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...film opens with Wyatt Earp, played with cool reassurance by Henry Fonda, and Earp's three brothers driving their cattle west to California. In search of "a shave and a beer," Wyatt and his brothers Virgil (Tim Holt) and Morgan (Ward Bond) head into the town of Tombstone leaving young James (Don Garner) behind to watch the cattle. When Wyatt takes it upon himself to subdue a drunk Indian so that he can get his shave in peace, he begs the question, "What kind of a town is this?" Immediately, he is offered the position of town marshall, but turns...
...return to Tombstone of Doc Holiday (Victor Mature) begins the second chapter of this film. A dichotomy is quickly established between Earp and Holiday, the former calm and collected, the latter angry, passionate and dying from consumption. At first, the relationship between the two main characters is tense and strained, with both of them jockeying for position. Wyatt, still unsure about who killed his brother, suspects the Clanton family led by Pa Clanton (Walter Brennan). They represent the bad element of the town. Forced to frequent a Mexican bar, the Clantons are obvious outsiders, whereas Doc Holiday who comes from...
...Holliday, who has left for Mexico. Ford quickly intercuts between Wyatt on a lone horse and Doc Holiday on a stagecoach urging the horses to run faster. Eventually Wyatt catches up and subdues him When Doc Holliday is returned to Tombstone, it is clear that, representing the law, Wyatt Earp can't be outrun...
...Time in the West." Both required Fonda to take on a stark, but powerful persona. The relationship he forges with Doc Holliday's former fiancee Clementine Carter (Cathey Downs) is noteworthy because it is one of the few times this mythical hero bares his human side. While Wyatt Earp is always under control as he approaches danger, it is a woman who takes him off guard...
Ford and his cinematographer, Joseph P. McDonald, were able to portray Wyatt Earp as the contemplative loner using many wonderful, contrasty long shots. Many of the scenes in this film are memorable not only because of Fonda and Mature, but also because of the many shadows they were forced to walk...