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  • Four men stand in a row in the street of a Western town, looking uneasy.
  • Actor Burt Lancaster looks intently at another man, who is looking down at a piece of paper.
  • Actor Burt Lancaster and others stand in a line outside of a saloon, all pointing their guns at another group of men.
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GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL

12:30

Saturday, August 10

(1957, John Sturges) “No guns, no knives, no killing.” Burt Lancaster cautions Kirk Douglas’ Doc Holiday, but of course they end up at that final showdown, to the accompaniment of Dimitri Tiomkin’s throbbing score and Frankie Laine’s wailing of the title ballad. 35mm. Approx. 122 min.

Reviews

“One of the two best Westerns of the 50s.”
– Gordon Gow

“Just what its title suggests — blood-thirsty, empty-headed and good fun of its sort.”
– Richard L. Coe, The Washington Post

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