Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
“The Wildest Gunfight in the History of the West!”
John SturgesCast
Burt Lancaster
Kirk Douglas
Rhonda Fleming
Jo Van Fleet
John Ireland
Lyle Bettger
Credits
Written by: Leon Uris
Plot
Marshal Wyatt Earp and the gambler Doc Holliday become unlikely friends in Dodge City and Tombstone, and together face the Clanton gang. The story builds to the famous thirty-second shoot-out in October 1881, with Burt Lancaster as Earp and Kirk Douglas as Holliday.
Sinekatalog’s take
A star-driven Western that cares more about friendship and duty than about the gunfight itself. Douglas's weary, coughing Holliday steals it, and Dimitri Tiomkin's ballad is a classic.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (19,165 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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