The Law West of Tombstone
1938 film by Glenn Tryon
- November 18, 1938 (1938-11-18)[1]
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The Law West of Tombstone is a 1938 Western film.[2] It was an early Western for Tim Holt.
Plot
A Judge Roy Bean figure dispenses justice in Arizona. He teams up with the Tonto Kid to fight the McQuinn gang.
Cast
- Harry Carey as Bill Barker
- Tim Holt as Ted aka The Tonto Kid
- Evelyn Brent as Clara 'Clary' Martinez
- Jean Rouverol as Nita Mosby
- Clarence Kolb as Sam Kent
- Allan Lane as Danny Sanders
- Esther Muir as Madame Mustache
- Bradley Page as Doc Howard
- Paul Guilfoyle as Bud McQuinn
- Robert Spindola as Joey Chuy (as Robert Moya)
- Ward Bond as Mulligan P. Martinez
- George Irving as Mort Dixon
Production
Tim Holt was borrowed by RKO from Walter Wanger to play the Tonto Kid. He would soon star in a series of Westerns for the studio.[3]
Anne Shirley and Harry Carey were also borrowed from Wanger.[4] However Shirley refused to play the role and was suspended.[5]
Author Tom Stempel called the film " one of the more haphazard movies of the time" in which "Carey plays a combination of Buffalo Bill, Judge Roy Bean, and Pat Garrett, with a young Holt playing a version of Billy the Kid. Holt seems right at home in westerns."[6]
References
- ^ "Top Hat: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
- ^ Article on film at Turner Classic Monthly accessed 1 June 2013
- ^ Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p123
- ^ Schallert, Edwin (September 13, 1938). "Gable to Play Doctor in Towne, Baker Yarn: Sheridan With Cagney Oakie May Do Series 'Tombstone' Cast Set 'Balalaika' to Start". Los Angeles Times. p. 12.
- ^ "Screen News Here and in Hollywood: RKO and Cantor Negotiating for Comedian to Star on Percentage Basis MGM Gets Wiman Show Acquires Rights to 'I Married an Angel' – New Mr. Moto Film Opens Today Picture for Bing Crosby Of Local Origin". New York Times. September 17, 1938. p. 20.
- ^ "Tim Holt and the B Western".
External links
- The Law West of Tombstone at IMDb
- The Law West of Tombstone at the TCM Movie Database
- The Law West of Tombstone at AllMovie
- The Law West of Tombstone at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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Films directed by Glenn Tryon
- Gridiron Flash (1934)
- Two in Revolt (1936)
- Easy to Take (1936)
- Small Town Boy (1937)
- The Law West of Tombstone (1938)
- Beauty for the Asking (1939)
- Double Date (1941)
- That Nazty Nuisance (1943)
- Meet Miss Bobby Socks (1944)
- Miss Mink of 1949 (1949)
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