Hour of the Gun Times", says: "Garner turns in one of his best performances." "Hour of the Gun" was released to DVD by MGM Home Video May 17, 2005, and later on Blu-ray by Twilight Time. Hour of the Gun Hour of the Gun is a 1967 Western film depicting Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday during their 1881 battles against Ike Clanton and his brothers in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, and the gunfight's aftermath in and around Tombstone, Arizona, starring James Garner as Earp, Jason Robards as Holliday, and Robert Ryan as Clanton. The movie was directed by John Sturges. Sturges had
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (film) to Tombstone to face off against the Earps at the O.K. Corral. 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 California to meet Laura, as promised. There are historical inaccuracies contained in the film depiction of the Gunfight at O.K. Corral: Part of the movie was shot on the set of Paramount Ranch. Reviews were generally positive.