Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | 
| Director: John Sturges
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Jo Van Fleet, John Ireland
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
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Rating:  42 reviews
Sales Rank: 9115
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 122 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: D062184D
ISBN: 0792172701
UPC: 009736062184
EAN: 9780792172703
ASIN: B00008CMR1
Theatrical Release Date: May 30, 1957
Release Date: April 22, 2003
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Novelist Leon Uris wrote the script for this Western directed by John Sturges (The Magnificent Seven) and based on the life and times of Wyatt Earp (Burt Lancaster) and his sickly companion, Doc Holliday (Kirk Douglas). The action inevitably leads to the legendary battle between the two heroes and the villainous Clanton gang, but the film is also very much about the conflicts each man faces with women, with one another, and with their own destinies. Lancaster is terrific as the downbeat Earp, and Douglas has one of his best roles as the consumptive Holliday. The thoughtfulness of the tale is matched by Sturges's captivating way with the dramatic duel. All in all, the film appeals both as a solid action piece and as a fascinating, two-character study. --Tom Keogh
Product Description
CONSIDERED TO ONE OF THE BEST WESTERN FILMS EVER MADE, GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL EXPLORES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO OF THE WEST'S MOST CELEBRATED LEGENDS - WYATT EARP AND DOC HOLLIDAY.
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 Squad Tactics April 28, 2009
Echo Recon (SF Bay Area)
Sturges makes an interesting choice staging the actual gunfight. Historically it was much more of shootout then here portrayed. In this version the Clantons try to create an ambush by concealing rifle in the wagon. The Earps and Holliday respond tactically as if they were WWII grunts, providing supporting fire to suppress the ambush and allow others to advance.
Okay so it goes wrong and Wyatt has to rescue his brother. It also goes right because they successfully defuse the ambush
 WTF? April 6, 2009
Darin K. Giard (Orlando, Florida)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Listen. I get it. You can't compare a movie made in 1957 to a movie like Tombstone. That being said. This flick wasn't even accurate, at all. Wyatt Earp with no mustache? In every picture or tale of this man, he has that big a** mustache. 5 min fight at the O.K. Corrall? It lasted 30 seconds in reality and the list goes on.
The sets, bad. Pacing? Yawn! And Kirk Douglas as Doc? Not horrible but reality is, this was good when we didn't know better.
Get TOMBSTONE! Next to THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY, it's the best western ever made. Kurt Russell as Wyatt and Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday (he should have gotten an Academy Award} that's the story you wanna see.
Pass on this.
A classic '60's western March 12, 2009
R. Bagula (Lakeside, Ca United States)
For a pre-Spaghetti western this is well written and well acted.
The theme music and songs are also very well done so that it has a singing cowboy effect without the singing cowboy.
With many famous and soon to be famous actors, it was a blockbuster movie of that time. I've recently seen a newer version
and I can't say that it was better
even when it had the actually biographical history closer to the truth.
Legend seems to have a life outside of fact:
Billy the Kid is a good example of this effect in
the wild west of the late 19th century, post-civil war United States.
A showcase for Douglas and Lancaster January 10, 2009
Bobby Jeffcoat (San Antonio, TX USA)
Basically, a vehicle to showcase the talents of Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas, but an appropriate one. Though there are many characters, this is hardly an ensemble cast, with Burt and Kirk prominent in virtually every foot of film. Rhonda Fleming provides a bit of window dressing in a wonderful but brief role as Wyatt's love interest.
More of a classic western than `My Darling Clementine', an earlier movie about Wyatt and Doc at the OK Corral, but this version is more episodic in nature, though equally fictional. Don't look for nuance in the characters. The bad guys are bad, the good guys good but not flawless.
Gunfights, gambling, galloping horses, bar room ladies... If you love westerns, you'll love this one.
Classic Western November 11, 2008
Arun Bewoor (Madras, India)
A legendary shoot-out at the OK Corral is brought to life in one of the great western films with 2 legendary stars. The beginning with the title song by Frankie Lane sets the tone for the story of a classic struggle of unmitigated evil against the not-so-clean good.
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