Hour of the Gun

Hour of the Gun

Wyatt Earp - hero with a badge or cold-blooded killer?

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Release Date

11/1/1967

Runtime

100 mins

Genres

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$1,800,000

Revenue

$2,000,000

Homepage

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A tense, methodical revenge western that interrogates the brutality of frontier justice by following Wyatt Earp's dark spiral of pursuit and vengeance. The film treats the mythology of the Old West with a hard, unsentimental eye.

Mood

TenseDread-soakedAngryBleak

Themes

RevengePowerJustice

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

NaturalisticHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violence

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