another good retelling of the Wyatt Earp story

Pretty good, but I'd sooner rewatch Sturges' Gunfight at OK Corral.

A patient, determined pace that matches the convictions of its protagonist - James Garner and Robards give what could be their most convincing roles. Sturges westerns are becoming a fast favorite of mine.

Maltin's film guide says that this movie "begins well, becomes increasingly tedious". I disagree. This is a refreshingly unpretentious and ungentle straight-ahead Western about men doing what a man's gotta do. What Sturges did was take the Wyatt Earp story -- a myth he himself had helped implant in the public mind -- and turn it into another sublimated-Vietnam movie. Garner is surprisingly good as Earp. Robards is a better Doc Holliday than Victor Mature or Kirk Douglas

Mediocre western drama