Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

Dotsthavesp I wanted to but couldn't!

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Richie-67-485852 A true Western for western fans is what we got here. 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. James Garner pulls it off nicely along with a splendid supporting cast that all relish their roles and hold nothing back. Decent musical score that helps us stay tuned in too. Enjoy the whiskey drinking, horses, saloons, dust, threats, good and bad guys and notice how the law worked but really didn't. Its like they were between trusting it and not trusting it and this grey zone is where this films spends its time. Law and order was necessary or total chaos would reign. However, the law was in its beginning stages and was not mature enough or strong enough to stand on its own. Furthermore, it could be bought and manipulated of which this movie shows well. The movie is a must see again which is the true test of a good flick and worthy of being in ones library. Get a snack, tasty drink and begin the...

FightingWesterner 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.Being that this is a pseudo-sequel to director John Sturges' own Gunfight At The OK Corral, this has the feeling of being dropped into the middle of a four-hour mini-series, jettisoning all the get-to-know- you stuff and romantic subplots of all the other Wyatt Earp movies and instead focusing on fast-moving action and tough dialog.James Garner and Jason Robards step into the well-worn worn shoes of Earp and Doc Holliday, with Robard's performance easily upstaging that of Garner. Robert Ryan is okay and John Voight makes his almost debut, beating his long delayed first feature by a whisker!Though not one of the all-time best, it's exciting and highly watchable. I have to say though, my favorite Wyatt Earp movie is still the one starring Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and Dr. McCoy.

Spikeopath 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. It stars James Garner, Jason Robards and Robert Ryan. Music is by Jerry Goldsmith and cinematography is by Lucien Ballard. Story begins with the shootout at the O.K. Corral and tells of the aftermath involving the major players.Although John Sturges' Gunfight at the O.K. Corall ten years previously proved to be popular, the director was never happy with the finished project, due in no small part to the fact that Hal B. Wallis controlled the script. Here Sturges takes control and crafts what in essence is a sequel to the 57 movie. Leaning more towards a character study with a dark edge, Hour of the Gun is refreshing in giving the Wyatt Earp/Doc Holliday characters a different story than the one we normally see on the screen; one that actually attempts historical accuracy where possible.Viewing it now it's easy to see why the film was received coldly back on release. The Western movie was just about creaking along as a viable cinematic genre as it was, but with Sturges and Anhalt portraying one of America's folklore heroes in moral decline, it's unsurprising that it found itself out of sync with the times. However, time has been very kind to it, where over decades the re-evaluation of many a psychological Western has seen it viewed as one of the more bolder and cynical tinted oaters from the 60s.With a fine script from Anhalt to work from, who also features as a player in the film as Holliday's whiskey smuggling carer, the cast work well. Ryan files in for villain duties as Ike Clanton and Garner as Earp and Robards as Holliday make for a suitably sombre pairing. There's also some quality in the support ranks where Albert Salmi, John Voight, Jorge Russeck and Karl Swenson leave good impressions. With Goldsmith tonally aware for the scoring and master photographer Ballard utilising the Panavision on offer for the Durango locations, it's an all round well put together production. Some fat could have done with being trimmed off it to get it 10 minutes shorter; for the story starts to feel over long entering the last quarter. But Hour of the Gun is not only a better than your average 60s Western, it's also one of the better Wyatt Earp movies available to those interested in the subject. 7.5/10

skoyles .... "Hour of the Gun" is almost addictive. 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. He makes a fine if over-age Doc Holliday in a different key from "Tombstone"'s Val Kilmer or "Wyatt Earp"'s Dennis Quaid. 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. 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. It is satisfying to see Wyatt kill Ike; too bad it never happened. 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. 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? - "inspired by real events". All the women are omitted, Doc is from Baltimore(?), Brocius is killed strangely compared to what really happened, names are oddly changed, new characters introduced for no apparent reason, etc. The acting is better than the script. It makes a better movie than the facts.