Sheriff of Tombstone

1941 film by Joseph Kane

Sheriff of Tombstone

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Directed by| Joseph Kane
Screenplay by| Olive Cooper
Story by| James Webb
Produced by| Joseph Kane
Starring| Roy Rogers
George "Gabby" Hayes
Elyse Knox
Cinematography| William Nobles
Edited by| Tony Martinelli
Music by| Cy Feuer

Production
company

Republic Pictures

Distributed by| Republic Pictures

Release date

* May 7, 1941 (1941-05-07)

Running time

| 54 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Sheriff of Tombstone  is a 1941 American western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers and George "Gabby" Hayes and Elyse Knox.[1] It was produced and distributed by Republic Pictures.

## Plot

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Lawman Brett Starr leaves his job in Dodge City to take up a sheriff's job in Tombstone, Arizona where his two brothers live. Brett finds out that the position has been offered to the unscrupulous lawman Shotgun Cassidy. Starr impersonates Shotgun and after he is appointed sheriff seeks to expose the corruption and wrongdoing of the town authorities.

Brett's brother Bill is alive but brother Arthur was killed riding guard for a stagecoach. Mayor Luke Keeler appoints Brett Starr as Sheriff thinking he was Shotgun Cassidy. The Mayor, A. J. Slade and Joe Martinez (also Wells Fargo banker John Anderson) plan to take Granny Carson's interest in her silver mine for back taxes. The real Shotgun Cassidy arrives and the two opposing sides are set: Carson family and townsfolk against new Sheriff Shotgun and corrupt city officials.

Wells Fargo John Anderson is the double agent for the bad guys. Barmaid Queenie Whittaker is daughter to Judge Gabby and she works for the Carson side. Instead of shipping silver, Starr loads the wagons with men carrying rifles. When the convoy is attacked by robbers, most are shot dead. Shotgun, Crowley and Joe Martinez escape and set up sharpshooters in town. Cassidy is shot and Anderson, Keeler and Slade arrested for trial. Brett gets Mary in the end.

## Cast

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* Roy Rogers as Brett Starr
* George "Gabby" Hayes as Judge Gabby Whittaker
* Elyse Knox as Mary Carson
* Addison Richards as Mayor Luke Keeler
* Sally Payne as Queenie Whittaker, aka Queenie LaTour
* Harry Woods as Shotgun Cassidy
* Zeffie Tilbury as Granny Carson
* Hal Taliaferro as A.J. Slade
* Jay Novello as John Anderson / Joe Martinez
* Jack Ingram as Bill Starr
* Jim Corey as Jed Crowley (uncredited)
* Trigger as Brett Starr's horse

## Soundtrack

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* Roy Rogers - "Ridin' On a Rocky Road"
* Sally Payne, with Oscar Gahan (Piano) and Spade Cooley (Fiddle Player) - "Two-Gun Pete"
* Sally Payne - "Don't Gamble With Romance"
* Roy Rogers and George "Gabby" Hayes - "Sons of the Western Soil"

## References

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1. ^ Fetrow p.455

## Bibliography

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* Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.

## External links

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* Sheriff of Tombstone at IMDb
* Sheriff of Tombstone is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

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Films directed by Joseph Kane

* In Old Santa Fe (1934)
* Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1935)
* The Headline Woman (1935)
* Melody Trail (1935)
* The Lawless Nineties (1936)
* King of the Pecos (1936)
* The Lonely Trail (1936)
* Guns and Guitars (1936)
* Oh, Susanna! (1936)
* Ride Ranger Ride (1936)
* The Old Corral (1936)
* Undersea Kingdom (1936)
* Git Along Little Dogies (1937)
* Round-Up Time in Texas (1937)
* Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge (1937)
* Public Cowboy No. 1 (1937)
* Boots and Saddles (1937)
* Springtime in the Rockies (1937)
* Heart of the Rockies (1937)
* The Old Barn Dance (1938)
* Born to Be Wild (1938)
* Arson Gang Busters (1938)
* Under Western Stars (1938)
* Gold Mine in the Sky (1938)
* Man from Music Mountain (1938)
* Shine On, Harvest Moon (1938)
* Days of Jesse James (1939)
* Colorado (1940)
* The Border Legion (1940)
* Robin Hood of the Pecos (1941)
* Sheriff of Tombstone (1941)
* Nevada City (1941)
* Rags to Riches (1941)
* Jesse James at Bay (1941)
* South of Santa Fe (1942)
* Sons of the Pioneers (1942)
* Romance on the Range (1942)
* The Man from Music Mountain (1943)
* King of the Cowboys (1943)
* The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944)
* Flame of Barbary Coast (1945)
* In Old Sacramento (1946)
* Plainsman and the Lady (1946)
* Old Los Angeles (1948)
* The Gallant Legion (1948)
* The Plunderers (1948)
* The Last Bandit (1949)
* Brimstone (1949)
* Rock Island Trail (1950)
* The Savage Horde (1950)
* California Passage (1950)
* Oh! Susanna (1951)
* Fighting Coast Guard (1951)
* The Sea Hornet (1951)
* Hoodlum Empire (1952)
* Woman of the North Country (1952)
* Ride the Man Down (1952)
* San Antone (1953)
* Jubilee Trail (1954)
* Hell's Outpost (1954)
* The Road to Denver (1955)
* The Vanishing American (1955)
* Thunder Over Arizona (1956)
* Spoilers of the Forest (1957)
* The Lawless Eighties (1957)
* The Last Stagecoach West (1957)
* The Crooked Circle (1957)
* Gunfire at Indian Gap (1957)
* The Notorious Mr. Monks (1958)
* The Man Who Died Twice (1958)
* Track of Thunder (1967)
* Smoke in the Wind (1975)

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