Hour of the Gun

Name: Hour of the Gun
Genre: Drama, Western
Released: November 1, 1967
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 68
Cast: Albert Salmi, Charles Aidman, James Garner, Jason Robards, Larry Gates

1967

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United Artists | Release Date: November 1, 1967 | Approved

Starring: Albert Salmi, Charles Aidman, James Garner, Jason Robards, Larry Gates, Lonny Chapman, Michael Tolan, Robert Ryan, Steve Ihnat, William Windom

Summary: Marshal Wyatt Earp kills a couple of men of the Clanton gang in a fight. In revenge, Clanton's thugs kill the Marshal's brother. Thus, Wyatt starts to chase the killers together with his friend Doc Holliday.

Director: John Sturges

Genre(s): Drama, Western

Rating: Approved

Runtime: 100 min

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Roger Ebert

The memory of the Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster performances in "Gunfight" haunts the sequel like a ghost, but Hour of the Gun pretty much manages to stand on its own. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Philip French

An intelligent film reflecting the troubled Vietnam era. [21 Jan 2007, p.2]

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

An interesting, often absorbing offbeat western with excellent production values. Read full review

Ted Mahar

This film is the first to deal with Earp's obsession to kill all Clanton gang survivors after the shootout. Garner is not ideally cast here. [20 Oct 2000]

Trevor Johnston

Classic opening gunfight and first-rate performances from Garner, and from Robards as the tubercular, laconically resigned Doc Holliday. A determinedly old-style Western, made two years before Peckinpah shook things up with The Wild Bunch. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Unfortunately, for any filmmaker, probing too deeply into the character of folk heroes reveals them to be fallible human beings – which they are, of course – but to mass audiences, who create fantasies, such exposition is unsettling. Reality often makes for poor drama. Read full review

Bosley Crowther

The wonder is that John Sturges, a top director, has made such an obvious, slow film with this cast, and that Mr. Garner should be such a nobody as the legendary Mr. Earp. Read full review

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