Movie Type: Psychological Western, Revisionist Western
Themes: Sheriffs and Outlaws
Main Cast: Stacy Keach, Faye Dunaway, Harris Yulin, Mike Witney, Denver John Collins
Release Year: 1971
Country: US
Run Time: 95 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Most westerns wrap their stories, legends really, with a light clothing of history and period. Any history found in them is usually a mix of legend and fantasy. By way of contrast, in this film, an attempt is made to accurately portray the lives and persons of Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp, and the now-legendary events that took place in the town of Tombstone. Those looking for fast-paced action will be disappointed in this film, as it deals more in psychological character studies than action. Sheriff Wyatt Earp (Harris Yulin) is shown to be a fairly ordinary politician, and the romance of Doc Holliday (Stacy Keach) and Kate Elder (Faye Dunaway) is highlighted. As it must, however, the film concludes with the well-known gunfight at the O.K. Corral ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
Dan Greenberg - Clum; Penelope Allen - Mattie Earp; John Bottoms - Virgil Earp; Gene Collins - Hotel Clerk; Marshall Erwin Efron - Mexican Bartender; Bruce M. Fischer - Billy Clanton; Mart Hulswit - Rev. Foster; Dan van Husen; Antonia Rey - Concha; John Scanlon - Barlett; Philip Shafer - Morgan Earp; Hedy Sontag - Alley Earp; Richard McKenzie - Sheriff Beham; Frank Perry; John Miller - Behan; Per Barclay; James Greene - Frank McLowrey
Credit
Jose Maria Alarcon - Art Director, Jimmy Webb - Conductor, Sandy Cole - Costume Designer, Tony Tarruella - First Assistant Director, Frank Perry - Director, Alan Heim - Editor, Jimmy Webb - Composer (Music Score), Gene Callahan - Production Designer, Gerald Hirschfeld - Cinematographer, Gerald Hrischfield - Cinematographer, Frank Perry - Producer, Manolo Mampaso - Set Designer, Derek Ball - Sound/Sound Designer, Richard Vorisek - Sound/Sound Designer, Pete Hamill - Screenwriter
