Frontier Marshal (1939 film)
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| Directed by | Allan Dwan |
| Produced by | Sol M. Wurtzel |
| Written by |
Sam Hellman Story: Stuart Anthony William M. Conselman (uncredited) |
| Based on |
Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal 1931 novel by Stuart N. Lake |
| Starring |
Randolph Scott Nancy Kelly Cesar Romero John Carradine Lon Chaney, Jr. |
| Music by |
Samuel Kaylin Charles Maxwell David Raksin Walter Scharf |
| Cinematography | Charles G. Clarke |
| Edited by | Fred Allen |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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71 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Frontier Marshal is a 1939 western film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Randolph Scott as Wyatt Earp. The movie is the second film produced by Sol M. Wurtzel based on Stuart N. Lake's biography of Earp, Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal (later found to be largely fictionalized). An earlier version was Wurtzel's Frontier Marshal, filmed in 1934. A later version of the story was filmed by John Ford in 1946, My Darling Clementine, which included whole scenes reshot from the 1939 film.
Frontier Marshal co-stars Nancy Kelly, Cesar Romero as "Doc Halliday" (the name was changed for the film from the original "Holliday" because of fear of litigation from Holliday's family), John Carradine, and Lon Chaney, Jr.. Ward Bond appears as the town marshal; Bond was also in the 1934 version, and later appears as Morgan Earp in Ford's film. Eddie Foy, Jr. plays the large supporting role of his father, entertainer Eddie Foy, in this as well as three other feature films, and looked almost exactly like his famous father.
In a Tombstone, Arizona saloon Ben Carter owns, the sheriff is unwilling to stop Indian Charlie from shooting up the place, so new arrival Wyatt Earp does. Earp is beaten by some of Carter's hired men for taking the law into his own hands.
Dance hall girl Jerry is upset with Earp, so when her sweetheart Doc Halliday gets to town, a showdown seems imminent. Earp and Doc instead become friends. Earp takes over as the lawman in town and also tries to convince Doc's former sweetheart Sarah Allen that their relationship can still work out.
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