Le shérif de tombstone

I know...it's a typical "B", 50's movie, and as such, immune from historical consideration.

This one was actually "narrated"...with names like "Johnny Ringo", Ike Clanton, and "Curly Bill"...real characters that lived in Tombstone.

The opening lines talked about a attempted murder happening on a trail outside the town of Phoenix...near Tombstone. Any Arizona 5 year old then, or now, knows phoenix was a barely existing village, two hard days ride from the thriving city of Tucson, and 4 hard days ride from Phoenix to Tombstone.

These characters lived...some died near Tombstone in 1881... The hero was a captain of the the "Arizona Rangers"...which wasn't formed until 1901.

B movie?...OK, I sure wish they'd leave real historical names alone.

All the gagging pseudo-history aside....I did enjoy George Montgomery.

George Williams....Tombstone Arizona

The producers and screenwriters of this small western were the same who worked with Edward L Cahn. Same atmosphere, frame, story telling. Not a bad film, despite the cast and Earl Bellamy in his earliest days, before he became more ambitious with bigger budgets and TV industry jobs. And, as many other westerns, the story uses real names of the West history: here Clanton family. It could have been Billy The Kid or Jesse James. I repeat, not a bad western, but rapidly forgettable. But if you can get it as a western buff, of course try. George Montgomery has done worse than this one. Awful predictable ending.

Thoroughly enjoyed this movie. Montgomery is always smooth, but tough. Good storyline, great cast.

Matt Sloane (George Montgomery) is sent from Texas to Arizona to tame Tombstone where a gang of outlaws deals with cattle and silver. One of them killed his wife.

Acceptable B western which moves at a leisurely pace and has the usual fight fights, shootouts and hard riding. There's some nifty detective work as well as some melodrama concerning Montgomery's son. Nothing too outstanding but it makes for an efficient diversion.

In this interesting 1958 B-western, George Montgomery is sent to rowdy Tombstone to clean up lawlessness and corruption there. He encounters the likes of Johnny Ringo and Ike Clanton as he proceeds to throw the book (and LEAD ) at the lawless cowpokes. Eventually, good overcomes evil and all is well in the Arizona town..........

Montgomery is fine as the good guy, riding to the rescue. His acting range was limited, but he made up for it with a dogged intensity. Jim Davis was very good as Ringo, making this a fun but undemanding film.

Fans of this era of western film should enjoy this one. It's not Shakespeare, but it is entertaining in a low-budget sorta way !