Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hour of the Gun (1967)Hour of the Gun is a 1967 Western starring James Garner as Wyatt Earp and Jason Robards as Doc Holliday. The film was the second time director John Sturges visited the saga of Wyatt Earp (the first being 1957's Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Burt Lancaster as Earp). James Garner also starred as Earp in the 1988 comedy Sunset
The following firearms can be seen in the film Hour of the Gun :
Single Action Army As in most Westerns of the period, almost every character carries a Single Action Army as their sidearm.
Cavalry Model (7.5" barrel) Wyatt Earp (James Garner ) carries a Cavalry model as his primary sidearm in a black leather thigh holster while serving as city marshal of Tombstone and his subsequent vendetta ride. In real life, Wyatt Earp most likely carried a nickel .44-caliber Smith & Wesson No. 3 "American" revolver with an 8" barrel during the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Single Action Army w/ 7.5" barrel known as the "Cavalry" model - .45 Long Colt Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wyatt and Doc run outside the saloon with their guns drawn after Morgan is ambushed. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wyatt re-holsters his gun after his meeting with Pete Spence. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wyatt re-holsters his gun after his gunfight with Andy Warshaw. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wyatt aims his Single Action Army at Ike Clanton. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wyatt with his Single Action Army drawn. Artillery Model (5.5" barrel) The Artillery model is the sidearm of almost every other character in the film, including "Doc" Holliday (Jason Robards ), Morgan Earp (Sam Melville ), Virgil Earp (Frank Converse ), Ike Clanton (Robert Ryan ), Billy Clanton (Walter Gregg ), "Curly Bill" Brocius (Jon Voight ), Frank Stillwell (Robert Phillips ), Andy Warshaw (Steve Ihnat ), "Texas Jack" Vermillion (William Windom ), John Clum (Larry Gates ), and the Mexican soldiers at the end. Doc's model is a nickel Artillery with ivory grips, both reflecting the real life Doc's choice (a nickel Cavalry model) and making the flashy character stand out from the rest of the characters.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Single Action Army w/ 5.5" barrel known as the "Artillery" model - .45 Long Colt Error creating thumbnail: File missing Morgan's and Virgil's Single Action Army revolvers lie in the sand after dropping it during the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Doc with his Single Action Army drawn at the train station. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Doc confronts "Curly Bill" Brocius outside a saloon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Doc fires two shots from his Single Action Army at Brocius's goons. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Doc reveals his holstered Single Action Army when talking to Wyatt on the train. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Doc holds his Single Action Army on one of Clanton's Mexican cattle rustlers. Double Barreled Shotgun Double Barreled Shotguns are seen throughout the film, beginning with Doc Holliday (Jason Robards ) at the O.K. Corral gunfight. Other characters with shotguns include Frank Stillwell (Robert Phillips ), "Curly Bill" Brocius (Jon Voight ), Andy Warshaw (Steve Ihnat ), "Turkey Creek" Johnson (Lonny Chapman ), and Pete Spence (Michael Tolan ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Charles Parker 1878 Side by Side Shotgun - 12 Gauge. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The shotgun remains in Doc's left hand as Wyatt tends to his brothers after the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Doc holds his shotgun as the sheriff confronts Wyatt outside the O.K. Corral. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stillwell fires his shotgun at Virgil as Brocius stands behind him. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A gunman sent by Clanton to assist Stillwell at the train station prepares to ambush Wyatt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stillwell aims his shotgun at Wyatt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pete Spence reaches for his shotgun when Wyatt confronts him. Winchester Model 1873 Wyatt Earp (James Garner ) and "Doc" Holliday (Jason Robards ) keep Winchester Model 1873 carbines on their horses, as does Andy Warshaw (Steve Ihnat ), one of Clanton's men. Tucson sheriff Sherman McMasters (Monte Markham ) also provides one when he joins Wyatt's posse.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester Model 1873 carbine - 1st generation rifle - 44-40 Cal. Error creating thumbnail: File missing McMasters holds his Winchester '73 at the train station when Wyatt introduces him to John Clum. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wyatt enters the posse's cabin with his Winchester '73. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Winchester '73 on Wyatt's horse as he talks to Doc and the others after dealing with Andy Warshaw. unidentified rifle A Mexican soldier walks through the headquarters with a rifle over his shoulder as Wyatt and Doc speak with the commander.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The soldier with his rifle. 
