Sunset is a 1988 American crime mystery western film written and directed by Blake Edwards and starring Bruce Willis as Western actor Tom Mix, who teams up with lawman Wyatt Earp, portrayed for the second time in a theatrical film by James Garner.

This was the second and final film in which Garner played Wyatt Earp, the first being John Sturges's Hour of the Gun, released in 1967.

Tom Mix is cast as the great United States Marshal and the real Earp is on the set as a technical adviser.

While Earp and Mix, the "real" and "reel" western heroes, are involved in their film adventure, they also get caught up in an actual case of murder, prostitution and corruption with vicious gangster Dutch Keiffer.

Alfie's sister, Victoria Alperin, is dating a notorious mobster and all three were at the scene of the murder of Madam Candice Gerard.

[7][Note 1] Both Mix's and Earp's personas are part of the plot in Sunset, with each figure alternately exploiting and deflating their public images.

While Earp recounts some of his exploits, dropping names like Doc Holliday and Calamity Jane, he remains a taciturn and steadfast former lawman.

[8] Mix also deals with his personal story, dismissing much of the conjecture about his origins, yet showing some of the bravado and derring-do that characterized his screen career.

[9] Mariel Hemingway, like Bruce Willis and James Garner, signed up for the film for the chance to work with Blake Edwards.

Throughout the pre-production phases of the film, Edwards counseled his young star that, "... he couldn't rely on the jokes and the leer" that had been his trademark in the Moonlighting television series (1985–1989).

[17] Studio executives were divided on how to promote Sunset, as most filmgoers would have expected a Blake Edwards film to be a comedy.

Hal Hinson in his review for The Washington Post contrasted the impact of the two male stars: "Ultimately, Sunset plays like deluxe dinner theater fare.

"[18] Film critic Robert Horton was scathing in his review of Sunset, calling it "... a moribund movie made by a collection of people who have an abundance of talent.

"[19] Movie historian Leonard Maltin seemed to agree with Horton, calling the picture an "appalling piece of junk, unpleasant and unbelievable from the word go.