The read
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 86% of the 174 1950s western movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 21m.
Synopsis
Former buffalo hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita Kansas. His skill as a gun-fighter makes him a perfect candidate for Marshal, but he refuses the job until he feels morally obligated to bring law and order to this wild town.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do.
60 audience votes
Key crew
- Jacques TourneurDirector
- Daniel B. UllmanScreenplay
- Hans J. SalterOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Joel McCreaWyatt Earp
- Vera MilesLaurie McCoy
- Lloyd BridgesGyp Clements
- Wallace FordArthur Whiteside
- Edgar BuchananDoc Black
- Peter GravesMorgan Earp
- Keith LarsenBat Masterson
- Carl Benton ReidMayor Andrew Hope
- John SmithJim Earp
- Walter CoySam McCoy
- Robert J. WilkeBen Thompson
- Jack ElamAl
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Themes
saloonmarshalwyatt earpgunfightmoral couragecattlewild westgunfighterwichita kansassmall western towngun shootinghired gun