He doesn't speak much, but instead uses a great deal of body language throughout the film, even though his posture is a bit playful, Earp still manages to show his dogmatic determination, highly legal and intellectual position in the fight against crime. This particular version of the famous gunfight at the OK Corral isn't so much about the deadly conflict to come, but rather about the love story between Earp and Clementine. In most of Ford's western films, they are about principles, patriotism, and the interrelationships his characters have while living on the outskirts of civilization during the great American Frontier movement of the 1800s. Ford was able to transport his movie audiences into another realm and time period through picturesque imagery, staging actors in static poses, noble and tough characters with morals, and designing worlds dominated by the Western lifestyle. Truly a great film and made by a director who knew how to translate a period of American history like n