This is a buddy movie mystery, focusing on wyatt earps days in the late 1920s as an adviser to hollywood westerns. Hour of the gun 1967 movie clip this is the way it. Thus, wyatt starts to chase the killers together with his friend doc holliday. The movie, perhaps a bit on the long side, develops the story and its many windings in a clear way and has excellent direction and camera work. And maybe the rest of the movie as well, just to see the incomparable james garner doing his thing one more time. Garner played wyatt earp in two very different movies shot 21 years apart, hour of the gun in 1967 and sunset in 1988. Marshal wyatt earp kills a couple of men of the clanton gang in a fight. I have seen both my darling clementine ford, 1946 and gunfight at the ok corral sturges, 1958 recently. I am writing this on november 9, 2018, while watching live tv news coverage of major fires raging across the calabasas hills area.
One thing i really liked about the ford was the miseenscene, lighting and atmosphere. Jason robards as doc holliday is excellent, showing doc with a sense of humor but deadly on the draw. This poster was sent to theatres to be displayed in the lobby to promote the films engagement. James garner, md is a family medicine specialist in clinton, ok. Of the many filmed versions of the october 26, 1881, o. Corral shootout in tombstone, arizona, gunfight at the o. But after gunfight at the ok corral, there would not be so.
This movie works because of great stars and a solid cast of great actors. He starred in several television series over more than five decades, including popular roles such as bret maverick in the 1950s western series maverick and as jim rockford in the 1970s private detective show, the rockford files. Most movies dealing with the subject tend to focus on the events leading up to and including the infamous gunfight at the ok corral. The story of the gunfight at the ok corral and its aftermath wyatt earp deputizes doc holliday and forms a posse to hunt those clantons that escaped. Legends of the west wyatt earp gun knife boxed commemorative collector set. But after gunfight at the ok corral, there would not be so impressive a lineup of talent at the. Casting director, lynn kressel won casting awards for streets of laredo. With burt lancaster, kirk douglas, rhonda fleming, jo van fleet. April 7, 1928 july 19, 2014 was an american actor, producer, and voice artist. This fine film concerns the aftermath of the gunfight at the ok corral. James garner s performance as wyatt earp is convincing as a lawman caught between revenge for the murder of his brother and the enforcing of the law. The scenery is frequently as bleak as the script and characters.
A tribute to james garner by our friend across the pond. Note the powerful use of whistling echoed so many years later in sergio leones dollars trilogy. Doc holliday kept hitting the bottle and wound up playing gin rummy in a colorado sanitarium. Gunfight at the ok corral is a slick, big budget production, technically excellent, and it benefits from a fine cast. Corral is a 1957 american technicolor western film starring burt lancaster as wyatt earp and kirk douglas as doc holliday, loosely based on the actual event which took place on october 26, 1881. Wyatt earp changed from burt lancaster into james garner, grew a mustache and set out to avenge his brothers. Hour of the gun original 1967 rolled movie poster james. Burt lancaster plays wyatt earp, the renowned lawman, while kirk douglas is consumptive gambler and gunfighter doc holliday the two meet in difficult circumstances, as earp discovers that holiday, for. Youve got a friend carole king i havent been to a movie since the duke died. Earp manages to get them on robbery charges and the situation finally culminates at the infamous o. With james garner, jason robards, robert ryan, albert salmi and many more known actors of the era.
Nothing much needs to be said about james garner as a western film actor hes an icon. Nothing much needs to be said about james garner as a western film actor hes an icon garner s westerns. It features james garner playing wyatt earp for a second time after 1967s hour of the gun, with bruce willis as his partner tom mix. Hour of the gun is a 1967 western film depicting wyatt earp and doc holliday during their 1881 battles against ike clanton and his brothers in the gunfight at the o. The gunfight at the ok corral is worth waiting for. Two area ranchers, known as cochise county cowboys arrived in tombstone around lunchtime. Needless to say, that is a priceless loss to hollywood history. The first film was a realistic depiction of the ok corral shootout and its aftermath, while the second centered around a fictional relationship between earp and silent movie cowboy star tom mix. Always stonefaced, garner has to wear a silly mustache and seldom cracks a smile in this tale of revenge against ike clanton, father of sons killed in a shootout at the ok corral. He graduated from oklahoma state univ center for health sciences college of osteopathic medicine and specializes in family medicine and general medical practice. The third of our movies taking the gunfight at the ok corral as their inspiration is also the latest one, tombstone from 1993, considered by many fans to be among the best western movies ever made. The photography is very realistic compared to most westerns of that era. I loved them both, and would have to watch them a few more times to see which i preferred overall. Gunfight at the ok corral for my brother richard song.
Hour of the gun is the revenge driven aftermath to the famed gunfight at the ok corral. Doc holliday kept hitting the bottle and wound up playing gin rummy in a colorado. The 10 best movies about wyatt earp and doc holliday. I told you before you went down to the corral that i had met with the clanton group and they agreed to leave.
