Thus, Wyatt Earp starts to chase the killers together with his friend Doc Holliday. FAQ Even better that he was not scripted to cough himself to death in every scene. Down to earth and believable this movie has grit and realism in several parts that when put together bring credibility to the well told tale of the gunfight at OK corral and then some. There's no female lead character or even a minor one. If it were re-released today, would it succeed at the box office? He was a loyal friend who was in it for a pound. Its like they were between trusting it and not trusting it and this grey zone is where this films spends its time. "Bad Day at Black Rock" director John Sturges revisited the Wyatt Earp/Ike Clanton feud in "Hour of the Gun" with James Garner and Jason Robards that he began in 1957 with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas in the Hal B. Wallis production of "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, and the gunfight's aftermath in and around Tombstone, Arizona, starring James Garner as Earp, Jason Robards as Holliday, and Robert Ryan as … Corral," is an austere study of the events following the famous gun battle, and a somewhat muddled psychological picture of what motivated Wyatt Earp. Acting is also a touch better than in the predecessor. I can't understand why this isn't more popular. The depiction of Earp's vigilantism is relatively realistic though the claim of the film to "tell it as it happened" is of course somewhat over-exaggerated, especially concerning the fate of Ike Clanton. Corral", Good revenge western with magnificent duo protagonist : James Garner/Earp and Jason Robards/Holliday playing the famous gunfighters. There must have been 20 actors or more playing Wyatt Earp. (Sergio Leone planned the same creative economy two years later by initially casting the famous station opening of Once Upon A Time In The West with a reunited Lee Van Cleef, Eli Wallach and Clint Eastwood.) I'm not so sure if the real Holliday was concerned with Earp losing his character. Movies. It stars James Garner, Jason Robards and Robert Ryan. With the dust barely settling at the O.K. The score is superb, the cinematography to die for. / Street Date September 19, 2017 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95Starring: James Garner, Jason Robards, Robert Ryan, Albert Salmi, Charles Aidman, Steve Ihnat, Michael Tolan, William Windom, Lonny Chapman, Larry Gates, William Schallert, Jon Voight.Cinematography: Lucien BallardArt Direction: Alfred C. YbarraFilm Editor: Ferris WebsterOriginal Music: Jerry GoldsmithWritten by Edward AnhaltProduced and Directed by John SturgesProducer-director John Sturges’ Hour of the Gun was a dismal non-performer in. Tombstone , Arizona , at the OK Corral , hoodlums from evil Ike Clanton (Robert Ryan , he was 57 at the time that the film was made , though his role Ike was only 34 years old) confront gunplay against Wyatt Earp (James Garner) , his brothers Virgil (Frank Converse played Earp's elder brother, in spite of the fact that he was ten years James Garner's junior) , Morgan (Melville) and joining forces with an ill-fated Doc Holliday (Jason Robards) . Fans of film music have remembered it better than the movie it so well supports. While the Earp brothers may have won the gunfight at the O.K. Unsatisfied with this ruling, Clanton gets a couple of his men to kill Wyatt's brothers setting the law man on a quest to bring Clanton in but is he seeking justice or revenge? 19 September 2017; Trailers from Hell; It’s the one saga of the Gunfight at the O.K. Great movie, an understated, smart, funny and compelling take on the Wyatt Earp story. Because here the focus is the story where really it needed to be on Wyatt the man as he loses touch with the lawman and starts to resemble much more of a driven revenge figure. It’s one of John Sturges’ best movies.Hour of the GunBlu-rayTwilight Time1967 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 101 min. Could have been much darker and better but was still a solid enough western, Sturges's Outstanding Revisionist Sequel to "Gunfight at the O.K. Producer-director John Sturges decided to revisit his much better directed Gunfight at the O.K. Honestly think it's one of Garner's finest performances and Robards more than matches him scene to scene. Members from Clanton gang result dead and as revenge Ike orders kill to Earp's brother . Drama. And while Robert Ryan as the villainous Ike Clanton is not given much to work with, he makes a reasonable impact as the scheming cattle baron and thief. ", and in the ten years between the two films Sturges has also much improved his mise-en-scene. Law and order was necessary or total chaos would reign. No frills, no boring love interest, just an intense pursuit until the final brilliantly executed showdown in Mexico. Probably not. A lot was left out. James Garner, Robert Ryan, and Jason Robards are as great as you would expect. Standing in his way is Wyatt Earp (James Garner). Corral (1957) ten years later with a different cast of characters playing the historical figures - Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and the Clantons et al. The story of the showdown between the brothers Earp and the Clanton gang is certainly as much a part of American