Great movie that earns a spot next to Tombstone. Action packed and revenge driven, just what I like. Jason Robards does a really good Doc Holiday.

Sluggish revenge story played too straight for my taste. As much as I like Garner as a rule, he's not that interesting in the lead as Earp, no matter how hard the film tries to make him morally ambiguous. Robards has more to do in the Doc Holliday ro... (read more) Sluggish revenge story played too straight for my taste. As much as I like Garner as a rule, he's not that interesting in the lead as Earp, no matter how hard the film tries to make him morally ambiguous. Robards has more to do in the Doc Holliday role, but he doesn't nudge out either Victor Mature or Val Kilmer as my favorite Doc portrayers. The Lucien Ballard cinematography is up to his usual high standards, but it's not enough to justify watching the film See Ride the High Country instead!

It is, first of all, beautiful to look at. The performances and plot are also sound and good, but the story doesn't have the perfect sense of poetic justice that "Gunfight" had.