Kirk Douglas plays Doc Holliday who in the film Gunfight at the O.K. Corral is not an "other" but considerable another alpha male. Wyatt Earp assumes the role of alpha male, but when he is forced to call upon Doc for help with the showdown. Hence, there is no specific alpha male, but two very strong male figures, instead.
Both men follow the law of the gun, as well as showing feelings of being loyal, towards friends and family. For example Holliday leaves his girlfriend as well as Doc leaving behind his fiancée in order to keep them safe, while they go into the light of danger. Although the two men do not identify themselves as a team, they work together in situations where people doubt their success. Both characters work together in order to keep the town afloat. Due to this fact, it is hard to determine which character is the actual alpha male. One could say that because the film was a revolutionary Western film, that the meaning was for their to not be one alpha, but two strong males.
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