Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Name: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Genre: Biography, Drama, Western
Released: May 30, 1957
Duration: 122 min
Rating: 56
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Dennis Hopper, Earl Holliman, Frank Faylen, Jo Van Fleet

1957

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: May 30, 1957 | Passed

Starring: Burt Lancaster, Dennis Hopper, Earl Holliman, Frank Faylen, Jo Van Fleet, John Ireland, Kirk Douglas, Lyle Bettger, Rhonda Fleming, Ted de Corsia

Summary: Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

Director: John Sturges

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, Western

Rating: Passed

Runtime: 122 min

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Empire William Thomas

It's not as poetic as My Darling Clementine or as historically accurate as Sturges' sequel-remake, Hour Of The Gun, but it is a wonderful evocation of the brassy Westerns of the 50s, when Burt and Kirk demonstrated more machismo than a whole posse of Arnies or Slys. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Solid, expert "town" Western, but lacking the fuel of passion. Still it's a landmark Western--more than any other of its era, it gave the genre major film status. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Ian Johns

Despite a curiously disjointed narrative and Frankie Laine on the soundtrack, it's well-staged, turning what in real life was a brief skirmish into a mythic confrontation. [29 Jun 2014, p.48]

Bosley Crowther

It is firmly directed by John Sturges (of Bad Day at Black Rock fame), and it is ruggedly acted by all and sundry—of which there is quit[e] a heap. Read full review

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Passion, certainly, is lacking, and being a 'town' Western, it's all very conventionally domestic. Read full review

Shawn Levy

The most famous and (naturally) least engaging film on the subject, John Sturges' melodrama about the friendship between Earp (Burt Lancaster) and Holliday (Kirk Douglas) is handsomely mounted and as dull as a dish. [02 Jan 1994, p.D06]

Dave Kehr

It's a slick, empty spectacle, with antipathetic stars and a director with no basic sympathy for the myths he's treating. Read full review

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