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Wyatt Earp and his brothers Morgan and Virgil ride into Tombstone and leave brother James in charge of their cattle herd. On their return they find their cattle stolen and James dead. Wyatt takes on the job of town marshal, making his brothers deputies, and vows to stay in Tombstone until James' killers are found. He soon runs into the brooding, coughing, hard-drinking Doc Holliday as well as the...

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Directed by

John Ford

Written by

Samuel G. Engel (Screenplay)
Winston Miller (Screenplay)
Stuart N. Lake (Novel)
Sam Hellman (Story)

Runtime

103 minutes

Country

United States of America

Language

English

Tagline

She was everything the West was - young, fiery, exciting!

Cast

Keywords

revenge 19th century rifle saloon tombstone arizona gunslinger arizona marshal wyatt earp doc holliday ok corral death of girlfriend double barreled shotgun

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