The read
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 76% of the 185 1950s western movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes87%
Metacritic56/100
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
398 audience votes
Key crew
- John SturgesDirector
- Dimitri TiomkinOriginal Music Composer
- Leon UrisScreenplay
Cast
- Burt LancasterMarshal Wyatt Earp
- Kirk DouglasDr. John 'Doc' Holliday
- Jo Van FleetKate Fisher
- Rhonda FlemingLaura Denbow
- John IrelandJohnny Ringo
- Lyle BettgerIke Clanton
- Frank FaylenSheriff Cotton Wilson
- Earl HollimanDeputy Sheriff Charles 'Charlie' Bassett
- Ted de CorsiaShanghai Pierce
- Dennis HopperBilly Clanton
- Whit Bissell'Tombstone Epitaph' Editor John P. Clum
- George MathewsGriffin Saloonkeeper John Shanssey
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Themes
arizonabased on true storyhistorical figureu.s. marshalwyatt earpdoc hollidaygun battleshootoutgunfighttuberculosistombstone arizona19th century