Frontier Marshal (1939) – Randolph Scott’s Wyatt Earp vs. Lawless Tombstone

In this gritty 1939 Western directed by Allan Dwan, Randolph Scott brings Wyatt Earp to life as he reluctantly becomes marshal of Tombstone, Arizona, determined to restore order in a town gone wild. When gambler Doc Halliday (Cesar Romero) arrives, tensions rise—but a fragile friendship forms. After Halliday is fatally betrayed, Earp steels himself for a dramatic showdown at the O.K. Corral. With stirring performances from Nancy Kelly, Binnie Barnes, John Carradine, and Lon Chaney Jr., and a tempered aesthetic that influenced later classics like My Darling Clementine, this black-and-white gem redefines mythic lawmen with a modernist edge.