The film is loosely based on real events . Clanton had told others that Doc Holliday, Virgil Earp, Wyatt Earp, and Morgan Earp had all confided in him that they had actually been involved in the Benson stage robbery. Wyatt Earp He also tried to buy a gun in Spangenbergs before the fight, though the shopkeep read the room wisely and refused to sell Ike a weapon. In the gunfight, Virgil, Morgan and Wyatt Earp joined Doc Holliday to . Wyatt spoke of his brothers Virgil and Morgan as the "marshals" while he acted as "deputy.". He said the Benson stage robbery was concocted by the Earps and Holliday to cover up money they had "piped off" to pay bribes. Credat Judaeus apella, non ego. : : Product Information. Curly Bill It wouldnt look good to voters if he was known to collude with cowboys, much the same way current sheriff Johnny Behan had. : Spicer ordered the release of the defendants, and in December, a grand jury decided not to pursue murder indictments against them. Spicer noted that Clanton had claimed the Earps were out to murder him, yet on both occasions that day the Earps had not killed him, and allowed him to escape unchallenged during the fight. [26], In April 1887, the Apache County Stock Association met and hired a Pinkerton detective to track down the outlaws. Public sentiment of the fight was relatively split: some folks thought the cowboys were murdered outright, especially when two of them (Tom and Ike) were allegedly not armed. Claiborne, who was also unarmed, fled the gunfight. Ike Clanton was one of the more prominent cowboys, along with Johnny Ringo, Curly Bill, Joe Hill and Bob Martin, and plenty of firsthand accounts from Tombstone townies testify to his uncanny and often drunken gift of threatening gab. Later this same morning Ike played poker with Virgil Earp. Ike Clanton [Cocking his rifle] Tombstone (GC2J5F3) was created by manymutts on 11/12/2010. 2:30 p.m. October 26, 1881 After the Gunfight at the OK Corral, the Clantons bought land near a ranch owned by their sister Mary. [27], In April, 1887, Phin Clanton was arrested for rustling and jailed in St. And those are the threats Ike allegedly made the night of the 25th, and into the next morning. Stephen Lang as Ike Clanton in Tombstone Stephen Lang was cast as Ike Clanton in Tombstone, one of Western genre movies' most celebrated films. Take a good look at him, Ike 'cause that's how you're gonna end up! Although Spicer noted that Virgils action to include Wyatt, Morgan and Doc in the confrontation was injudicious and censurable, it wasnt enough to convince him that the Earps acted in the wrong. Ike Clantons hat was found at the scene of the shooting, though the suspects ran through the night and were never clearly seen. : : View character biography, pictures and memorable quotes. They were accused of cattle rustling from across the U.S.Mexican border, as well as other acts of banditry and murder. Good. [4], Later in the morning, Clanton picked up his rifle and single-action revolver from the West End Corral, where he had stabled his wagon and team and deposited his weapons after entering town. Johnny Ringo : [Ringo steps up to Doc] And you must be Doc Holliday. Ike Clanton A local journalist provided the forty-year-old Cowboys most fitting epitaph: Thus ended the wild career of poor, deluded, misguided Ike Clanton,' John Boessenecker wrote in Ride the Devils Herd. Johnny Ringo You retired too? Shut up, Ike. Clanton was played by Victor Jory in Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die (1942). Clanton filed murder charges against the Earps and Holliday but after a 30-day preliminary hearing, Justice Wells Spicer ruled that the lawmen had acted within their lawful duty. [27], On December 25, 1886Christmas DayEvans, wanting to see if a bullet would go through a Mormon, shot and killed Jim Hale in cold blood. Clanton said Wyatt shoved his revolver in his belly, telling him, "You son-of-a-bitch, you can have a fight!". In this 1993 film, he's the main Tombstone character. Though Ike Clanton's hat was found at the scene where the ambushers waited, a number of associates stood up for him, saying that he had been in Contention that night, and the case was dismissed for lack of evidence. William learned that his brother had lived four days, long enough to call the shooting