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Countdown to the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

2017

Synopsis

October 26 1881 Tombstone, Arizona.

Just after 3 pm. Thirty bullets are fired in thirty seconds. Three men will die and two others will be seriously wounded.

This is the dramatic story of the last 24 hours before the famous Gunfight at the O K Corral which defined the Wild West for generations. The story is told in a compelling minute by minute countdown which ends with the famous showdown between the lawmen and the cowboys.

Experience the actions and thoughts of some the leading players during those final 24 hours, including Virgil, Morgan and Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Ike and Billy Clanton, Frank and Tom McLaury and Johnny Behan.

Walk with Wyatt Earp, his brothers Virgil and Morgan and Doc Holliday as they head towards a showdown which was never meant to happen. What were their thoughts that day? Was it cold blooded pre-meditated murder by the lawmen? Or was the fight instigated by the cowboys? Who really killed Frank McLaury? Was Tom McLaury armed with a pistol or not?

This is a new take on the most famous gunfight of frontier history.

The clock is ticking and for eight men it cannot be stopped…

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Countdown to the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

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