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Wyatt Earp - hero with a badge or cold-blooded killer? - Hour of the Gun
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Title: Hour of the Gun

Release Date: 1 Nov 1967

Runtime: 1h 40m

Genre: Western

Director: The Mirisch Company, United Artists

Production Companies: The Mirisch Company, United Artists

Overview: Marshal Wyatt Earp kills a couple of men of the Clanton-gang in a fight. In revenge Clanton's thugs kill the marshal's brother. Thus, Wyatt Earp starts to chase the killers together with his friend Doc Holliday.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.4 (91 votes)

Cast

  • Marshal Wyatt Earp: James Garner
  • Doc Holliday: Jason Robards
  • Ike Clanton: Robert Ryan
  • Octavius Roy: Albert Salmi
  • Horace Sullivan: Charles Aidman
  • Andy Warshaw: Steve Ihnat
  • Pete Spence: Michael Tolan
  • Texas Jack Vermillion: William Windom
  • Turkey Creek Johnson: Lonny Chapman
  • John P. Clum: Larry Gates
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