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- 1957
- Approved
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 2 m
- 1957
- Approved
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 2 m
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.
Directed By: John Sturges
Written By: Leon Uris, George Scullin
- 1957
- Approved
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 2 m
- 1957
- Approved
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 2 m
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
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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.
Directed By: John Sturges
Written By: Leon Uris, George Scullin
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
56
63% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
38% Mixed
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0% Negative
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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.
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.
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]
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.
Passion, certainly, is lacking, and being a 'town' Western, it's all very conventionally domestic.
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]
It's a slick, empty spectacle, with antipathetic stars and a director with no basic sympathy for the myths he's treating.
User Score
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Generally Favorable
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Nominations
Laurel Awards
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Boxoffice Magazine Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