John ireland has a small part in this that echoes his part in my darling clementine. They are the only two earpholliday films i have seen. The 10 best movies about wyatt earp and doc holliday taste. And from the reports coming in now, it appears that the classic western town set at paramount ranch has been burned to the ground. Filming took place between 12 march and 17 may, 1956 and much of the movie was shot at the famous old tucson facility, not far from the real tombstone. Maverick with jack kelly 19571962 tv shootout at medicine bend with randolph scott 1957 movie alias jesse james with bob hope 1957 cameo as maverick movie duel at diablo. The immediate prelude to the gunfight at the ok corral began the day before, on october the 25th. The picture was directed by john sturges from a screenplay written by novelist leon uris. The score is outstanding featuring frankie lane singing the title song. James garner western filmography my favorite westerns. This superb followup to his own gunfight at the ok corral from director john sturges.
Hour of the gun wyatt earp gunfight at ok corral, james garner 1967 12 sheet. In revenge, clantons thugs kill the marshals brother. Corral 89 movie clip the gunfight begins 1957 hd movieclips. If you like westerns, you will especially like the gunfight at ok corral. James garner s wyatt earp is just about as coldblooded as robert ryans ike clanton. This was the third and last of the three good western comedies starring james garner in his amiable conman persona. See more ideas about actor, movie stars and james gardner. James garners 10 greatest film performances popmatters. Gunfight at the ok corral by frankie laine used very effectively throughout the movie. Original 1967 hour of the gun 30 x 40 movie poster james garner as wyatt earp. The ok corral gunfight events october 26, 1881 summary preceding gunfight events.
My darling clementine or gunfight at the ok corral. Corral movies how they were received by critics and audiences. A pretty cool older classic version about wyatt earp and doc hollidays pursuit of the clanton gang after the big shootout at the o. With james garner, jason robards, robert ryan, albert salmi. Wyatt, i told you before you went down to the corral that i had met with the clanton group and they agreed to leave town peaceably.
Oct 14, 2014 but after gunfight at the ok corral, there would not be so impressive a lineup of talent at the ok corral again until the twin earp biopics of 1994, wyatt earp and tombstone. Im skipping over john sturges 1967 hour of the gun. Some might also consider sunset and maverick from late in garner s career to belong in the same category, but this is garner. Based on an unpublished novel by rod amateau, the plot has mix and earp team up to solve a murder in hollywood in 1929. Corral, and the gunfights aftermath in and around tombstone, arizona, starring james garner as earp, jason robards as holliday, and robert ryan as clanton.
Find 18 listings related to golden corral in garner on. Lawman wyatt earp and outlaw doc holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary gunfight at the o. James garner produces a masterful, but not very enjoyable, performance as a taciturn, emotionally repressed wyatt earp who eventually. Corral was one of the most elaborate and starstudded. Sort by how many oscar nominations and how many oscar wins each gunfight at the o. Garner as legendary lawman wyatt earp again and bruce willis as legendary western actor tom mix, but im not sure. Corral, producerdirector john sturges is back with the sequel, in case youve been wondering ever since what happened then. I saw this as a kid, at the local fleapit, on a doublebill with forbidden planet. Sunset is a 1988 american crime mystery western film written and directed by blake edwards and starring bruce willis as western actor tom mix, who teams up with lawman wyatt earp, portrayed for the second time in a theatrical film by james garner. Maverick with jack kelly 19571962 tv shootout at medicine bend with randolph scott 1957 movie alias jesse james with bob hope 1957 cameo as maverick movie. James garner produces a masterful, but not very enjoyable, performance as a taciturn, emotionally repressed wyatt earp who eventually gives up on justice and settles for revenge.
Tombstone, arizona, at the ok corral, hoodlums from evil ike clanton robert ryan, he was 57 at the time that the film was made, though his role ike was only 34 years old confront gunplay against wyatt earp james garner, his brothers virgil frank converse played earps elder brother, in spite of the fact that he was ten years james. Hour of the gun 1967 james garner as wyatt earp imdb. The internet movie database lists a mere 49 projects featuring wyatt earp as a character you would have thought thered be far more. Corral is a fine film and james garner and jason robards are a good team as wyatt earp and. Youre a thief, a liar, and a disgrace to your office. Hour of the gun original 1967 rolled movie poster james garnerwyatt earp. The wellknown and much filmed real gunfight at the ok corral happened in the midafternoon, october 26, 1881, one hundred and thirtythree years ago tomorrow. The movie chooses to ends its run here not before showing some very beautiful but haunting shots of tombstone. Corral was a 30second shootout between lawmen and members of a loosely organized group of outlaws called the cowboys that took place at about 3. Mar 02, 2012 of the many filmed versions of the october 26, 1881, o. Corral movies by ultimate movie rankings umr score.
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