Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.DirectorJohn SturgesStarsBurt LancasterKirk DouglasRhonda Fleming

October 7, 2025 - Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Lonely are the Brave, and The War Wagon (co-starring John Wayne) are among the highlights of his Westerns career. Three years after Champion, Douglas earned his second Best Actor nomination for the inside-Hollywood ...

Howard Hawks’ The Big Sky in 1952. Man Without A Star in 1955. John Sturges’ Gunfight At The O.K. Corral from 1957, with Burt Lancaster as Wyatt Earp and Douglas as Doc Holliday — and its sister film, Last Train From Gun Hill.

June 11, 2025 - Kirk Douglas left an enduring mark on the Western genre, bringing complexity and charisma to his roles. Here are seven of his best Westerns, ranked and celebrated for their gripping narratives and standout performances.

August 21, 2025 - Douglas received a BAFTA nomination for his gritty, sympathetic portrayal of Burns. Lonely Are the Brave sits at 93% on Rotten Tomatoes on 14 reviews, with an 85% audience score. AFI nominated it for its 10 Best Westerns of All-Time list.

July 3, 2024 - A Gunfight is a Western movie from 1971 directed by Lamont Johnson, starring Kirk Douglas and Johnny Cash.

May 13, 2025 - Discover the top Kirk Douglas Westerns ranked, featuring his most iconic performances. From Gunfight at the O.K. Corral to Lonely Are the Brave, we explore how Douglas redefined the Western hero with charisma and depth.

Among Western TV Shows. Gunsmoke and Bonanza would well be considered Classics. Cheyenne ? (Note: Hoppers roles in the TV Westerns were as a Guest Star – not a regular.) Even so, not a bad legacy for one the legendary bad boys of the Entertainment ...

Sharpshooting drifter Dempsey Rae comes back to Wyoming to work for beautiful rancher Reed Bowman. But Reed's plan to fence in her land's wide open spaces angers other ranchers and soon embroils Dempsey in a bloody range war.DirectorKing VidorStarsKirk DouglasJeanne CrainClaire Trevor

December 8, 2024 - Douglas often counts this gritty little western as one of his career favorites, and it does indeed contain some of the actor’s best work. He plays John W. “Jack” Burns, a fiercely independent Korean War vet who roams from town to town and job to job, rejecting the conventions of modern society.

November 1, 2025 - His popular films include Out of the Past (1947), Champion (1949), Ace in the Hole (1951), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), Lust for Life (1956), Paths of Glory (1957), Gunfight ...

His career in westerns ended on an ignominious note with The Wild Rovers (1971), although the seldom-seen The Revengers (1972) is slightly better. 15. Kirk Douglas [Along the Great Divide, The Big Sky, Man Without a Star, Last Train from Gun Hill, The Indian Fighter, Gunfight at the OK Corral, ...

April 3, 2024 - ... Gunfight at the O.K. Corral is a 1957 Western film directed by John Sturges. The film stars Burt Lancaster as Wyatt Earp and Kirk Douglas as Doc Holliday, depicting their legendary battle against the Clanton gang in Tombstone, Arizona.

December 9, 2020 - Today we pay homage to the late Kirk Douglas with a look at some of his westerns. Funny to think of a a Jewish ragman’s son from New York faring so well in oaters, but he did. It may not be the first thing one thinks of, but his work in the genre adds up to something notable, and many of them are with the best ...

December 9, 2023 - Easily the very best of the many ... Wyatt Earp (scripted by novelist Leon Uris) is neither as sentimentally mythic as My Darling Clementine (1946) or as guns-a’blazin’ exciting as Tombstone (1993)....

Douglas took on another dual role in the Australian Western "The Man from Snowy River" (1983), a family video favorite for its eye-filling scenery and incredible action sequences with wild horses.

August 28, 2023 - ... you really cannot use a reddit comment to explain him, even his bad movies were awesome, dude was a total pro till he died. ... My favorite was last Train from Gunhill. Great western ...

This is probably my favorite Kirk Douglas western. Although it has plenty of action this is not just another action western. Rather it deals with the implacable transition of the west from open range available to all to individually-controlled patches of range that are fenced off with barbed wire.

December 9, 2015 - Douglas is toweringly monstrous here – a vulture appealing to the public’s worst impulses. In fact, he may be the scumbag journo against which all others are measured. He makes J.J. Hunsecker in Sweet Smell of Success (1957) look like a pushover. ... Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) John Sturges, a renowned director of westerns, creates a memorable portrayal of the legendary Tombstone shootout in this glossy film.