The Law West of Tombstone

The Law West of Tombstone is a 1938 Western film.^[2] It was an early Western for Tim Holt.

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

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]