coldblooded murder. William and Isaac were members of the Apache County Stock Association and William had a lot of political clout. The Toughest Gun in Tombstone. Several members of the citizen's vigilance committee offered to support him with arms, but Virgil said no. Michael Witney played Clanton in Doc (1971). : The practically all male cast features lean, rugged Robert Ryan as Earp's chief real-life nemesis Ike Clanton and in his second motion picture lanky Jon Voight of "Midnight Cowboy" fame. And had Ike not been buffaloed earlier in the day, he wouldve likely been armed and ready. At the gunfight, he was unarmed. director of photography (as Charles B. Lang Jr.) Film Editing by Warren Low . : This account of the court case that followed the gunfight at the OK Corral "will interest Wild West buffs as well as readers interested in legal history" ( Publishers Weekly ). After the meal, Ike, Renfro, and Ellinger went into a cabin on the Clanton ranch when for unknown reasons Renfro shot and killed Ellinger. [Ringo is trying to get McMasters to rejoin the Cowboys] Despite Hollywood. Let's have a spelling contest! [citation needed], In 1957, Kelo Henderson played Clanton in an episode of Dale Robertson's NBC series, Tales of Wells Fargo. Billy and Frank stopped first at the Grand Hotel on Allen Street, and were greeted by Doc Holliday. [30] Since their discovery, Terry has unsuccessfully tried to interest Tombstone city officials in exhuming the remains and re-interring them in Tombstone's famous Boot Hill graveyard.[30]. After the papers came he gave the horse up without any service of papers and asked me if I had any more horses to lose, Wyatt later claimed. Now I really hate him. Brighton fired his rifle first, shooting Clanton through the left side, the bullet exiting out the right. Despite Wyatt Earp's reputation, Virgil was the Earp brother with a badge in Tombstone. : Eventus stultorum magister. Boyle encouraged him to get some sleep, but Clanton insisted he would not go to bed. Filming & Production You don't even know him. Trivia Immediately after the fight, Ike Clanton was kept in the Tombstone jail as rumors swirled that hed be lynched by the towns growing vigilante mob, townsfolk who tired of dealing with the cowboys and their violence. Doc Holliday : That's the rumor. In vino veritas. : Tombstone Cast & Crew . Miles Quaritch from the fantasy Avatar, Ike Clanton in the western Tombstone and Harry Black in the drama Last Exit to Brooklyn. Thanks to movies like Tombstone, and books like The Last Gunfight and Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell, Ike Clantons self-aggrandizing reputation is pretty well set in stone. [33][34] In Sturges' sequel, Hour of the Gun (1967), he is portrayed by Robert Ryan as a sophisticated man. Just at this time, Mr. Miller stepped to the door, to be ready to render any assistance needed, and when Ike saw him he wheeled his horse and attempted to get under cover of the thick cover which grows close to Wilson's home, at the same time pulling his Winchester from its scabbard. Holliday, son of a bitch, nobody's that lucky. Corral' (1957), while Robert Ryan portrayed him as a highly sophisticated personality in 'Hour of the Gun' (1987). There are about as many accounts of the encounter as there were witnesses, but the gist of it was that Doc called Ike a liar and told him to get his gun, which he didnt have. Ike Clantons allegiances had always been to the ranchers and rustlers of the region, but it was now clear that he and his partners would do whatever was necessary to keep things business as usual for local cattle rustling rings. : And you must be Doc Holliday. ["The Jew Apella may believe it, not I" meaning: "I don't believe drinking is what I do best."]. Corral, Clanton claimed to have raised and purchased about 700 head of cattle during the past year,[4] and the Clanton ranch was one of the most profitable cattle ranches in that part of the country. What's wrong with him? He thought catching the March 15, 1881 robbers of the Benson Stage (in which the driver and a passenger were killed) would help him win the sheriff's office. The Clantons sojourn in California didnt last much longer, and by 1873 they were camped out on the Gila River in Arizona, in the dry desert region they passed through nearly a decade before. What do you think, darling? That's the rumor. : The following year, Warren and Morgan Earp arrived, as did Doc Holliday. This is why the cowboys couldnt have nice things. 