King's brother, a group of corrupt soldiers shoot the other to frame Harmon. Harmon must go on a quest to clear his name before King returns to exact brutal vengeance while saving the local Native American tribe from starving due to the corruption.
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8	The film was supposed to be the pilot for a TV series, but it never got picked up. Not to be confused with [[Film/ThreeTenToYuma1957 either]] [[Film/ThreeTenToYuma2007 version]] of ''3:10 to Yuma''.
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10	!!This film contains examples of:
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12	* BigBad: [[spoiler:Mules [=McNeil=] is responsible for all the corruption.]]
13	* CrapsackWorld: Yuma Territory is so corrupt and violent that at least three lawmen have been driven away from the territory by the time of the film's start. The nearby Army base is corrupt and filled with embezzlement, which leads to the local Native American tribe starving.
14	* DiscOneFinalBoss: Nels Decker seems like the BigBad of the film, but [[spoiler:he gets an arrow to the back an hour or so in, and fellow businessman Mules [=McNeil=] is revealed to be the true mastermind]].
15	* FrameUp: To make sure Harmon doesn't cover up his embezzlement, Decker has a prisoner killed with his shotgun so everybody thinks Harmon did it.
16	* HostageSituation: [[spoiler:The bad guys take a young boy Harmon befriended hostage in the climax.]]
17	* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:The Army men who raped and killed Harmon's family are still unidentified by film's end.]]
18	* MightyWhitey: During the investigation of the FrameUp against him, Harmon saves the local Native American tribe from starvation caused by the corrupt military's embezzlement.
19	* OneWordTitle
20	* ThePlace
21	* RapeAndRevenge: Harmon joined the US Marshal Service after his wife was raped and his family was murdered by men in Army uniforms. He's been searching for the men who did the crimes at his assignments, which are all near Army bases, so he can bring them to justice. [[spoiler:He doesn't find them.]]
22	* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: The {{starter villain}}s of the film, the King Brothers, commit acts of drunken revelry and violence due to their brother being a major CattleBaron. Harmon is forced to shoot one and arrest the other, which kickstarts the plot.
23	* WhiteMansBurden: Harmon hires a young Mexican boy who's so desperate for food that he's resorted to theft to sweep the jailhouse floors and lets him sleep in the police station.

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