Frontier Marshal

1939
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1h 11m

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Randolph Scott, Binnie Barnes, Cesar Romero, and Nancy Kelly in Frontier Marshal (1939)

Wyatt Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.Wyatt Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.Wyatt Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

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6.6/10

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Trivia
Charles Stevens, who plays a drunken Indian, repeats the role in director John Ford's remake, My Darling Clementine (1946). Stevens, who was half Mexican and half Apache, was the grandson of legendary Apache warrior Geronimo.

Goofs
The film has Doc Holliday being shot to death in an ambush by Curly Bill Brocius shortly before the shootout at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, on October 26. 1881. In reality, Holliday died of consumption in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, on November 8, 1887.

Quotes
Sarah Allen: John...
John 'Doc' Halliday: Yes, Sarah?
Sarah Allen: Isn't it more thrilling to give life than take it away?

Connections
Featured in Fejezetek a film történetéböl: Amerikai filmtípusok - A western (1989)

Soundtracks
Rock-a-Bye Baby
(1886) (uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Effie I. Canning
Sung by Margaret Brayton a cappella

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7/10

My Darling Clementine Was a Remake of This Movie

This was the movie which John Ford remade as his classic My Darling Clementine. Here, Randolph Scott plays Wyatt Earp and Caesar Romero plays Doc Holiday, but there are no Clantons or Earp brothers. Instead, John Carradine plays a bad saloon owner heading a gang that is trying to take over Tombstone.

Of course, this movie can't directly compare to My Darling Clementine, but it's a pretty good western in its own right. Its one of Randolph Scott's better early roles.

Many of the classic scenes in My Darling Clementine were taken directly from this movie, and it's very interesting to compare the two. This version of Frontier Marshal was a remake of an earlier 1933 version, and, of course, this story has been told many times since.

The Maltin Guide gives it three stars. Check it out if you're a western fan, or just a fan of My Darling Clementine.