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Bookmark this pageHour of the Gun (1967)
Director: John Sturges
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From Time Out Film Guide
Sturges' sequel to his own Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, written by Edward Anhalt and shot in Panavision by Lucien Ballard, is a notable addition to the run of Wyatt Earp movies chiefly for its unexpected bitterness of tone. Garner's lawman leaves the moral high ground to seek hot-blooded revenge for the murder of his brothers by henchmen working for Ryan's Ike Clanton. Classic opening gunfight and first-rate performances from Garner, and from Robards as the tubercular, laconically resigned Doc Holliday. A determinedly old-style Western, made two years before Peckinpah shook things up with The Wild Bunch.Author: TJ
Cast & crew
Director: John Sturges
Producer: John Sturges
Cast: James Garner, Jason Robards, Robert Ryan, Steve Ihnat, Frank Converse, Albert Salmi, Jon Voight full cast
Genre(s): Westerns
Duration: 101 mins
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