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| Directed by | Frank Perry |
| Written by | Pete Hamill |
| Starring | Stacy Keach Faye Dunaway Harris Yulin Michael Witney Denver John Collins Dan Greenburg |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
Doc is a 1971 American psychological western in tone,revisionist and outlaw in texture. It stars Stacy Keach, Faye Dunaway and Harris Yulin. It was directed by Frank Perry; and Pete Hamill, who wrote the original screenplay.
Plot
Doc Holliday(Stacy Keach) and Kate Elder(Faye Dunaway) spend time at the Continental Hotel to find Wyatt Earp(Harris Yulin), who now deputy marshall and striving to become sheriff of Tombstone in the election campaign(he is already deputy marshall of Cochise county,Az.). Along the way followed Doc Holliday, Virgil and Morgan Earp, two brothers of Wyatt. The "Cowboys" were Ike Clanton(Michael Witney), Tom and Frank McClaury and Billy Claiborne. He goes to a Chinaman for herbs. Doc is the best character in the movie. He travels the desert on horseback with Kate. In a cave Doc tells Kate he was a dentist. Doc teaches The Kid(Denver John Collins) how to shoot a pistol. When the Civil War ended, Doc left Atlanta,Georgia, then went to Richmond,Virginia then Baltimore,Maryland to be a dentist. Then after all was said and done he went out West for the drier environment. At one point in the movie, Doc is taking laudanum. The day OK Corral happens Tombstone is having a fiesta. John Behan(Richard Mckenzie), Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday all survive Gunfight at the OK Corrall. Ike Clanton,Tom and Frank McClaury and Billy Claiborne all die. From now on there will be changes to the laws in Tombstone. As for 'Doc' Holliday, he dies of consumption or tuberculosis of the lungs.
Historical Errors
The depiction of the shoot-out at the OK Corral repeats some of the errors of the 1946 John Ford western, My Darling Clementine. The OK Corral is depicted as being on the outer edge of town with the wilderness on three sides, in fact it was surrounded by streets and blocks of buildings. Wyatt Earp is the marshal. There are seven bad guys and all of them are killed. Morgan Earp is also killed but Virgil Earp and Doc Holliday are uninjured. The entire Earp group begins shooting with shotguns, with Doc switching to a revolver to finish off one of the villains. In reality, the confrontation began with five opponents - but Ike Clanton and Billy Clairborne immediately ran out without drawing their guns - whereupon the remaining three "villains" were killed. Morgan, Virgil (who was the marshal) and Holliday were wounded to various degrees. Doc was the only shotgun in the crowd, possibly because he wasn't credited with much gun skill.[citation needed]
Cast
Awards
- Doc won the 1971 Western Writers of America Spur Award for Best Movie Script for Peter Hamill.
Taglines
- Duela a muerte en el OK Corral
- High Noon,A Fistful of Dollars,Hang 'em High;there has never been a western like Doc
- For the past 90 years these three people have been heroes.Until now!
External links
- at Allmovie Doc at AllMovieInvalid ID.