- Actors: Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature, Cathy Downs, Walter Brennan
- Directors: John Ford
- Writers: Samuel G. Engel, Sam Hellman, Stuart N. Lake, Winston Miller
- Producers: Samuel G. Engel
- Language English
- Classification: U
- Studio: Fox
- VHS Release Date: 1 Oct 1999
- Run Time: 97 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004COIG
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 7,575 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
Probably the best movie of this director: a true celebration of the legend of the American west. The movie tells the classic story of the gunfight at the OK Corral with sheriff Wyatt Earp: while it isn't historically realistic, it outshines ALL later attempt to do a more accurate version of the story. The reason is simple: Ford always said that "the legend is more interesting than the truth". Of course it's a Hollywood movie, and it's not a revisionist Peckimpah western, but it has interesting characters (even the lesser one such as the barman are believable and add some human touches), a solid plot, a great screenplay (don't miss the Shakespearean actor who wants to perform in a saloon!!!) and an EXTRAORDINARY B&W cinematography.
The FOX cassette version is very good!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
When people say `They don't make them like that anymore' this marvellous film is the sort of thing they mean. You all know the story so i won't bother telling you. Wonderful performances from a never-better Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp(check out the dancing!), Victor Mature as Doc Holliday (got a bit of a cough doncha know) and Walter Brennan as the head of the somewhat parentally challenged Clanton family. Beautifully shot in black-and-white, full of dry humour and, basically, one great scene after another. Who cares if it's historically accurate, it's a great film. See it.
Oh and of course as it's a John Ford film you get to hear `Shall we gather by the river'. What more could you ask for?
Oh and of course as it's a John Ford film you get to hear `Shall we gather by the river'. What more could you ask for?
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I never tire of watching this classic. The characters are so clearcut and one feels some empathy with all of them even the villains who are a product of a hard country and ignorance. The roughness and cruelty of the wild west is all there. Unusually even the romance angle, which usually ruins most westerns is treated in a simple, unsophisticated manner. The scene with Doc Holliday and the travelling actor leaves one terribly moved and as the story surges towards its inevitably tragic conclusion you know that no one is going to end up happy but this is the way it has to be. Ford never made a better western.
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...she is lost and gone forever...
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Published 24 months ago by Alex da Silva
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Published on 23 May 2009 by Jddry
A superb film with Ford, Fonda, Mature and Brennan at their peak
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Published on 11 Jun 2007 by C. O. DeRiemer
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