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"Law and Order"
[Universal Feb 1932; Realart re-release 1950]

Based on the Earp saga, using other names – famous lawman Frame Johnson and three friends arrive in lawless Tombstone, and the town's leaders ask them to take jobs as marshals. After witnessing murders by the ruthless Northrup gang, they accept. After further killings, the lawmen face down the gang at the O.K. Corral. Directed by Edward L. Cahn; based on the novel "Saint Johnson" [1930] by W.R. Burnett; starring Walter Huston, Harry Carey, Russell Hopton, Raymond Hatton, Ralph Ince, Harry Woods, Richard Alexander, Russell Simpson & Andy Devine; re-issued as "Guns A'Blazing" [1950]
video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb
blue-red 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99
blue-white 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99

"Frontier Marshal" [Fox Jan 1934]

Directed by Lewis Seiler; adapted from Stuart N. Lake's book (above); starring George O'Brien {as'Michael Wyatt'}, George E. Stone, Alan Edwards, Irene Bentley, Ruth Gillette, Berton Churchill, Frank Conroy & Ward Bond
video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb
11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99

★ ★

"Frontier Marshal" [Fox July 1939]

Randolph Scott as Marshal Wyatt Earp in "Frontier Marshal" [1939]

Directed by Allan Dwan; based on Stuart N. Lake's book (above); starring Randolph Scott
{as Wyatt} & Cesar Romero {as Doc}
video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb

★ ★

"Tombstone: The Town Too Tough To Die"
[Paramount June 1942]

Tombstone The Town Too Tough To Die movie poster

Directed by William C. McGann; starring Richard Dix {as Wyatt}, Kent Taylor, Edgar Buchanan, Frances Gifford, Don Castle, Clem Bevans, Rex Bell, Victor Jory & Chris-Pin Martin
video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb

11"x17" poster no longer available at AllPosters.com

★ ★

"My Darling Clementine" [Fox Dec 1946]

Greatly-embellished version of the Earps and Clantons in Tombstone, ending with the legendary gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Directed by John Ford; based on Stuart N. Lake's book (above); starring Henry Fonda, Victor Mature {as Doc}, Cathy Downs, Walter Brennan, Tim Holt, Ward Bond, Alan Mowbray, John Ireland, Jane Darwell & Grant Withers; listed at National Film Registry (1991)
Fox b&w DVD [1/2004] for $7.99
Fox b&w VHS [5/99] out of prodn/many used
full credits from IMDb
11"x17" poster available at AllPosters.com

★ ★

"Winchester '73" [Universal July 1950]

Mad for revenge, McAdam tracks a killer to Dodge City where Marshall Earp disarms them both; McAdam wins a shooting contest for a special Winchester rifle against his quarry, who then steals the rifle and leaves town. Directed by Anthony Mann; based on a story by Stuart N. Lake; starring James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally, Millard Mitchell, Steve Brodie, John McIntire, Jay C. Flippen, Rock Hudson & Will Geer {as Wyatt}; WGA nomination for Best Western Script
Universal b&w DVD [5/2003] for $11.49
Universal b&w VHS [5/92] out of prodn/many used
full credits from IMDb
11"x17" poster available at AllPosters.com

"Wichita" [Allied Artists July 1955]

Leaders of a lawless Kansas cattle town offer the job of town marshall to an ex-buffalo hunter, who is reluctant to take the job. Directed by Jacques Tourneur; filmed in Cinemascope & Technicolor; starring Joel McCrea {as Wyatt}, Vera Miles, Lloyd Bridges, Wallace Ford, Edgar Buchanan, Peter Graves, Keith Larsen {as Bat Masterson}, John Smith, Walter Coy, Jack Elam & Mae Clarke
video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb

"Gunfight At The O.K. Corral"
[Paramount May 1957]

Gunfight At The O.K. Corral 1957 movie poster

Captures the spirit of the legend, if not the facts. Directed by John Sturges; written by George Scullin & Leon Uris; starring Burt Lancaster {as Wyatt}, Kirk Douglas {as Doc}, Rhonda Fleming, Jo Van Fleet, John Ireland, Lyle Bettger, Frank Faylen, Earl Holliman, Ted de Corsia, Dennis Hopper, Whit Bissell, George Mathews, John Hudson, DeForest Kelley, Martin Milner & Kenneth Tobey {as Bat Masterson}
Paramount color DVD [4/2003] for $9.98
Warner widescreen color VHS [2/97] out of prodn/many used
full credits from IMDb

"Badman's Country" [Warner Aug 1958]

