As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.
An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.
Dan Evans, a small time farmer, is hired to escort Ben Wade, a dangerous outlaw, to Yuma. As Evans and Wade wait for the 3:10 train to Yuma, Wade's gang is racing to free him.