Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die is a 1942 American Western film about the Gunfight at the OK Corral.[1][2][3] It is directed by William McGann and stars Richard Dix as Wyatt Earp, Kent Taylor as Doc Holliday and Edgar Buchanan as Curly Bill Brocious. The supporting cast features Rex Bell as Virgil Earp and Victor Jory as Ike Clanton.
| Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die | |
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| Directed by | William C. McGann |
| Written by | Albert S. Le Vino (screenplay) Edward E. Paramore Jr. (screenplay) Charles Reisner (story) Dean Riesner (story) |
| Based on | Tombstone: An Iliad of the Southwest (1927), by Walter Noble Burns |
| Produced by | Harry Sherman |
| Starring | Richard Dix Kent Taylor Edgar Buchanan Frances Gifford Don Castle Rex Bell |
| Edited by | Carroll Lewis Sherman A. Rose |
| Music by | Gerard Carbonara |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
editSet in the legendary town of Tombstone, Arizona, the plot centers on former gunslinger Wyatt Earp, who helps the sheriff round up criminals. Earp becomes a lawman after he sees an outlaw accidentally kill a child during a showdown. Earp's brothers and Doc Holliday help him take on the outlaw and his gang. More trouble ensues when the sheriff becomes involved with the gang. Earp manages to get them on robbery charges and the situation finally culminates at the infamous O.K. Corral.
Cast
edit- Richard Dix as Wyatt Earp
- Kent Taylor as Doc Holliday
- Edgar Buchanan as Curly Bill Brocious
- Frances Gifford as Ruth Grant
- Don Castle as Johnny Duane
- Clem Bevans as Tadpole Foster
- Victor Jory as Ike Clanton
- Rex Bell as Virgil Earp
- Harvey Stephens as Morgan Earp
- Hal Taliaferro as Dick Mason
- Wallis Clark as Ed Schieffelin
- Donald Curtis as Phineas Clanton
- Dick Curtis as Frank McLowery
- Paul Sutton as Tom McLowery
- Charles Middleton as 1st Mayor
- Charles Stevens as Indian Charley
- Jack Rockwell as Bob Paul
- Chris-Pin Martin as Chris
- James Ferrara as Billy Clanton
- Charles Halton as Mayor Dan Crane
- Spencer Charters as Judge Fred Horgan
- Emmett Vogan as Editor John Clum (uncredited)
References
edit- ^ Blake, Michael F. (January 28, 2015). Hollywood and the O.K. Corral: Portrayals of the Gunfight and Wyatt Earp. McFarland. pp. 48–60. ISBN 978-1-4766-0677-4.
- ^ Boggs, Johnny D. (November 15, 2019). The American West on Film. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. pp. 191–192. ISBN 978-1-4408-6677-7.
- ^ Britz, Kevin; Nichols, Roger L. (August 23, 2018). Tombstone, Deadwood, and Dodge City: Re-creating the Frontier West. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-6204-1.
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