OK Corral - Take 2

Tonight we watched our second version of the story of the gunfight at the O.K. corral, specifically 1957's "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral." This is the Burt Lancaster / Kirk Douglas version. Other than the music which was ridiculously dated, it was actually pretty good. In fact the music was so bad that it actually became a highlight of the movie. I think Tombstone, the previous version we saw, was more factually accurate. But I thought this was the better movie.

Burt Lancaster was a better Wyatt Earp than Kurt Russell (advantage GatOKC), although Kurt looked more like the real Wyatt. Whereas, Val Kilmer was a better Doc Holliday than Kirk Douglas (advantage Tombstone).

It's also interesting to note that the famous gunfight was the climax to this version. In Tombstone, by contrast, it was in the middle of the movie.

And I must note I enjoyed seeing DeForest Kelley (you know him as Dr. McCoy on Star Trek) as a much younger actor. There were countless occasions during the movie when he could have said, "He's dead, Wyatt." But alas, it never happened.

I rate "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" at 3 Boos.