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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Year:

1957

Duration:

122 min

Genres:

Western

IMDB rate:

7.2

Director:

John Sturges

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1957-05-30

Filming Locations: Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Earnings

Gross: $11,750,000 (USA) Admissions 3,194,000 (France)

Cast

Actor

Character

Burt Lancaster

Wyatt Earp

Kirk Douglas

Doc Holliday

Rhonda Fleming

Laura Denbow

Jo Van Fleet

Kate Fisher

John Ireland

Johnny Ringo

Lyle Bettger

Ike Clanton

Frank Faylen

Cotton Wilson

Earl Holliman

Charles Bassett

Ted de Corsia

Shanghai Pierce (as Ted DeCorsia)

Dennis Hopper

Billy Clanton

Whit Bissell

John P. Clum

George Mathews

John Shanssey

John Hudson

Virgil Earp

DeForest Kelley

Morgan Earp

Martin Milner

James Earp

Kenneth Tobey

Bat Masterson

Lee Van Cleef

Ed Bailey

Joan Camden

Betty Earp

Olive Carey

Mrs. Clanton

Brian G. Hutton

Rick (as Brian Hutton)

Nelson Leigh

Mayor Kelly

Jack Elam

Tom McLowery

Don Castle

Drunken Cowboy

Dorothy Abbott

Girl (uncredited)

Tom Arnold

Barrel-Rolling Boy (uncredited)

William Bailey

(uncredited)

John Benson

Rig Driver (uncredited)

Frank Carter

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Roger Creed

Deputy / Killer / Townsman (uncredited)

James Davies

Card Player (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Barfly (uncredited)

Joseph Forte

Tombstone Card Player (uncredited)

Paul Gary

Killer (uncredited)

Frank Hagney

Bartender (uncredited)

Len Hendry

Cowboy (uncredited)

Charles Herbert

Tommy Earp - Virgil's Son (uncredited)

Edward Ingram

Deputy (uncredited)

Anthony Jochim

Old Man (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

Gamgling Croupier in Saloon (uncredited)

Jack Kenny

Barfly (uncredited)

Ann Kunde

Woman at Dance (uncredited)

Ethan Laidlaw

Bartender (uncredited)

Morgan Lane

Killer (uncredited)

Gregg Martell

Cowboy (uncredited)

John Maxwell

Merchant at Dance (uncredited)

William Meigs

Wayne (uncredited)

Harry Mendoza

Frank Loving - Dealer (uncredited)

Walter Merrill

Mario - Dodge City Barber (uncredited)

Dennis Moore

Cowboy (uncredited)

Max Power

Card Player (uncredited)

Richard Reeves

Pierce's Foreman (uncredited)

Lee Roberts

Finn Clanton (uncredited)

Bing Russell

Harry - Griffin Bartender (uncredited)

Court Shepard

Card Player (uncredited)

Mickey Simpson

Frank McLowery

Bert Stevens

Party Guest (uncredited)

Glenn Strange

Pierce Henchman in Saloon (uncredited)

Robert Swan

Shaugnessy Man (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey

Barfly (uncredited)

Dorothy Vernon

Party Guest (uncredited)

Henry Wills

Alby (uncredited)

Trude Wyler

Social Hall Guest (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Second of seven films that Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster made together.

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Dennis Hopper, who plays Billy Clanton, was born and raised in Dodge City, Kansas, where Wyatt Earp was once sheriff.

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In July 1957, this film was released to many drive-in theaters on a double bill with Destination 60,000 (1957).

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Goofs

The actual shootout took about 30 seconds but in the movie it takes about 8 minutes.

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Ike Clanton was at the OK Corral. However, all reports both historically and in the local newspaper, The Tombstone Epitaph, indicate he was unarmed and did not take part in the shootout. Ike was killed by Detective Jonas V. Brighton in Springerville, Arizona Territory, in 1887.

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During the gunfight when Wyatt asks Virgil to cover him, he runs around the back of the wall. As he peeks around the wall he is shot at and the wall is hit. You then see the wires and charge used to create the effect fall and dangle from the wall.

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Quotes

Wyatt Earp: [to Billy Clanton] You think you're pretty tough, don't ya, son? I never knew a gunslinger yet so tough he lived to celebrate his 35th birthday. I learned one rule about gunslingers. There's always a man faster on the draw than you are, and the more you use a gun, the sooner you're gonna run into that man.

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Wyatt Earp: All gunfighters are lonely. They live in fear. They die without a dime, a woman or a friend.

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Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday: If I'm going to die, atr least let me die with the only friend I've ever had!

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