mythology as the Puritans on the first Thanksgiving or Lincoln at Gettysburg. Also Wyatt did not kill Ike Clanton and it showed at the end of the movie. Judging by the amount of reviews in here, I wasn't alone in not knowing about this film. Earp is a no-nonsense lawman who'll take down anyone who breaks the law. Clanton knows all those "Easterners" are moving in with their own ideas of law, order and who should be in control. Other Games. | This was Earp's persona. With good photography and music I can strongly recommend this film especially if you want a different perspective of Earp and the times. IMDB v2.1. The film takes place from October 26, 1881 to April 15, 1882 . So many stories of the Earps...all are different. Garner, acting against type, is a superb Wyatt Earp. Synopsis: Marshal Wyatt Earp kills a couple of men of the Clanton-gang in a fight. Corral, and the gunfight's aftermath in and around Tombstone, Arizona, starring James Garner as Earp, Jason Robards as Holliday, and Robert Ryan as Clanton. THIS IS THE WAY IT HAPPENED." | The Theme from Hour Of The Gun. However this is not a documentary; it is Sturges' second half of "Gunfight at the OK Corral" and as such it stands as a Western - how is that put now? Was he, as the posters and ads for this picture asked, a 'hero with a badge or cold-blooded killer?' Essentially a toe taper and a complete contrast to the use of the theme in the score. A furious Wyatt Earp swears vengeance and with help his friend Doc will do pay one for one the killers his brother. Hour of the Gun is an uncompromised classic Law & Order western just as it is. Corral and tells of the aftermath involving the major players. Baker's Dozen. Performed by The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. James Garner (1928-2014) was an American actor whose five decade career included such films as The Great Escape, Marlowe, and Twilight (1998).He portrayed Wyatt Earp in two films: 1962's Hour of the Gun and 1988's Sunset.To television audiences, he is perhaps best known for his roles as Bret Maverick in the series Maverick (1957) and Jim Rockford in The Rockford Files. - it was bogged down by the repetitious dialogue they were given. Corral" and it improves on that film in every way. Hour of the Gun is a well researched and realistic portrayal of the events that followed the Gunfight at the O.K. This movie is purely about revenge, one man's determination to kill his brothers assassins. I only wish it could have been a bigger hit. The Twilight Time Blu-ray of Hour of the Gun is a good encoding of this mostly Mexico-shot western, with HD images that give snap to all of those wide, wide Panavision vistas. Finally, and most importantly, the timing of the film is much better than "O.K." Ike Clanton (Robert Ryan) is determined to buy or shoot his way into power in Arizona. Starting with the gunfight at the OK corral, this traces Wyatt Earp's life from the resulting trial, the maiming and murder of his brothers, the reprisal killings and the final showdown with Ike Clanton. If anyone was capable of teaching an actor how to draw and shoot a gun and capture that precision on screen it was Sturges. In fact, what happened to the women? Hour of the Gun is a 1967 Western film depicting Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday during their 1881 battles against Ike Clanton and his brothers in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral that puts Western legend into proper perspective as to the nature of money, power and the law: Edward Anhalt’s vision is of a gangland turf war with sagebrush and whiskey bottles. The sequence in which Virgil Earp is gunned down in a dark street is one example. .... "Hour of the Gun" is almost addictive. But it's very far from being how things happened. Bodies lie in the dust. IMDB2. While the Lancaster-Douglas team of "O.K." Although it's a darn good movie, its "hour" may never come, at least not in our lifetime. Directed by John Sturges. Corral is just over. Hour of the Gun. Menu. the hour of the gun (1967) - James Garner as Wyatt Earp. Still there's much to admire here. The best one was Bruce Boxleitner "I married Whatt Earp". Being a movie buff since childhood, I was excited about seeing the actual town and most importantly, the OK Corral. The gunfight itself takes 30 seconds, just as it did in real life. Corral, the notorious Clanton brothers unleash their revenge. It's as absorbing now as when I first saw it. The territory sooner or later will be a state. By now the movie is only ten minutes over. With James Garner, Jason Robards, Robert Ryan, Albert Salmi. The usual errors in holsters and hats may be overlooked (although it makes one value "Tombstone" more) but the journey from recognizable historical references to a trip to Mexico undocumented by any historian with whom I am acquainted and the offer of "Chief Marshall of Arizona" to Wyatt Earp is ludicrous. Clever, moody, well made. Story begins with the shootout at the O.K. If you are going to kill like me, you might as well drink like me. The Panavision widescreen photography is beautiful to look at (making a letterboxed presentation of this film a video necessity), but this film's real saving grace is a magnificent, masterful score by Jerry Goldsmith. Goldsmith