The Law West of Tombstone

The Law West of Tombstone
Directed by Glenn Tryon
Produced by Cliff Reid
Written by John Twist
Starring Harry Carey
Tim Holt
Music by Roy Webb
Edited by George Crone
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • November 18, 1938 (1938-11-18)[1]
Country United States
Language English

The Law West of Tombstone is a 1938 Western film.[2] It was an early Western for Tim Holt.

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]

Plot

A Judge Roy Bean figure dispenses justice in Arizona. He teams up with the Tonto Kid to fight the McQuinn gang.

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. ↑ Gable to Play Doctor in Towne, Baker Yarn: Sheridan With Cagney Oakie May Do Series 'Tombstone' Cast Set 'Balalaika' to Start Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 13 Sep 1938: 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 Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 17 Sep 1938: 20.
  6. ↑ "Tim Holt and the B Western".
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