Gunfight at the O.K. Corral is a 1957 movie starring Burt Lancaster as Wyatt Earp and Kirk Douglas as Doc Holliday about the famous October 26, 1881 gunfight in Tombstone, Arizona Territory. The movie has an outstanding supporting cast including Rhonda Fleming, John Ireland, Jo Van Fleet, Martin Milner, Dennis Hopper, Jack Elam, Lee Van Cleef, DeForest Kelly and Earl Holliman. The screenplay was written by novelist Leon Uris. Directed by John Sturges, the movie, based on the actual events of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, was nominated for two Academy Awards in the Sound and Editing categories. Burt Lancaster (November 2, 1913 - October 20, 1994) was an American film actor. ... Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848 - January 13, 1929), was an officer of the law, gambler and saloon keeper in the Wild West. ... Kirk Douglas in Champion Kirk Douglas (born December 9, 1916) is an American actor and film producer. ... John Doc Holliday in 1882. ... The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral was an event of legendary proportion which has been portrayed in numerous Western films. ... Tombstone most commonly means a headstone marking the grave of a deceased person. ... Rhonda Fleming Rhonda Fleming (born August 10, 1923), nicknamed the Queen of Technicolor, is an American actress. ... John Benjamin Ireland (January 30, 1914 - March 21, 1992) was an actor. ... Jo Van Fleet (December 30, 1914 – June 10, 1996) was an American theater and film actress. ... Martin Milner (b. ... Dennis Hopper (born May 17, 1936) is an American actor and film-maker. ... Jack Elam in Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) Jack Elam was an American film actor appearing mostly in westerns. ... Lee Van Cleef Lee Van Cleef from a scene in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Lee Van Cleef (January 9, 1925 - December 16, 1989) was a movie actor, who appeared mostly in Western and action pictures. ... Categories: People stubs | 1920 births | 1999 deaths | Cinema actors | Star Trek actors | Television actors | American actors | World War II veterans ... Earl Holliman (born September 11, 1928 in Delhi, Louisiana) is an American film and television actor. ... Leon Uris (August 3, 1924 - June 21, 2003) was an American Jewish novelist, known for the amount of research he did for his novels. ... John Eliot Sturges (3 January 1911 – 18 August 1982) Known as The dean of big_budget action movies made during the 1950s and 1960. Sturges movies include The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Ice Station Zebra and Marooned (movie). ... The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral was an event of legendary proportion which has been portrayed in numerous Western films. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ...