‘Frontier Marshal’: The Men (and Women) of Tombstone

Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday tame Tombstone with the help of two ladies.

(L–R) Wyatt Earp (Randolph Scott), Sarah (Nancy Kelly), and “Doc” Halliday (Cesar Romero), in “Frontier Marshal.” 20th Century Fox

NR | 1h 11m | Western | 1939

The mythical gunfight at O.K. Corral dominates pop culture tales of late 19th-century Tombstone, Arizona. But, this film suggests that Tombstone’s celebrated men found meaning and purpose elsewhere, alongside less-celebrated women; only a few of them were brave, and even fewer were wise.