convincingly popularises his Hour Of The Gun theme with a modern 60's tempo, but its so well constructed it plays as a large orchestral piece. Hour of the Gun is a 1967 Western film depicting Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday during their 1881 battles against Ike Clanton and his brothers in the Gunfight at the O.K. The acting is better than the script. Music is by Jerry Goldsmith and cinematography is by Lucien Ballard. Awards Kasparius Criminally underrated and underseen. Roger Ebert. Movies. This is the quasi-sequel to Sturges' "Gunfight at the O.K. My wife and young son came along. General Boards. Westerns were soon replaced with parodies of westerns such as Support Your Local Sheriff, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, etc. From my info Ike was killed rustling cattle years later after Wyatt had left Tombstone for good. After the shoot out at the OK Corral, Ike Clanton brides officials to start legal proceedings against Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday for the murder of his brother. 10 years after "Gunfight at the OK Corral" John Sturges decided to direct this sequel. Furthermore, it could be bought and manipulated of which this movie shows well. Corral. Fun movies to be sure, but the cynicism which had begun to take hold in America in 1967 and made them hits was a death knell for serious films about the old west. The character Doc and Wyatt were alway played by older men, actually Wyatt was 33 at the time and Doc was about 35. I am glad I got it, but It was just okay; nothing special. Classic Film. What to Watch Latest Trailers IMDb TV IMDb Originals IMDb Picks IMDb Podcasts. Watching Garner at his very best is something to behold and gives several genuine goosebumps moments. He makes a fine if over-age Doc Holliday in a different key from "Tombstone"'s Val Kilmer or "Wyatt Earp"'s Dennis Quaid. Sturges' sequel to Gunfight at the OK Coral is in some ways a better film with a less predictable (obviously) storyline transformed into a bitter tale of vengeance. In essence it is a rather old-fashioned western but it has a nice mean air to it that I found complimented the material. James Garner is good as Earp. Thus, Wyatt starts to chase the killers together with his friend Doc Holliday. "Hour of the Gun," director John Sturges' sequel to his 1957 "Gunfight at the O.K. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the … This film is strictly for guys. Action. After the long hot drive to Tombstone, I could only imagine what it must have been like to ride a horse there. Sturges originally attempted to cast Hour Of The Gun - a loose sequel to his Gunfight at the OK Corral - with some of the same actors with whom he worked back in 1957, ensuring a natural degree of continuity. Various factors made Sturges' scheme impossible, but leading parts were still secured by some fine actors: James Garner (as Wyatt Earp), Jason Robards (Doc Holliday) and Robert Ryan (Ike Clanton) as well as, way down the cast list, a young Jon Voight. Movie Quotes. Clanton makes his play to eliminate the Earps with the shootout at the corral. Hour of the Gun Photos View All Photos (15) Movie Info. Jason Robards depiction of the doomed consumptive dentist Doc Holliday, loyal, witty, infinitely deadly, is a triumph. which was simply a chore to go through and a bore when one got there. It makes a better movie than the facts. Now the killing really begins. In fact this is director John Sturges's second telling. Garner and Robards, both somewhat underestimated actors, give fine performances here. In revenge Clanton's thugs kill the marshal's brother. Hour of the Gun is a superb western with a top-notch cast and a most memorable musical score. James Garner is a humorless Wyatt Earp, matched by Jason Robards’ excellent Doc Holliday. But stung by those criticisms, Sturges chose to revisit the story and go beyond the gunfight itself ten years later in 1967's HOUR OF THE GUN. was indeed that - o.k. Music was commissioned from Jerry Goldsmith and cinematography was from Lucien Ballard, who contributed so much to several Sam Peckinpah films. The gunfight at the O.K. was often unassuming at best and plain dull at worst in its framing (additionally hindered by some obvious studio shots presenting the outdoors), Sturges gets the most out of his shots here. However, the law was in its beginning stages and was not mature enough or strong enough to stand on its own. ), Brocius is killed strangely compared to what really happened, names are oddly changed, new characters introduced for no apparent reason, etc. Corral," this sequel of sorts veers off course toward the end and two-time Oscar-winning scenarist Edward Anhalt of "Becket" contrives scenes that are not historically accurate principally for the sake of dramatic license to provide audiences with closure. | All the women are omitted, Doc is from Baltimore(? Hour of the Gun (1967) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Hour of the Gun is directed by John Sturges and adapted to screenplay by Edward Anhalt from Douglas D. Martin's novel Tombstone's Epitaph. The movie is a must see again which is the true test of a good flick and worthy of being in ones library. Awards & Events. James Garner isn't his usually laid back self as