Pat Garrett, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday & Bat Masterson try to prevent Butch Cassidy's gang from stealing a gold shipment on the railroad at Abilene. Directed by Fred F. Sears; starring George Montgomery {as Garrett}, Buster Crabbe {as Wyatt}, Gregory Walcott {as Masterson}, Neville Brand {as Cassidy}, Russell Johnson {as Sundance}, Malcolm Atterbury {as Buffalo Bill Cody} & Karin Booth
video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb

★ ★

"Cheyenne Autumn" [Warner Oct 1964]

The Dodge City sequence, with James Stewart as Wyatt Earp, was removed from later theatrical and TV prints, but is restored on the videos & DVDs. A starving band of relocated Indians decides to trek 1500 miles back to their homeland; the U.S. Army officer sent to force them back to the reservation learns to respect them, and decides to help them. Co-produced & directed by John Ford [1894-1973]; script by James R. Webb, adapted from two books; Oscar nom for Best Color Cinematography (filmed in Technicolor� & Super Panavision 70�); starring Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, Sal Mineo, Dolores del Rio, Ricardo Montalban, Gilbert Roland, Arthur Kennedy {as Doc Holliday}, Patrick Wayne, Elizabeth Allen, John Carradine, Victor Jory, Mike Mazurki, George O'Brien, Sean McClory, Judson Pratt, Carmen D'Antonio, Ken Curtis, James Stewart {as Wyatt Earp}, Edward G. Robinson, Harry Carey Jr., Denver Pyle, Ben Johnson & Mae Marsh
The Souix Indian warriors were portrayed mostly by Navajo Indians from the Monument Valley location; they were asked to speak in their language for certain scenes, to make up the dialogue; the joke is that an accurate translation shows them making fun of the 'bluecoat' officers' genitalia.
Warner widescreen color DVD [2/2007] for $17.99
Warner color VHS [7/94] out of prodn/many used
full credits from IMDb

"Cheyenne Autumn" [McGraw-Hill 1953] by Mari Sandoz [1896-1966]
A proud band of relocated Northern Cheyenne leaves the Indian Territory (Oklahoma) in 1878 to return to their ancestral homeland in Yellowstone, a trek of 1500 miles.
Bison Books 8x5 2nd edition pb [10/2005] for $13.22
Bison Books 8x5¼ pb [2/92] for $12.71
Tandem Library 8¼x5½ hardcover [10/99] for $24.55
"The Last Frontier" [1941] by Howard Fast [1914-2003]
M.E. Sharpe/North Castle 9x6 pb [2/97] for $23.95

"Desaf�o en R�o Bravo"
("Challenge At Rio Bravo") [Italy June 1965]

An early Italian 'spaghetti' Western, modeled after Howard Hawks's "Rio Bravo" of 1959. Wyatt and his drunken deputy hold off a bandit while under pressure from the town's corrupt leaders. Co-written & directed by Tulio Demicheli; starring Guy Madison (as Wyatt}, Fernando Sancho, Madeleine LeBeau, G�rard Tichy, Carolyn Davys, Beni Deus & Olivier Hussenot
video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb

★ ★

"Hour of The Gun"
[Mirisch/United Artists Nov 1967]

Considered by some a sequel to Sturges's 1957 movie (above), this version of the Earp saga begins with the famous Tombstone gunfight and shows the aftermath of tragedy, self-doubt, and court trials endured by the Earps. Produced & directed by John Sturges; written by Edward Anhalt; cinematography by Lucien Ballard; music by Jerry Goldsmith; starring James Garner {as Wyatt}, Jason Robards Jr. {as Doc}, Robert Ryan, Albert Salmi, William Windom, Lonny Chapman, Larry Gates, William Schallert, Bill Fletcher, Karl Swenson, Austin Willis, Monte Markham, Richard Bull, Sam Melville, Frank Converse & Jon Voight
M.G.M. widescreen color DVD [5/2005] for $12.99
M.G.M. color VHS [9/98] out of prodn/used
Varese Sarabande soundtrack CD [5/2005] for $15.98
full credits from IMDb

"Doc" [United Artists Aug 1971]

Consumptive gambler & gunfighter Doc Holliday and his companion Kate arrive in the town of Tombstone and find old friend Wyatt Earp employed as the town marshal. Produced & directed by Frank Perry; written by Pete Hamill; starring Stacy Keach {as Doc}, Harris Yulin {as Wyatt}, Faye Dunaway, Michael Witney, Denver John Collins, Dan Greenburg, Richard McKenzie, John Bottoms, Ferdinand Zogbaum, Penelope Allen & Philip Shafer; won Spur Award for Best Western Script
MGM color VHS [11/98] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb

