The Law West of Tombstone

The Law West of Tombstone
Directed by	Glenn Tryon
Written by	John Twist Clarence Upson Young
Produced by	Cliff Reid
Starring	Harry Carey Tim Holt
Cinematography	J. Roy Hunt
Edited by	George Crone
Music by	Roy Webb
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	November 18, 1938 (1938-11-18)[1]
Running time	72-73 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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

• 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.[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".

External links

• The Law West of Tombstone at IMDb
• The Law West of Tombstone at the TCM Movie Database
• The Law West of Tombstone at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films