Spectre of the Gun

"**Spectre of the Gun**"
"Spectre of the Gun"
Star Trek: The Original Series episode
Episode no.	Season 3; Episode 6
Directed by	Vincent McEveety
Written by	Lee Cronin; (Gene L. Coon)
Featured music	Jerry Fielding
Cinematography by	Gerald Finnerman
Production code	056
Original air date	October 25, 1968
Guest appearances
	Ron Soble – Wyatt Earp; Bonnie Beecher – Sylvia; Charles Maxwell – Virgil Earp; Rex Holman – Morgan Earp; Sam Gilman – Doc Holliday; Charles Seel – Ed (bartender); Bill Zuckert – Johnny Behan; Ed McCready – Barber; Abraham Sofaer – Melkotian Voice;
Episode chronology
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"Spectre of the Gun" is the sixth episode of the third season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. Written by the series' former showrunner, Gene L. Coon (under the pseudonym of Lee Cronin), and directed by Vincent McEveety, it was first broadcast on October 25, 1968.

In the episode, having been found trespassing into Melkotian space, Captain Kirk and members of his crew are sent to die in a surreal re-enactment of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.