Corral: A Gunfight Shrouded in Mystery By Casey Tefertiller and Jeff Morey Cowboy Billy Clanton still lay dying, his face contorted with pain, when the press began the difficult task of piecing together the details of an October 1881 street battle in Tombstone, Arizona Territory.

Contents.Single Action ArmyThe is used throughout the film by several characters on both sides of the law, including all four Earp brothers - Wyatt , Virgil , Morgan , and James. Doc Holliday arms himself with one when expecting trouble out on the trail and before the infamous gunfight.Both Ike Clanton and Billy Clanton also carry Quickdraw Model SAA revolvers. Johnny Ringo carries two SAA revolvers, tossing one to Doc in the hotel room. Cochise County sheriff Cotton Wilson , the film's stand-in for Johnny Behan, has a blued SAA holstered as does Dodge City deputy marshal Charlie Bassett. Tom McLaury takes a blued Single Action Army from his deceased brother Frank's holster during the gunfight. Other criminals packing SAAs include bank robber Richie Bell and 'Shanghai' Pierce , who carries a pearl-gripped SAA.Harry , the bartender at Shanssey's saloon in Fort Griffin, keeps a blued model behind the bar.

Is the father of, who would go on to play Wyatt Earp in. Frank McLaury aims a Winchester '92 from a covered wagon during the gunfight at the O.K. In reality, both Frank's and Billy Clanton's Winchesters were kept in their horses' saddle scabbards during the fight. All of the 'cowboys' involved used only revolvers. Double-Barreled ShotgunWyatt Earp keeps a few in both his Dodge City and Tombstone offices, including one that Doc Holliday handles before commenting that he doesn't care for them. Wyatt also joins his brother Virgil in arming themselves with shotguns for the gunfight.

In reality, it was Doc who carried the shotgun into the gunfight after it was lent to him by Virgil (who had, in fact, borrowed it from the local Wells Fargo office). Tombstone mayor John Clum also carries one when leading the citizens' vigilance committee. All shotguns featured in the film have exposed hammers and full stocks. Wyatt takes cover during the gunfight at the O.K. Colt Buntline SpecialWyatt Earp briefly handles his legendary, a specially-crafted Single Action Army with a 12' barrel supposedly made for him by Ned Buntline. Controversy surrounds the weapon in real life, but it is given mention in the film:.

Charlie Bassett: 'Hey, where'd you get the new gun?' .

Wyatt Earp: 'Buntline made it for me, special.' . Charlie Bassett: 'Isn't the barrel too long?'

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Contents.Plot In, Ed Bailey comes looking to avenge the death of his brother at the hands of gunslinger John H. 'Doc' Holliday. Seeing him in a bar, Holliday's girl, Kate Fisher , returns to Holliday's room, where the two argue—while Holliday throws knives at the door-near her once she brings up Holliday's once-prominent family.

At the same time, well-known marshal Wyatt Earp arrives in Fort Griffin thinking he will take outlaws Ike Clanton and Johnny Ringo into custody, but instead finds out that the local sheriff, Cotton Wilson , released them despite the outstanding warrants for their arrest. Holliday refuses to help the lawman, holding a grudge against Wyatt's brother, Morgan. Holliday kills Bailey with a knife-throw when Bailey attempts to shoot him in the back. Holliday is arrested for murder, though Wyatt and Kate allow him to escape from a.In, Wyatt finds out that Holliday and Kate are in town. Holliday tells him he has no money, so Wyatt allows him to stay if he promises to not fight while he is in town.

Meanwhile, gorgeous gambler Laura Denbow is arrested for playing cards since women are not allowed to gamble. She is released and allowed to play in the side rooms of the saloon. Wyatt is forced to deputize Holliday because a bank robber kills a cashier and Wyatt's other deputies are out in a posse catching another outlaw. The bank robbers attempt to ambush Wyatt outside of town, but are instead killed by Wyatt and Holliday.Back in Dodge City, Holliday learns Kate has left him for Ringo, who taunts Holliday to a shootout and throws liquor on him. Holliday steadfastly refuses to fight him.

Shanghai Pierce and his henchmen ride into town, wound deputy Charlie Bassett and attack a dancehall, but Wyatt and Holliday hold the men and defuse the situation. As Ringo attempts to intervene, Holliday shoots him in the arm.

Holliday returns to his room and Kate is waiting for him, but he refuses to take her back. She swears she will see him dead. By now, Wyatt and Laura have fallen in love, but when he receives a letter from his brother, Virgil, asking him to come clean up, she refuses to go with him unless he changes. Holliday catches up to Wyatt on the trail and both head to Tombstone.In Tombstone, Wyatt finds out that Ike Clanton is trying to herd thousands of head of rustled Mexican cattle but cannot as long as the Earps control Tombstone's railway station. Morgan Earp criticizes his brother's association with Holliday, but Wyatt insists the gunslinger is welcome in Tombstone as long as he stays out of trouble. Cotton, the cowardly county sheriff from Fort Griffin, offers Wyatt a $20,000 bribe (about $530,000 today) if he allows the stolen cattle to be shipped, but Wyatt refuses. He rides out to the Clanton ranch, returning young Billy Clanton to his mother after finding Billy drunk.

