Doc( 1971)

TV-MAWestern

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For the past 90 years these three people have been heroes. Until now!

Overview

Doc Holliday travels to Tombstone, Ariz., with prostitute Katie Elder. Although the trip is difficult because Doc is ill with tuberculosis, they eventually reach their destination, where Holliday is reunited with his old friend Marshal Wyatt Earp, who has been clashing with the Clanton gang. Tensions between Earp and the Clantons rise until their infamous final showdown brings it to a head.

Top Billed Cast

Stacy Keach
Doc Holliday
Faye Dunaway
Katie Elder
Harris Yulin
Wyatt Earp
Michael Witney
Ike Clanton
Denver John Collins
The Kid
Dan Greenburg
Clum
John Scanlon
Bartlett, Saloon Owner
Richard McKenzie
John Behan
John Bottoms
Virgil Earp
Philip Shafer
Morgan Earp
Ferdinand Zogbaum
James Earp
Penelope Allen
Mattie Earp
Hedy Sontag
Alley Earp
James Greene
Frank McLowery
Antonia Rey
Concha, Saloon Whore
Marshall Efron
Mexican Bartender
Fred Dennis
Johnny Ringo
Bruce M. Fischer
Billy Clanton
Gene Collins
Hotel Clerk
Florencio Amarilla
Man (uncredited)
Luis Barboo
(uncredited)
Per Barclay
Clanton Cowboy (uncredited)
Henri Bidon
Clanton Cowboy (uncredited)
Mart Hulswit
Reverend Foster (uncredited)
Gene Reyes
Wong, Chinese Opium Den Owner (uncredited)
Juan Manuel Torres Gómez
(uncredited)
Dan van Husen
Clanton Cowboy (uncredited)

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A review by Charles Tatum

Written by Charles Tatum on Sun Dec 17 2023

Before the duelling biopics of "Tombstone" and "Wyatt Earp" in the 1990's, this 1971 effort had already decided to set the record straight about John "Doc" Holliday, Wyatt Earp's best friend and participant in the gunfight at the OK Corral. Just over an hour and a half, this film skips a lot of the epic western cliches and goes right into its meaty story. Doc Holliday (Stacy Keach) buys prostitute Katie Elder (Faye Dunaway) from local bad boy Ike Clanton (Michael Witney), and takes her to Tombstone, Arizona. He meets up with his best friend Wyatt Earp (Harris Yulin). Earp has political aspirati...