This classic western has about everything most westerns have, but it does it better than a lot of them. It begins with the meeting of Wyatt Earp, who is Marshall of Dodge City, and Doc Holliday, who enjoys his gambling, drinking, and carousing. The plot leads up to the meeting with the Clanton gang, who refuse to leave Tombstone with their stolen cattle. U.S. Marshall Wyatt Earp has warned them but to no avail. When a relative of Wyatt Earp’s is killed in cold blood; Earp ( Burt Lancaster) and Doc Holliday (Kirk Douglas) are determined to accept the Clanton’s challenge to meet them at sun-up at the OK Corral.
This western is fairly violent considering it was made in 1957. It has a lot of saloon scenes with its resulting drinking and carousing, in additon to shooting cowboys. It is a classic with fine acting from both Lancaster and Douglas and we recommend it for ages twelve plus, and award the movie our Dove Seal.