Wyatt informs Ike that he has been made a and has legal authority in every county in the. Finding no recourse, the Clantons decide to ambush Wyatt as he makes his nightly rounds, but kill his younger brother by mistake.The next morning, Ike and five of his henchman go to Tombstone to face off against the Earps at the.

Holliday, who is sick from tuberculosis, joins them. Though Virgil and Morgan are wounded in the gunfight, all six in Clanton's gang are killed, including Billy, who is given a chance to surrender but refuses. After the fight is over, Wyatt joins Holliday for a final drink before heading off to to meet Laura, as promised.Cast.

Main article:There are historical inaccuracies contained in the film depiction of the Gunfight at O.K. Corral:. was already a deputy U.S. Marshal when he arrived in Tombstone, while Wyatt had little, if any, legal authority.

Wyatt came to Tombstone with a common-law wife, whom he later sent away to stay with his family—in order to get her away from. The real gunfight was a 30-second long, face-to-face affair with only a few firearms, not a medium-range, heavily armed shootout as in the film. The real corral was considerably smaller and simpler than depicted in the film (or in the previous movie, My Darling Clementine). was not present at the OK Corral gunfight. He later killed himself.

Ike Clanton brought murder charges against the Earps. The Cowboys claimed the Earps had killed the outlaws as they attempted to surrender. During the, the coroner and witnesses presented conflicting evidence about whether the Cowboys had their hands in the air or guns in their hands or were trying to draw their weapon when the fighting started. Morgan and Virgil Earp were wounded and Holliday was grazed by a bullet.

Wyatt was unhurt. Judge Wells Spicer ruled that the lawmen acted within their authority.

It was Wyatt's younger brother Morgan, not James (Wyatt's older brother), who was ambushed and murdered in Tombstone. This occurred after the O.K. Corral gunfight, not before. Virgil Earp was also ambushed in Tombstone after the O.K. Corral fight. He survived the attack, but was left with a permanently disabled arm.

The actual gunfight took place in a vacant lot behind the O.K. Corral, next to a boarding house and photography studio, not in the corral itself. It was not an 'event by appointment', as the prearrangement between Billy and Wyatt the night before depicts in the movie. It evolved the morning of the fight as the Earps responded to the chaos and threats raised by Ike Clanton after drinking himself into a rage the entire night before. James Earp was the older brother of Wyatt and never involved in the law enforcement side of the family.

He was present in Tombstone but worked as a bartender. Warren Earp was the youngest of the Earp brothers and bounced from Tombstone to California between 1880 and 1882. Ike Clanton was never the leader of the Cowboys. Old Man Clanton controlled the gang until he was killed in 1881 and leadership of the gang fell to Curly Bill Brocis and Johnny Ringo. The film introduces a romance involving Wyatt Earp and a fictional character (based on ) which played no factor in the actual gunfight nor did anything to advance the film's plot. was Wyatt's boss in Dodge City.

The film portrays the relationship as the other way around. Bassett and Wyatt Earp were nearly the same age.

The film portrays Bassett as a younger man compared to Wyatt. did not directly follow Wyatt to Tombstone. He turned-up there sometime after Wyatt had already established residence. Doc Holliday saved Wyatt Earp's life, not the other way around.

The real sheriff's name was John Behan, not Cotton Wilson. The sheriff was not shot that day, and the Clanton gang did not shoot one of their own for deserting. The shootout is portrayed in the film as a protracted, heavily armed firefight that took place at medium range. The actual event began in a narrow 15–20 feet (4.6–6.1 m) wide empty lot between the Harwood house and 's 12-room boarding house and photography studio.

The two parties were initially only about 6 to 10 feet (1.8 to 3.0 m) apart, and the real gunfight lasted only about 30 seconds.Shooting Part of the movie was shot on the set of. Reception Reviews in 1957 were generally positive. Of praised the film as 'firmly directed' and 'ruggedly acted,' though he lamented 'odd, embarrassing moments when Cupid lets fly with his arrows,' and thought that the inclusion of a ballad was too derivative of. Called Lancaster and Douglas 'excellently cast' and added, 'in its development and exciting climax John Sturges has captured the stirring spirit of the period in his sock direction.' Agreed that the two leads were 'excellent in their respective roles' and found the action 'tense and suspenseful throughout, culminating in a highly exciting and thrilling gun battle.' Of deemed the film 'just what its title suggests — blood-thirsty, empty-headed and good fun of its sort.' Called it 'carefully and lavishly mounted, but it is ultimately overlong and overwrought.

Leon Uris's script dulls the final scene of action by the introduction of too many minor climaxes, which never blend.' The film was a big hit and earned $4.7 million on its first run and $6 million on re-release. Its score, featuring the song 'Gunfight at the O.K. Corral', with lyrics by, sung by, pushes the movie's momentum relentlessly throughout.Members of the chose the song 'Gunfight at the O.K. Corral' as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.

Sturges' sequel Sturges revisited the same material a decade later when he directed a more historically accurate sequel of sorts, starring as Wyatt Earp, as Doc Holliday, and as. That film begins with a more accurate version of the O.K. Corral gun battle, then moves forward into the aftermath for the balance of the movie.Awards The film was nominated for two to and. And were nominated for in the category of top male action star. See also.References.

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