The Law West of Tombstone

The Law West of Tombstone
Directed byGlenn Tryon
Written byJohn Twist
Clarence Upson Young
Produced byCliff Reid
StarringHarry Carey
Tim Holt
CinematographyJ. Roy Hunt
Edited byGeorge Crone
Music byRoy Webb
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • November 18, 1938 (1938-11-18)[1]
Running time
72-73 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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

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

  1. ^ "Top Hat: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  2. ^ Article on film at Turner Classic Monthly accessed 1 June 2013
  3. ^ Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p123
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Tim Holt and the B Western".


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