1993's Tombstone is definitively the best western movie ever made. [27] On November 6, 1885, local rancher Isaac Ellinger and Pratt Plummer had dinner with the Clanton brothers and Lee Renfro. : [placing a shotgun to McMaster's head] The Earps were also in that camp, and though they too were in town to improve their financial lots, they didnt wanna do it on the cowboys terms. Corral dustup on October 26, 1881 in Tombstone, Arizona Territory. When Virgil Earp learned that Wyatt was talking to the Cowboys at Spangenberg's gun shop he picked up a 10-gauge or 12-gauge, short, double-barreled shotgun[20]:185 from the Wells Fargo office around the corner on Allen Street. Born March 17, 1951 in Springfield MA. Curly Bill Brocius, Tom and Frank McLaury bought and sold stolen cattle to Old Man Clanton, among others. Something around the eyes, I don't know, reminds me of me. : After the confrontation with Clanton, Wyatt Earp took Holliday back to his boarding house at Camillus Sidney "Buck" Fly's Lodging House to sleep off his drinking, then went home and to bed. If Ike wasnt involved, he likely played an indirect role in the attempt, and if he was one of the would-be assassins, it further strengthened his gutless reputation. . Accounts of the gunfight vary, but its believed Wyatt and Billy Clanton shot first and at the same time; the Earps later claimed they heard several guns being cocked right before the fight started. (uncredited) Art Direction by Set Decoration by Sam Comer Arthur Krams Some will pertain to the Kootenay area, some not. Ballot-stuffing was about as cool back then as it is now, so Paul sued for election fraud and eventually won the office, which he took over in April 1881. Ike was unarmed as he should have been, due to Tombstones in-town firearm policy so he technically wasnt doing anything illegal. Doc Holliday : He gave the shotgun to Doc Holliday who hid it under his overcoat. In the film, Clanton is portrayed as being second-in-command of the Clanton Gang. Ike Clanton : Yeah, that's good, Mr. Law Dog, 'cause law just don't go around here. In 1880, as the potential growth of Tombstone became clear, the Pima County sheriff election between Democrat Charlie Shibell and Republican candidate Bob Paul included two unlikely poll officials in the San Simon area: Ike Clanton and Johnny Ringo. Hey Mattie! It also angered Earp. Having successfully built a career as a lawman in the Old West, Wyatt Earp arrives in the town of Tombstone to enjoy a much-deserved retirement with his two brothers, Virgil . By September 1874, Old Man Clanton had a nice thing going on the Gila. D.T. To this protest Wyatt said he responded, "Go to fighting or get away!". Listen, Mr. Kansas Law Dog. Wyatt Earp This question is actually fundamental to the Earp myth. Clanton's mother died in 1866. By the end of 1880, there had been enough run-ins between the Clantons, McLaurys and Earps to set the stage for their epic standoff in October 1881. : Clanton died before he hit the dirt.[27][28]. At about 1:00 pm, Virgil and Morgan Earp surprised Clanton on 4th Street where Virgil pistol whipped him from behind. Ned was alarmed to see that Ike was not only drunk, but also armed with a pistol in sight, which probably meant that the gun was jammed into the waistband of Ikes pants, wrote Guinn in The Last Gunfight. McCann slapped Clanton, who left and fetched his pistol. Instead, they remained fully armed. : Related read: 29 Most Iconic Quotes from Tombstone. Bard gave the young hothead a quick lesson on the facts of frontier life, warning him rather forcefully not to repeat his mistake.. So, there's nothin' I can say to get you to come back? I just got one question; how're you planning on gettin' back down there? In August, Old Man Clanton and four other men including Jim Crane, the only living Benson stagecoach suspect were killed by Mexican smugglers in the Guadalupe Canyon Massacre. Disarming him, the Earps took Clanton to appear before Judge Wallace for violating the city's ordinance #9 against carrying firearms in the city. In missing the messenger and killing the driver the robbers had defeated their own plans..