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The Law West of Tombstone
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Wikipedia article
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| director = Glenn Tryon
| producer = Cliff Reid
| writer = John Twist
| starring = Harry Carey
Tim Holt
| music = Roy Webb
| cinematography =
| editing = George Crone
| distributor = RKO Radio Pictures
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| country = United States
| language = English
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'The Law West of Tombstone' is a 1938 Western film.[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/81052/The-Law-West-of-Tombstone/articles.html Article on film at 'Turner Classic Monthly'] accessed 1 June 2013 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.Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, 'The RKO Story.' New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p123
Anne Shirley and Harry Carey were also borrowed from Wanger. However Shirley refused to play the role and was suspended.
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."
Plot
A Judge Roy Bean figure dispenses justice in Arizona. He teams up with the Tonto Kid to fight the McQuinn gang.
References
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