The Law West of Tombstone
{{short description|1938 film by Glenn Tryon}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Law West of Tombstone
| image =File:The Law West of Tombstone.jpg
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| director = Glenn Tryon
| producer = Cliff Reid
| writer = John Twist
Clarence Upson Young
| starring = Harry Carey
Tim Holt
| music = Roy Webb
| cinematography = J. Roy Hunt
| editing = George Crone
| distributor = RKO Radio Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1938|11|18|ref1={{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=5394 | title=Top Hat: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate=April 11, 2014}}}}
| runtime = 72-73 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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The Law West of Tombstone is a 1938 Western film.[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/81052/the-law-west-of-tombstone#articles-reviews Article on film at Turner Classic Monthly] accessed 1 June 2013 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.Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p123
Anne Shirley and Harry Carey were also borrowed from Wanger.{{Cite news|title=Gable to Play Doctor in Towne, Baker Yarn: Sheridan With Cagney Oakie May Do Series 'Tombstone' Cast Set 'Balalaika' to Start|author=Schallert, Edwin|date=Sep 13, 1938|work=Los Angeles Times|page=12}} However Shirley refused to play the role and was suspended.{{Cite news|title=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|date=Sep 17, 1938|work=New York Times|page=20}}
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."{{cite web|url=http://offscreen.com/view/tim-holt-and-the-b-western|title=Tim Holt and the B Western|publisher=}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0030350}}
- {{TCMDb title|81052}}
- {{AFI film|5394}}
{{Glenn Tryon}}
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Category:1938 Western (genre) films
Category:American Western (genre) films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films produced by Cliff Reid
Category:Films directed by Glenn Tryon
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:English-language Western (genre) films
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