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Frontier Marshal (1939)

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Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral (e.g., Doc is killed by Curley before the actual battle and Earp must do the job alone).

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Cast

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Sarah Allen
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Doc Halliday
Binnie Barnes ...
Jerry
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Ben Carter
Edward Norris ...
Dan Blackmore
Eddie Foy Jr. ...
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Pringle
Chris-Pin Martin ...
Pete
Joe Sawyer ...
Curley Bill
Dell Henderson ...
Dave Hall (as Del Henderson)
Harry Hayden ...
Mayor Henderson
Ventura Ybarra ...
Pablo
Charles Stevens ...
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Early low budget version of the famous Gunfight at OK Corral with Scott as Wyatt Earp and Romero as Doc Holiday. Remade by John Ford as "My Darling Clementine" in 1946 and by John Sturges as "Gunfight at OK Corral" in 1957 Written by <jbsports@li.net>

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BIGGER THAN ALL OUTDOORS - Too thrilling for words! (original print ad) See more »


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28 July 1939 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

L'aigle des frontières  »

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(RCA High Fidelity Recording)

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1.37 : 1
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Trivia

Charles Stevens, who plays a drunken Indian, repeats the role in director John Ford's remake, My Darling Clementine. Stevens, who is half Mexican and half Apache, is the grandson of legendary Apache warrior Geronimo. See more »

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The famous gunfight at the OK Corral is shown as being between Wyatt Earp on one side and Curly Bill Brocius and several of his gunmen on the other side, in which everyone on Brocius' side was killed. The fact is that Earp was not alone, being accompanied by his brothers Morgan and Virgil and his friend Doc Holliday; Curly Bill Brocius was not at the gunfight; Ike Clanton and Billy Claiborne, two of the Earp factions' opponents, ran when the shooting started and survived the fight. See more »

Quotes

Curley Bill: [as Earp goes toward he saloon for a showdown with Indian Joe] You know who he is?
Ben Carter: No, we'll find out at his inquest.
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"Rock-a-Bye Baby"
(1886) (uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Effie I. Canning
Sung by Margaret Brayton a cappella
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The raw material for My Darling Clementine.
9 April 2005 | by (S. Paulo, Brazil) – See all my reviews

There is no way but to compare Frontier Marshal with My Darling Clementine. Charles Stevens plays the same part of the drunken Indian in both films. The story in both films comes from Sam Hellman and Stuart N. Lake. I liked Cesar Romero as Doc Holliday more than Victor Mature. Eddie Foyt Jr playing his father adds to the film more than the Shakespeare of Clementine. As for the women, Nancy Kelly and Binnie Barnes seemed better than Cathy Downs and Linda Darnell in Clementine. Randolph Scott has one of his best performances as Wyatt Earp. John Ford and Henry Fonda had greatness in them, it is impossible for Scott and director Allan Dwan to compete with that, but they made quite a good western very enjoyable even nowadays. In his version Ford added a touch of poetry, also he was more technical in the sequence of the gunfight. Frontier Marshal is a must for all those who think they have already seen everything about Wyatt Earp and the O.K.Corral.


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