A few touching moments examining the consequences of violence. My favorite of which is the smallest and most understated - Wyatt casually warning the new woman in town to stay away from the windows at night, because of stray bullets.

Interesting western. On the surface it's quite generic and light, but underneath it's a portrayal of a society (including the hero!) rotten to the core (ruled by fear, violence and capitalism). In a sense it shares some similarities with Douglas Sirk's melodramas in 1950s suburbia.

More literate than most westerns, which figures because making relatively literate genre flicks was Jacques Tourneur's thing, but otherwise unremarkable. The usual schmaltz with the macho men and the docile women and goodies vs. baddies. It's too bad about 5-year-old Michael Jackson...

Good serviceable version of the Wyatt Earp story. Well directed and acted, but nothing special.