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Stephen C @bob25009 Jul 20 Success in 1 hour and 36 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Starring Faye Dunaway as Katie Elder!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Bear B. @BearB May 30 This film is severely underrated, probably due to inevitable comparisons to Tombstone (1993). For those who can set aside their precious feelings for the latter, this is a fantastic western—wonderfully written, directed, acted, and shot. Beautiful cinematography delivers grittiness, humanity, complexity, emotion, and texture. Wry and honest humor in an efficient script. Definitely a unique take on the Tombstone narrative but I can appreciate that because in the end, who the hell knows? Fair warning: if you insist on a straightforward black hat, white hat approach to westerns narratives, his film will frustrate you. If you appreciate human complexity you’ll likely enjoy it. ‘Doc’ merits a lot more credit and attention. Stacy Keach really delivered as Mr. Holiday but his performance will, unfortunately, live forever in the shadows. Faye Dunaway is also excellent in her portrayal of Kate Elder. Great chemistry between she and Keach. Honest rating 4.5 but I’m giving an extra 0.5 to help boost the rating to match the film’s merit. See more steve d 01/07/2023 Slow at points but well worth your time. See more 06/03/2022 Loved it! It's real! Vulgar vernacular but honest! See more 05/25/2021 Worst movie about the Ok corral shooting, Morgan didn't die in the shootout, and the Earps didn't have shotguns, only Doc did, no Georgia accent from Stacy Keach, what a waste of time watching! See more 11/16/2013 I love revisionist westerns of t he 1970s, even the bad ones. "'Doc'" is not as great as "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" or "The Wild Bunch," but it's also much, much better than say "The Master Gunfighter" or "The Hired Hand." Like horror films, which I also dearly love, I can almost always find something to enjoy about revisionist westerns of any quality. This western is follows Doc Holliday (Stacy Keach), Kate Elder (Faye Dunaway) and Wyatt Earp ( Harris Yulin, a fine character actor everyone would recognize in one of his earliest roles) during their time in Tombstone, AZ. As opposed to being more concerned with the action and fighting usually seen in westerns about the Gunfight at the O.K. Coral, like Lancaster/Douglas version, this film is more interested in characters and lives of Holliday, Elder and Earp. The film does climax at the O.K. Coral, but it's not the portrayed as a monumental heroic event. Keech is fine in his role as Holliday, as is Yulin as Earp, but Dunaway, who I don't usually find all that likable (probably because of her choice of roles), is very likable and empathetic as Kate Elder. To some degree it's a prostitute-with-a-heart-of-gold stereotypical role, but she pulls it off in a naturalistic way that seemed to transcend cliche. Directed by Frank Perry, who I'd never heard of before, who apparently also directed "The Swimmer" and the classic turkey "Mommy Dearest." The film was written by Pete Hamill, who I'd also never heard of before, who had written "Badge 373" and a number of TV movies I'd never heard of. This kind of surprised me because the film is intelligently written and directed and would have made me expect a filmography full of memorable films from director Perry and writer Hamill, which sadly was not the case. "'Doc'" is not one of the cinema of the first oder, but it's a pretty darn good revisionist western that takes time to develop characters and does a better job than most film of sticking to historical facts. See more Read all reviews

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