an increasingly disillusioned Wyatt Earp while Jason Robards catches the acting honours as a Jimmy Cricket-style Doc Holiday. A highly regarded Western, John Sturges revisits Gunfight at the OK Corral (1957), robert ryan 35/34 30_178-1_6=29_172 {1SRN}, JAMES GARNER 18/17 {21-119} UN/DEL {1-6} = {20-113}. I was surprised to see how small the actual corral is and to find out the gunfight never took place there. Tech Support/Suggestions. Marshal Wyatt Earp kills a couple of men of the Clanton gang in a fight. He's fast enough with a gun and ready enough to use it that he keeps getting in Clanton's way. Good casting with Jason Robards as Doc Holliday. Please note that elements of the plot are discussed, but first, a civics lesson. Although the cynicism of 1967 is gone, it has been replaced by male-bashing. Menu. Garner is quite superb and Robards may have never been better, or at least is much better than he was in "Julius Caesar" when he was apparently drunk all the time. Film General. The hour of the "ridiculous gun" had arrived. Sturges finest movie. The first one I saw was Richard Dix "Tombstone, the town too tough to Die", then Randolph Scott Frontier Marshal, and many to follow. CORRAL has gone down in history as one of the western film genre's finest efforts. "Hour of the Gun" alternates politics (both sides of the conflict getting the law on their sides, in itself a truthful and interesting account of law and order in the Wild West) and action scenes with Wyatt and comrades pursuing the attackers of his brothers. Conducted by Nic Raine The movie was directed by John Sturges. If that doesn't frustrate Clanton enough, Earp has his two brothers to back him up, along with his good friend, Doc Holliday (Jason Robards). are nowhere to be heard, instead we have one of Jerry Goldsmith's best scores...and that says something. Although Sturges' "Hour of the Gun" boasts greater visual and historic realism than "Gunfight at the O.K. IMDB2 Information. Stoic but not unfeeling. External Reviews Whatever happened to "big nose" Kate? Although often criticized for its considerable historical inaccuracies, director John Sturges' 1957 film GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. Directed by John Sturges, Starring James Garner, Jason Robards, Robert Ryan Watch Hour Of The Gun 1967 | Full Western Movie - Mov-ie on Dailymotion Not one cast or credited. The plot is simple though and it never gets to grips with the darker side of the legends of Wyatt and Doc; perhaps because it was Sturges that directed but I would lie to see the film as it would have been made when The Wild Bunch turned the western genre on its head. Garner does his best in portraying Earp as grim and unemotional, yet cool and unflinching. I think that the Wild Bunch apart, this is the finest western of the sixties. I would never go back. He knew how to dress them too. The irony of this movie is the portrayal of Ike Clanton as the powerful, self-contained "jefe" of the outlaws, a sort of cross between Old Man Clanton (a genuine leader) and Curly Bill or John Ringo. Corral." One of the best tellings of the Earp-Clanton feud, The best telling of it's era, although inaccurate, "I know you. Thankfully enough the dreadful "singing cowboy" songs of "O.K." Although inaccurate it far outweighs "Doc" made 4 years later. Decent musical score that helps us stay tuned in too. In revenge, Clanton's thugs kill the Marshal's brother. / Street Date September 19, 2017 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95 Starring: James Garner, Jason Robards, Robert Ryan, Albert Salmi, Charles Aidman, Steve Ihnat, Michael Tolan, William Windom, Lonny Chapman, Larry Gates, William Schallert, Jon Voight. You can draw on two - I'll wait to three.". General Discussion. Gallery of 8 movie poster and cover images for Hour of the Gun (1967). Hour of the Gun Blu-ray Twilight Time 1967 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 101 min. Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys Black History Month STARmeter Awards San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events. It is satisfying to see Wyatt kill Ike; too bad it never happened. I am surprised that there are so few comments posted on this gem of a western. In the hands of a director like Sam Peckinpah this idea probably would have been more interestingly handled, but Sturges was a largely workman-like director, and so this film starts well but soon seems tiresome. Wyatt Earp shows that he can. (8/10). You can't live like me," says Doc Holliday to Wyatt Earp. The Panavision widescreen gives it a more epic scope than "O.K. Ironically, Sturges had shown a fictional six minute long version of the gun battle in his original telling; he directs a more accurate 30 second version of it in this one, whose opening credits claim "this is how it really happened". | Some plot details will be discussed in order to reference specific scenes but this is not a review of the film itself as there are so many reviews of it already. - "inspired by real events". This review of 1968's "Hour of the Gun" is going to focus on the Blu-ray, only available from Twilight Time and as offered through Amazon. Release Calendar DVD & Blu-ray Releases Top Rated Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Showtimes & Tickets In Theaters Coming Soon Coming Soon Movie News India Movie Spotlight. He did not lost his touch. A lot of recent movies indicate that Virgil and Morgan were shot the same night, when actually Virgil was December 1881, and Morgan killed three months later in March. Western. Not available on Video or DVD in England, which is a scandal. It never gets any better or worse. Robert Ryan plays Ike Clanton as a greedy land baron trying not to have modern times catch up to him. Hour of the Gun would make interesting double-feature with John Sturges's own Gunfight at the O.K. James Garner is very good as Earp, and Jason Robards has fun as Doc Holliday, though he's hardly consumptive and too old for the part. The strategic omission of Ike's begging scene in the gunfight only underlines the writer's intention of raising the status of Ike Clanton so that the climactic gunfight has more weight than would have been possible had Ike been more accurately written. Hour of the Gun (1967). It is tense and great opening for the movie and the whole story here explores aftermaths of it. Many years ago I was an elected Sheriff and was invited out to Tombstone. I wasn't aware of this version until early in the summer of 2005. It’s the one saga of the Gunfight at the O.K. I had never heard of this film until recently but I decided to give it a try when I read it was a sequel to OK Corral. Don't miss this fantastic true tale of a lawless land, vicious rivalry, attempted justice, loss, revenge and retribution. Release Calendar DVD & Blu-ray Releases Top Rated Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Showtimes & Tickets In Theaters Coming Soon Coming Soon Movie News India Movie Spotlight. Hour of the gun - The hour of the gun - Jerry Goldsmithhttps://jcbso.wordpress.com/ Enjoy the whiskey drinking, horses, saloons, dust, threats, good and bad guys and notice how the law worked but really didn't. He dies well. Advertisement. This movie has some great actors and I have watched it over twenty-five times. Corral.The story here takes place exactly where it leaves off and opens with the famous gunfight while credit rolling over the actors and music from Jerry Goldsmith plays quietly in the background. Music is by Jerry Goldsmith and cinematography is by Lucien Ballard. Metacritic Reviews, For Sturges, the West was a man's world, and his cool, hard, detached style, emphasizing action, excitement and the rugged environment of the frontier, endorsed the point. Also there was no mention of any women, Mattie Earp, Josephine Marcus Earp, Allie Earp (Virgil's wife) or Big Nose Kate Elder. User Ratings Here is yet another Wyatt Earp story. Hour of the Gun is directed by John Sturges and adapted to screenplay by Edward Anhalt from Douglas D. Martin's novel Tombstone's Epitaph. Standout performances from the two leads, Garner and Robards, who's measured, reserved approach matches the storyline perfectly. Whereas the famous shootout has been told and retold countless times throughout cinema's history, writer Edward Anhalt picks up the story where the others have left off to relate what happened between Earp (James Garner), Holliday (Jason Robards), and (specifically) Ike Clanton (Robert Ryan) after the dust had settled in Tombstone, Arizona. The memory of the Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster performances in "Gunfight" haunts the sequel like a ghost, but "Hour of the Gun" pretty much manages to stand on its own. No wonder Hour of the Gun is still consigned to the rotten tomatoes bin. A true Western for western fans is what we got here. The judge weighs up the evidence and spots some contradictions in key parts of the prosecution case and thus acquits Earp and Holliday and rules the shoot out was part of them fulfilling their duties as lawmen. Corral, they didn't escape unscathed for long. Trivia and Games. For me, Hour of the Gun has stood the test of time. Movies. "I'm gonna count one, two, three. "OK" thereafter and for some the "hereafter". It may not have been realistic but it worked. Hollywood certainly loves to tell the tale over and over again. I thought I had seen them all. The movie has a slightly documentary style and some reviewers have accused it of having cold and unsympathetic characterisation. In this movie with James Garner, I noticed there was no mention of Sheriff Johnny Behan, a large character in the true story. So why was it a box-office flop? Whereas "O.K." It is a shame that the film doesn't go deeper into this but as it is it is still an enjoyable western that does what it does well enough for genre fans. There's a genuine tension throughout film few other westerns capture, which is due to Sturges's fine direction and strong performances from the well cast protagonists. Unfortunately it came along at a time when westerns were on their way out, no longer fashionable. That said, it is hard to watch this film without drawing unfavorable comparisons to the fantastic Tombstone. James Garner pulls it off nicely along with a splendid supporting cast that all relish their roles and hold nothing back. Robards, although older than the real Holliday was at the time, also does well. It stars James Garner, Jason Robards and Robert Ryan. 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