323. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)

Directed By John Sturges


Synopsis

The Earps and the Clantons... not BFFs.


Review

Another film version of what is probably of the most often portrayed historical events in cinema history. I don't think even Pearl Harbour or D-Day had as many re-enactments as the gunfight at OK Corral. I must have seen about 10 films of it.

That being said this is a good film about this kind of tired subject. Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas are excellent as ever, and the final shoot out is a great fight scene, the kind of stuff John Sturges did so well.

So yeah, it was probably too long at two hours, you don't really need that long to tell a story that most people who bother to watch the film already know. Still, it is reasonably historically accurate, and is good fun, building up to a very good ending... other than that meh.

Final Grade

7/10

Trivia

From Wikipedia:

DeForest Kelley played the part of Morgan Earp in this film. Ten years later, as Doctor McCoy, he and others from the USS Enterprise landing crew faced the Earps in an episode of Star Trek "Spectre of the Gun".

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