Corral with wyatt, virgil, and morgan earp, doc holliday and the cowboys ike and billy clanton, frank. Why tombstone, arizona is called the town too tough to. The supporting cast of this movie about the gunfight at the ok corral also features rex bell as virgil earp and victor jory as ike clanton. Don castle, richard dix, frances gifford, and kent taylor in tombstone. Cahn and starring james brown, john wilder, walter coy, robert karnes and della sharman. Modeled after tombstone, arizona, this replica has over 40 buildings including a jail, a twostory hotel, saloons, and a twostory church. Once referred to as the land of standingup rocks by the chiricahua apaches and today known as the wonderland of rocks our day trip will bring you to where natural beauty and human history meet. Dead in tombstone is a 20 american directtovideo actionhorror western film produced by universal 1440 entertainment. Wyatt earp cleans up tombstone and faces the clanton gang at the o. Its dedicated to the strength of the pilger community amid disaster and notes the date that the two tornadoes hit. Later versions of the many films about wyatt earp, his brothers, and doc holliday are better, but this one was still fun to. As in any self respecting mining town particularly one as isolated as tombstone, drinking, gambling, and whoring were the most popular forms of recreation.
Tombstone times fun facts, history and information from. With richard dix, kent taylor, edgar buchanan, frances gifford. This was indeed risky business, and more than oncehewaswarned that he probably would find his tombstone meaning hed. Dec 2, 2012 tombstone territory 1957 tough sheriff clay hollister keeps the law in 1880s tombstone, arizonathe town too tough to diewith the support of his faithful deputies and the editor of the local newspaper, harris claibourne. Residents never took it too seriously until mondays tornadoes. Tombstone is a 1993 american western film directed by george p. Aug, 2017 lets take a ride to tombstone and try to get a look at the man that played doc holiday in the movie tombstone, val kilmer. The birdcage theater, crystal palace, and a few other sites were maintained as museums of sorts, but for the most part the town was deserted save for a handful of residents. The young wyatt earp at age 21, taken about 1869, probably in lamar, missouri. Tombstone is a historic city in cochise county, arizona, united states, founded in 1877 by prospector ed schieffelin in what was then pima county, arizona territory. It was directed by roel reine and written by shane kuhn and brendan cowles. Set in the legendary town of tombstone, arizona, the. Perhaps a hundred or so headstones once dotted this field of rest and today only a few remain to relay to us the names of those who called this place home. Aug 24, 2017 were headed to tombstone in southern arizona, famously known for the shootout behind the o.
Families and friends join together with samaritans purse disaster relief volunteers to help their town recover from the twin tornadoes that ripped through pilger, nebraska. Wyatt earp, now an icon in western history, fiction and film, came late to that position. Set in the legendary town of tombstone, arizona, the plot centers on. It became one of the last boomtowns in the american frontier.
Online tour the golden eagle brewery saloon the town history bird cage theatre ok corral big nose kates boot hill graveyard good enough mine tour tombstone cemetery clanton general store the clanton ranch tombstone tourist guide toughnut mine tour of charleston arizona. He was too busy prospecting for rich ores, and dodging the bad men and worse indians who infested the southwest. When a 96yearold woman sold her home, real estate agents were stunned by what they found inside duration. A place to share your photos, postcards, and memorabilia related to the. Feb 19, 2017 we went to lowell, bisbee and tombstone, az. Tombstone territory 1957 tough sheriff clay hollister. He is traveling north america by rv taking pictures everywhere he goes. Day trip from tombstone a must see while extending your stay in tombstone would have to be the chiricahua national monument in eastern cochise county. See how this outpouring of support renews one homeowners faith. Lets take a ride to tombstone and try to get a look at the man that played doc holiday in the movie tombstone, val kilmer.
Glossy tourist keepsake all about tombstone and what made it famous. Were headed to tombstone in southern arizona, famously known for the shootout behind the o. The mining camp was born when a prospector named ed schieffelin looked out on the mountains from where he stood at camp huachuca, arizona. Tombstone territory 1957 tough sheriff clay hollister keeps. Corral 1957, ralph reed and gary gray in the life and legend of wyatt earp 19571960, david cole in the doctor who episode the gunfighters 1966, bruce m. While sheriff hollister battled injustice with his sixshooter, harry tried to maintain the peace by using reason and the written word.
And some footage of a couple of real cochise county sheriffs. Taking into account decades of preservation efforts, stories told by hollywood, performances on the town s streets, the fervor of earp historians and western history buffs, and global notions of the west,imagining tombstoneshows how the town s tenacity depends on far more than a usable past. Young outlaw billy wade, determined to reform, is roped into a robbery by. Tombstone, arizona is an authentic 1880s western town. Thinking that the rich colors of the mountains looked like a promising place.
Tombstone 1942 gunslinger wyatt earp richard dix applies his sharpshooting talents to enforcing the law as the deputy of tombstone, ariz. Credit allows you to download with unlimited speed. Unlike some towns that are recreated to look western, the buildings in tombstone are. This exciting western centers on former gunslinger wyatt earp, who has been recently deputized and is helping the sheriff round up all the criminals.
We spent the night in sierra vista and the next morning we spent some time visiting tombstone and the ok corral. Terry, er, we mean ike, has been carrying the flame of the hardridin. On october 26, three men were murdered and two seriously wounded in a street gunfight known. Neiman said that the villagers take things daybyday. Don castle, richard dix, and frances gifford in tombstone. Upon arrival in tombstone we parked the car right in front of the old town hall, an abandoned place that it is probably full of bees and honey nowadays at least that is what we were told. Tombstone cast info lets you in on the stars who made this tombstone history story come alive. Five guns to tombstone is a 1960 american western film directed by edward l. Tombstone and surrounding areas have a variety of lodging options, restaurants, and attractions. Tombstone is a popular tourist destination, and through its wild west ways have calmed down over the decades, the town still preserves its oldtimey feel. The town is located near other historic sites of interest, including bisbee and the san pedro riparian area. A quick 4 minute stopover in tombstone as part of the vermijo road trip 2017 featuring a tombstone local larry stricklin as the cowboy.
Sep 07, 2011 street scenes and 1800s period costumes. Wyatt earp cleans up tombstone and faces the clanton gang. Primo levi 19191987 was a jewish italian chemist in turin, italy. The film stars danny trejo as guerrero, a gang leader who gets doublecrossed by his fellow gang members. If the show were still on today, no doubt it would star terry ike clanton, the current leader of the notorious clanton gang. After silver was discovered in tombstone, arizona in 1878, the settlement became one of the most lawless mining camps in the american west. The boom town of tombstone grew within two years from less than 100 to more than 7,000 residents. Gone but not forgotten was the epitaph inscribed on the tombstone in the steins cemetery. The supporting cast features rex bell as virgil earp and victor jory as ike clanton plot. Cosmatos, written by kevin jarre who was also the original director, but was replaced early in production, and starring kurt russell and val kilmer, with sam elliott, bill paxton, powers boothe, michael biehn, and dana delany in supporting roles, as well as narration by robert mitchum the film is loosely based. Although dodge city might try to stake a claim as the toughest town in the west, tombstone would edge it out of the title. Dec 29, 2017 a quick 4 minute stopover in tombstone as part of the vermijo road trip 2017 featuring a tombstone local larry stricklin as the cowboy.