"I Married Wyatt Earp" [N.B.C. TV movie Jan 1983]

The sheriff and the town marshal of wild Tombstone, Arizona vie for the love of a pretty saloon singer. Directed by Michael O'Herlihy; starring Marie Osmond, Bruce Boxleitner {as Wyatt}, John Bennett Perry, Ross Martin, Alison Arngrim, Jeffrey DeMunn {as Doc}, Joe Rainer, Dee Maaske, Earl W. Smith, Randy Wells, Joe Corcoran, Charles Benton & Tom Assalone
Legacy Ent. color DVD [3/2005] for $4.99
full credits from IMDb

★ ★

"Sunset" [TriStar April 1988]

While working on a movie as technical advisor, real-life lawman Wyatt Earp teams with cowboy star Tom Mix to solve a murder at the Academy Awards ceremony in Beverly Hills.
Co-written & directed by Blake Edwards, from a story by Rod Amateau; starring Bruce Willis, James Garner, Malcolm McDowell, Mariel Hemingway, Kathleen Quinlan, Jennifer Edwards, Patricia Hodge, Richard Bradford, M. Emmet Walsh, Joe Dallesandro, Andreas Katsulas, Dann Florek, Bill Marcus, Michael C. Gwynne & Dermot Mulroney
Sony widescreen color DVD [8/98] for $12.49
Sony color VHS [6/97] out of prodn/many used
full credits from IMDb

"Wyatt Earp: Return To Tombstone" [indep July 1994]

Starring Hugh O'Brian {as Wyatt}, Bruce Boxleitner, Paul Brinegar, Harry Carey Jr. & Bo Hopkins; with colorized footage from the TV series of Douglas Fowley {as Doc}, John Anderson, Ray Boyle, Rayford Barnes, Steve Brodie, Lloyd Corrigan {as Ned Buntline}, Bob Steele & others
video/DVD not available � full credits from IMDb

John Henry Holliday was born 14 August 1851 in Georgia, where he received a strong classical education. He left home in 1870 for dental school in Philadelphia, and graduated in March 1872. He stood 5-foot 10-inches and in his youth weighed 160 pounds (at the end of his life he weighed roughly 115 pounds). He joined another dentist as a partner, but within months was diagnosed with tuberculosis (called then 'consumption'), was told that he had only months to live in wet & cold Georgia, and was advised to seek the dry & warm climate of the Southwestern U.S. to possibly extend his life a few years.
He arrived in Dallas, Texas in September 1873, and opened a dental practice, but soon realized that his gambling was a better source of income. He got in trouble for some gunplay, and for his gambling, and soon left the state. He spent time in Denver, Cheyenne, and Deadwood, before returning to Fort Griffin, Texas, where he struck up a friendship with Wyatt Earp. Both drifted to the cowtown of Dodge City, Kansas where Wyatt got a job as deputy city marshal. Their friendship was cemented when Wyatt was surrounded by some gunmen and Doc ran them off; Wyatt credited Doc with saving his life that night. Dodge soon became respectable, and Doc and others drifted along. On 19 July 1879, Doc survived a gunfight in Las Vegas, New Mexico; the other man shot first and missed, Doc drew and killed the man, and was acquitted by a jury.

The Earps settled in the silver-mining boom town of Tombstone, Arizona Territory in December 1879; Doc arrived in February 1880, and was soon caught up in the political war for control of the town. The famous Gunfight At The O.K. Corral took place in the afternoon of 26 October 1881; Doc killed Tom McLaury with a shotgun, and sustained a minor bullet wound on his hip. Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton also died of their wounds. Doc and the Earps were put on trial for the gunfight, but were declared justified by the judge.
But the Clanton Gang could not let matters be, and assassins ambushed & crippled Virgil Earp in December and shot & killed Morgan Earp in March 1882. Doc & Wyatt escorted family members to California, surviving a supposed ambush in Tucson by killing Frank Stillwell. Upon returning to Arizona, the Earps & Doc rode for revenge, in three weeks killing Curly Bill Brocius and at least two other men. With warrants out on them for the Stillwell killing, they fled to New Mexico, where Doc and Wyatt had a falling out; they continued to separate parts of Colorado.

