The Law West of Tombstone

The Law West of Tombstone
Directed by Glenn Tryon
Produced by Cliff Reid
Starring Harry Carey
Tim Holt
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release dates
  • 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. ↑ http://offscreen.com/view/tim-holt-and-the-b-western

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