Hsving now watched all episodes on Amazon Prime, both relatively recent movies, 'Tombstone' and 'Wyatt Earp', as well as 'My Darling Clementine', and 'The Gunfight at OK Corral'; and read a biography of Earp's life, I think Hugh O'Brian's depiction of Earp well captured his character and policing method. The TV series did however, write out his love life, which the movies did not.
The depiction of the OK Corral gunfight is accurate. Of course the series as a whole is entertainment snd not history, despite dome episodes covering real events.
None of the movies mention brothers Newton, James and Warren Earp. In reality, James Earp was a bartender in the west, and Warren accompanied Wyatt on his vendetta to avenge Morgan's murder (below).
The series was a chronological depiction of Earp's police career. But a great deal happened after the OK Corral. The murder of Morgan Earp and the crippling of Virgil for a start, Doc Holliday's gunning down of Ringo and Wyatt Earp's shooting after a chase, of Curly Bill. I feel that a seventh series might have covered the aftermath. The way the last episode of series six concluded certainly suggested that more was to come.
All in all an excellent series.
The depiction of the OK Corral gunfight is accurate. Of course the series as a whole is entertainment snd not history, despite dome episodes covering real events.
None of the movies mention brothers Newton, James and Warren Earp. In reality, James Earp was a bartender in the west, and Warren accompanied Wyatt on his vendetta to avenge Morgan's murder (below).
The series was a chronological depiction of Earp's police career. But a great deal happened after the OK Corral. The murder of Morgan Earp and the crippling of Virgil for a start, Doc Holliday's gunning down of Ringo and Wyatt Earp's shooting after a chase, of Curly Bill. I feel that a seventh series might have covered the aftermath. The way the last episode of series six concluded certainly suggested that more was to come.
All in all an excellent series.