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• Anthony L

  
  A little dated maybe but then again at over 50 years old it's actually dated quite well. The ensemble cast is awesome, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas Jo Van Fleet, Lyle Bettger, DeForest Kelley, Lee Van Cleef, Dennis Hopper, the list goes on. Kirk Douglas steals the show as Doc… More
  A little dated maybe but then again at over 50 years old it's actually dated quite well. The ensemble cast is awesome, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas Jo Van Fleet, Lyle Bettger, DeForest Kelley, Lee Van Cleef, Dennis Hopper, the list goes on. Kirk Douglas steals the show as Doc Holliday and really opened up the character for actors like Val Kilmer & Dennis Quaid who both have done a great job in the role although I'd love to see Cesar Romero's version in the 1939 film Frontier Marshal. It's a classic western that lives up to its 'classic' status, the music is annoying but apart from that it's ace.

• Dean M

  
  The Wyatt Earp-Doc Holliday legend got another going-over in this rather good Western. Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas portray these larger-than-life gunfighters, who shoot it out with the nefarious Clanton family in 1881 Tombstone. The movie effectively builds up its tension until… More
  The Wyatt Earp-Doc Holliday legend got another going-over in this rather good Western. Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas portray these larger-than-life gunfighters, who shoot it out with the nefarious Clanton family in 1881 Tombstone. The movie effectively builds up its tension until the climactic gunfight. Believe me in this story is half fictional because of the wife of Wyatt Earp and the battle of O.K. Corral.

• Devon B

  
  Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas make an okay movie great. Burt Lancaster is the agressively moral lawman, Wyatt Earp. Kirk Douglas is Doc Holliday, a man whom trouble "just seems to follow" as he goes about from town to town and saloon to saloon, gambling and drinking… More
  Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas make an okay movie great. Burt Lancaster is the agressively moral lawman, Wyatt Earp. Kirk Douglas is Doc Holliday, a man whom trouble "just seems to follow" as he goes about from town to town and saloon to saloon, gambling and drinking himself to an early grave (he was in fact dying of Tuberculosis). His woman Kate (Jo Van Fleet) has a vicious love/hate affair with him (she loves him, he hates her), that will eventually lead him to the famous gun battle at the O.K. Corral. Historically accurate or not, the film packs quite an entertaining wallup, with even the ensemble cast (a young Dennis Hopper and a young DeForest "Dr. Bones McCoy" Kelley) giving excellent performances. There's the grandeur of an epic here, even if the film itself doesn't live up to it. And as the famous gun battle draws closer, the film stumbles over itself trying to justify the battle taking place at all, falling down to a basic revenge scenario. It's a great battle none-the-less. The most odd thing about the film is the Frankie Laine title ballad, which is so incongruous to the atmosphere of the film it's almost laughable. And yet, I can't get the damn song out of my head. "Ok... Corral..."

• Ken S

  
  Entertaining enough western shot in beautiful Vista vision. It's no My Darling Clementine...but it will do in a pinch

• xGary X

  
  One of the original "buddy" partnerships, Lancaster and Douglas were always great together. One of the best tellings of the Earp story, but nowhere near as good as My Darling Clementine

• Jeffrey M

  
  Gunfight at the O.K. Corral is a very effective western, featuring great chemistry between Lancaster and the legendary Kirk Douglas, with a good minor role by a young Dennis Hooper. While it has dubious historical value as a representation of the actual gunfight, the script is… More
  Gunfight at the O.K. Corral is a very effective western, featuring great chemistry between Lancaster and the legendary Kirk Douglas, with a good minor role by a young Dennis Hooper. While it has dubious historical value as a representation of the actual gunfight, the script is surprisingly smart, full of classic western lines. Also made the more charming by a great score and original song. Solid late 50s western.

• Jim W

  
  In this classic Western with an all star cast, Wyatt Earp (Burt Lancaster) learns to trust Doc Holiday (Kirk Douglas), a sick drunk that's also a dangerous killer. When a gang threatens Marshal Earp and his deputy brothers for not letting them carry guns into town, will a sick… More
  In this classic Western with an all star cast, Wyatt Earp (Burt Lancaster) learns to trust Doc Holiday (Kirk Douglas), a sick drunk that's also a dangerous killer. When a gang threatens Marshal Earp and his deputy brothers for not letting them carry guns into town, will a sick and dieing Doc be able to help ? I consider Tombstone a classic and before seeing this film, I was thinking that it was the best film about Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday. I do still love Val Kilmer's great over the top work as Doc Holiday, but Kirk Douglas is just as good in the role. Douglas' Holiday is just as fun of a performance, but it's kind of better since he doesn't try as hard to appear drunk and disorderly. While Burt Lancaster is also one of the best Wyatt Earp's I have seen. If you liked Tombstone, then give Gunfight at the O.K. Corral a chance as well.

• Ivan D

  
  Many versions were made about the infamous gunfight, but this is the first variation of the story that I have seen. Wyatt Earp, although a real-life western figure, was a generic clean-cut hero, and is played by Burt Lancaster with the standard hero persona. But Doc Holiday, one of… More
  Many versions were made about the infamous gunfight, but this is the first variation of the story that I have seen. Wyatt Earp, although a real-life western figure, was a generic clean-cut hero, and is played by Burt Lancaster with the standard hero persona. But Doc Holiday, one of the grittiest western characters ever, was the trickier of the two to portray, and putting Kirk Douglas, a very talented actor, in the role was a very great move, as he has done justice to the gambling-addicted ally of Earp. Of course, many people watched the film solely for witnessing the eponymous set piece, and I have to say, it was a great build-up to the anticipated climax. The said shoot-out was directed by John Sturges without any music to let viewers feel the raw ferocity of the ricochets and gunshot sounds. Another high point of the film is its theme song, which is although corny-sounding today(I bet even back then), does not fail to accompany all our LS syndrome, with me ending up humming a tune or two.

• Jonny C

  
  OK Western. Lancaster and Douglas are a great partnership, and both give strong performances as Earp and Holliday. But the storytelling is very dull, and the gunfight was an anticlimax. I prefer Tombstone any day.

• Barry L

  
  I am a huge western fan. Great film.

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