James Garner Played the Same Legendary Gunfighter in Two Different Westerns
James Garnerwas privileged enough to portray legendary Western lawmanWyatt Earpin two featureWestern films,Hour of the Gun(1967) and again inSunset(1988). Hour of the Gunis said to be a more factual film than those previous tales of Earp and the O.K. Corral. Ike Claton survived this battle, whereas the earlier incarnations of the tale show him being killed in the fight. Garner also felt that the previous portrayals of his character needed a certain kind of authenticity....