Doc was arrested on the Arizona warrants, and jailed for two weeks, but Colorado refused to extradite. He and Wyatt met on friendly terms in Gunnison, Colorado in June 1882. The high altitude of Colorado did not improve Doc's health, and in 1887 he settled in Glenwood Springs, hoping that the local waters would help. He died in bed on 8 November 1887 in Glenwood at the age of 36. Because it was dead winter, he was buried in a temporary grave; the present location of his remains is uncertain.

Doc Holliday entry at Wikipedia
Outlaws & Gunslingers fansite Doc Holliday page

Bucking The Tiger novel    "Bucking The Tiger: A Novel" [2001]
by Bruce Olds
Not a standard Western narrative, but a wild and experimental word-storm that looks at Doc Holliday – the legend and the man – from every possible angle.
Picador 8¼x5½ pb [8/2002] for $14.00
FS&G 8½x5¾ hardcover [8/2001] for $25.00

Doc Holliday Gunfighter    "Doc Holliday: The Gunfighter" [1997]
by Matt Braun
St. Martin mass pb [8/97] for $6.50

Illustrated Doc Holliday    "The Illustrated Life & Times of Doc Holliday" [1994]
by Bob Boze Bell
Treasure Chest Books 10¾x8¼ 2nd edition pb [10/95] for $28.95
Tri Star-Boze 11x8½ 2nd edition hardcover [10/95] for $39.95
author's booksite

★           ★

"Biography: Doc Holliday" [A&E Biography undated]
A&E Biography Doc Holliday
A&E Home Video DVD [4/2006] for $24.95
episode credits at IMDb
★ ★

"Outride The Devil: A Morning With Doc Holliday"
Outride The Devil filmed one-man show A terrific one-man stage show: Frail but feisty Doc Holliday [1851-87] recounts his life to the other patients one morning at a Colorado nursing home.
Directed by Brian Greene; written by & starring John Christopher 'Kit' Hussey
V.C.I. widescreen color HD-DVD [1/2007] for $12.99
not listed at IMDb

comic book from the Wyatt Earp TV series

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	"Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshall" [1931] by Stuart N. Lake based on interviews with Wyatt in 1928 Pocket mass pb [7/94] out of print/used Houghton Mifflin hardcover [1931] out of print/rare
	"The Earp Brothers of Tombstone: The Story of Mrs. Virgil Earp" [Clarkson N. Potter June 1960] by Frank Waters [1902-95] The author interviewed Allie Earp (Wyatt's sister-in-law) and used her name to libel Wyatt Earp. Do not buy this book
	"Suppressed Murder of Wyatt Earp" [Naylor 1967] by Glenn G. Boyer Historical Research Associates 8½x5½ hardcover [1/97] for $19.95
	"I Married Wyatt Earp: The Recollections of Josephine Sarah Marcus Earp" [1976] Collected & edited by Glenn G. Boyer Univ AZ Press 8¼x5¼ pb [8/76] for $24.95 Longmeadow Press hardcover [7/95] out of print/used not connected to the 1983 N.B.C. TV movie starring Marie Osmond & Bruce Boxleitner
	"The Earps Talk" [1980] Edited by Alford E. Turner Early West 9½x6½ hardcover [12/92] out of print/used
	"And Die In The West: The Story of The O.K. Corral Gunfight" [1989] by Paula Mitchell Marks Univ OK Press 9¼x6 pb [9/96] for $11.75 Touchstone 9¼x6¼ pb [6/90] out of print/used Wm. Morrow hardcover [7/89] out of print/used
	"The Illustrated Life & Times of Wyatt Earp" [1993] by Bob Boze Bell Gem Guides Books 10¾x8¼ 4th edition pb [8/2000] for $28.95 Tri Star-Boze Publns 11x8¼ 4th edition hardcover [8/2000] out of print/used author's booksite
	"Wyatt Earp: The Life Behind The Legend" [1997] by Casey Tefertiller Wiley & Sons 9¼x6 pb [2/99] for $13.57 Wiley & Sons 9½x6¼ hardcover [9/97] for $31.50
	"Wyatt Earp Speaks!: My Side of The O.K. Corral Shoot-Out - Plus Interviews with Doc Holliday & Bat Masterson" [1998] Edited by John R. Stephens Fern Canyon Press pb [1/98] out of print/rare publisher book page
	"Wyatt Earp: The Missing Years - San Diego In The 1880s" [1998] by Kenneth R. Cilch & Kenneth R. Cilch, Jr. Gaslamp {self-published} pb [1/98] out of print/used available directly from authors for $14.95 + s/h
	"Inventing Wyatt Earp: His Life & Many Legends" [1998] by Allen Barra A thorough analysis of the Earp legend and its evolution over time, and its place in American mythology, fiction, and film. Carroll & Graf 9x6 pb [12/99] out of print/used Castle Books 9x5¾ hardcover [4/2005] for $9.99 Carroll & Graf 9¾x6¾ hardcover [12/98] out of print/used
	"The Real Wyatt Earp: A Documentary Biography" [2000] by Steve Gatto, edited by Neil B. Carmony High Lonesome Books 9x6¼ pb [5/2000] out of print/used High Lonesome Books 9½x6¼ hardcover [5/2000] out of print/used
	"Murder In Tombstone: The Forgotten Trial of Wyatt Earp" [2004] by Steven Lubet Yale Univ Press 8¼x5½ pb [3/2006] for $12.48 Yale Univ Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [9/2004] for $30.40
	"Hollywood and The O.K. Corral: Portrayals of The Gunfight & Wyatt Earp" [2006] by Michael F. Blake McFarland & Co. 10x7 pb [10/2006] for $39.95

	"Gunfight At The O.K. Corral: Luke & Jenny Visit Tombstone" [ages 8-12; 2006] by Gayle Martin Five Star 9x6 pb [9/2006] for $10.17 official booksite
	"Dodge City" [2006] by Matt Braun A judge trying to mete out justice in booming cowtown Dodge City, Kansas runs afoul of the Masterson brothers and Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday. St. Martin mass pb [5/2006] for $6.99
	"Ride The Wild Trail" [2002 novel] by Richard Jensen Obsolete silent film cowboys Tom Mix & Hoot Gibson set out with aging lawman Wyatt Earp on one last wild ride through the rapidly disappearing Old West. Writers Club Press 8¾x6 pb [8/2002] for $12.95
	"Gunman's Rhapsody: A Novel" [2001] by Robert B. Parker Wyatt Earp, Billy the Kid, the O.K. Corral, this is most certainly a Western tale; but it is also a deeply-affecting love story. Berkley pb [3/2002] for $7.99 Putnam 9x6 hardcover [6/2001] out of print/many used New Millennium UNABR audio CD [1/2003] for $34.95 New Millennium UNABR audio [1/2003] for $17.00
	"Wyatt Earp: The Legend, The Man, The Untold Story" [1994] by Matt Braun St. Martin mass pb [6/94] for $5.99
	"Westward of The Law" [1991] by Matt Braun Two stock detectives from the Texas Panhandle trail a stolen bull to Dodge City, run by lawman Wyatt Earp, and then have the task of taking the ornery critter back to Texas. St. Martin mass pb [3/2006] for $6.99 Bull Durham pb [1/91] out of print/used
	"Bloody Season: A Novel of The Gunfight At The O.K. Corral" [1987] by Loren D. Estleman Jove mass pb [7/99] out of print/used Bantam hardcover [1/87] out of print/used
	"Tombstone" [1982] by Matt Braun Wells Fargo sends private detective Luke Starbuck to the wild silver-mining town of Tombstone in Arizona Territory to stop a series of stagecoach holdups; he decides that the most-likely suspects are the local lawmen, the Earp Brothers. St. Martin mass pb [9/2002] for $5.99 St. Martin mass pb [5/85] out of print/used

	"Sundown: The Musical" [2004] A musical stageplay version of the Gunfight At The O.K. Corral. First Western U.S. staging in April 2008 at the Adobe Theatre Company in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Music by Peter Link, lyrics by Larry Rosler, book by Joe Bravaco & Larry Rosler
	"Sundown" musical play soundtrack [2004] with the cast from a production at York Theatre Company in New York City; music by Peter Link, lyrics by Larry Rosler, book by Joe Bravaco & Larry Rosler Original Cast Records music CD [12/2004] for $16.95

	"Bucking The Tiger: A Novel" [2001] by Bruce Olds Not a standard Western narrative, but a wild and experimental word-storm that looks at Doc Holliday – the legend and the man – from every possible angle. Picador 8¼x5½ pb [8/2002] for $14.00 FS&G 8½x5¾ hardcover [8/2001] for $25.00
	"Doc Holliday: The Gunfighter" [1997] by Matt Braun St. Martin mass pb [8/97] for $6.50
	"The Illustrated Life & Times of Doc Holliday" [1994] by Bob Boze Bell Treasure Chest Books 10¾x8¼ 2nd edition pb [10/95] for $28.95 Tri Star-Boze 11x8½ 2nd edition hardcover [10/95] for $39.95 author's booksite

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