On Saturday, March 18, 1882, Morgan Earp was killed by a shot through a door window facing a dark alley while playing billiards at Hatch's Saloon in Tombstone. Clanton was implicated in the attempted assassination of Virgil Earp on December 30, 1881 but other Cowboys provided an alibi and he was released. After leaving Dodge City in late 1879, Wyatt Earp and Mattie mosied down to Prescott, where Virgil Earp was town constable. : Ike stayed with the family when they moved to Tombstone, Arizona Territory, around 1877 (before Tombstone became a town or even a mining center). He was holed up a few blocks away, in a law office on Toughnut street. In pace requiescat. Billy and Frank stopped first at the Grand Hotel on Allen Street, and were greeted by Doc Holliday. [41] Christopher Fulford played him in 2007 in the BBC drama-documentary Gunfight at the O.K. Tony. We don't want any trouble in here. The story of the Earps and the cowboys of Cochise County may be a gray area of Arizonas past, but Ike Clantons actions clearly paint a less-than-courageous picture before, during and after the infamous gunfight at the O.K. Tombstone (1993) - Ike Clanton MOV Clips 32.4K subscribers Subscribe 453 Share 58K views 2 years ago Directed by George P. Cosmatos, written by Kevin Jarre. Johnny Ringo Corral . [referring to Stilwell, laying dead] [takes a bill with Wyatt's signature from a customer and throws it on the faro table] Clanton testified that he picked up the weapons from William Soule, the jailer, a couple of days later. Brighton fired his rifle first, shooting Clanton through the left side, the bullet exiting out the right. Mr. Brighton got up from the table, walked to the door, and was familiarly saluted by him. : And had Ike not been buffaloed earlier in the day, he wouldve likely been armed and ready. Curly Bill That's Virgil there with the women. This permitted a traveler to keep his firearms if he was proceeding directly to a livery, hotel or saloon. : Corral gunfight, so the need for weapons outside of town was well established and accepted.[15]. Brighton was himself a known criminal and hardly a legit range detective. Johns. Within days, Wyatt would kill Frank Stilwell and Curly Bill, though Ike escaped his vengeful grasp. "[12]:6668:164 Clanton ran through the front door of Fly's boarding house and escaped, unwounded. Yeah, that's good, Mr. Law Dog, 'cause law just don't go around here. Opening narration "In the early eighteen-eighties, when all law enforcement failed in Arizona Territory, cattle rustling, robbery and murder began a notorious reign.As law agencies became disorganized, crime organized and grew powerful under the leadership of three of the West's most vicious outlaws Johnny Ringo, Ike Clanton and Curly Bill Brocious. Jeff Fahey played Clanton in the movie Wyatt Earp (1994),[40] starring Kevin Costner as Wyatt Earp. 'Doc': Dirigido por Frank Perry. The story of Wyatt Earp has been told many times over the years, from history books teaching us about the O.K. And when it mattered, Ike had deserted the four feet he requested. They had already drawn their weapons when Tombstone Marshal Virgil Earp stepped between them, preventing a shooting. Wyatt Earp Tombstone Cast & Crew . This question is actually fundamental to the Earp myth. McCann slapped Clanton, who left and fetched his pistol. What is that now? The usual verdict: Ike was all bark and no bite. Joseph Isaac Clanton was born in Missouri in 1847, to Mariah Kelso and Newman Old Man Clanton, who we can only assume looked like an old grizzled cattle baron from birth. Kid Swingle, Longhair Sprague, Billy Evans, and Clanton's brother-in-law, Ebin Stanley. Official Sites 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. Corral: Did Tom McLaury Have a Gun", Dastardly attempt to Assassinate Frank Reed, Editor of Apache County Critic, "Detailed Statements of the Killing of Ike Clanton", "Fahey, Williams, others join 'Earp' cast", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ike_Clanton&oldid=1142766549, This page was last edited on 4 March 2023, at 07:23. Pima County was heavily Democratic, but many of the new miners and merchants in Tombstone voted Republican. Lunger. In vino veritas. Savvy? : Eventually, Ike paid his $25 fine, had his weapons checked into the Grand Hotel by Virgil, and wandered away to nurse his wounds. ["Events are the teachers of fools" meaning: "Fools have to learn by experience"]. Virgil Earp told Clanton he would leave Clanton's confiscated rifle and revolver at the Grand Hotel which was favored by Cowboys when in town. Wyatt Earp Ike did admit to being in Tucson, but claimed he and Stilwell split up earlier in the night, before the Earps arrived. [17]:4, Virgil Earp was told by several citizens that the McLaurys and the Clantons had gathered on Fremont Street and were armed. Corral where witnesses overheard them threatening to kill the Earps. [1] I heard of you. [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]. This is why the cowboys couldnt have nice things. : Doc Holliday Curly Bill Brocious Robert John Burke Frank McLaury Dana Delany Josephine Marcus Sam Elliott Virgil Earp Stephen Lang Ike Clanton Terry O'Quinn Mayor John Clum . On October 25, 1881, while Clanton was in Tombstone, drunk and very loud, Holliday accused him of lying about the Benson stagecoach robbery. Despite Wyatt Earp's reputation, Virgil was the Earp brother with a badge in Tombstone. In the interest of local politics and connections, the Clanton patriarch generally kept his kin in check, but his death signaled a changing family dynamic. I'm in my prime. 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 ). Or that rustling cattle in that time and landscape was simply the way things were done. Either way, he conveniently dodged more bullets. director of photography (as Charles B. Lang Jr.) Film Editing by Warren Low . That's how Joseph Isaac "Ike" Clanton managed to get through at least part of the O.K. Corral. After three days, he spent the night of May 31, 1887 at Jim "Peg Leg" Wilson's Ranch on Eagle Creek, south of Springerville. [9] Around dawn, they were ambushed by Mexicans dispatched by Commandant Felipe Neri[10]:110 in the Guadalupe Canyon Massacre. A few days later Wyatt gathered a larger posse and set out on a vendetta, determined to mete out justice that had evaded him. All right then, I guess you can just get back on your horse and ride back down there to your new friends. Still, Ike Clanton left his much younger brother to die in the streets as Ike fled the consequences of his late-night trash talking session. The movie title series list will include "Mountie" movies . You don't even know him. Another fun fact, Ike Clanton in tombstone is played by Stephen Lang, the antagonist militant leader in James Cameron's Avatar. In fact, throughout his life, Ike Clanton routinely came around with that BS and on more than one occasion got called out for it. Corral Gunfight. Clearing his cousin's name is a mission for Terry "Ike" Clanton, an actor who lives in California.Earp and Clanton have appeared nationwide to discuss the history leading up to that 30 . Corral, at an eighteen-foot-wide empty lot on the south side of Fremont between C.S. Frank Stillwell Clanton repeatedly boasted in public, drank heavily, and had a quick temper. Tombstone (1993) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Directed by Writing Credits ( WGA) Kevin Jarre . "[11][12]:6668[13] Clanton said in his testimony afterwards that he remembered neither meeting Boyle nor making any such statements that day. Next time it wont be your horse well get, Billy Clanton called after Wyatt in highly colored allusion; itll be you.'. [citation needed], In the original Star Trek series episode "Spectre of the Gun" (1969), Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) plays the part of Clanton throughout the episode as part of an alien illusion test. Ike Clanton Sheriff Johnny Behan later testified that the incident had angered Ike Clanton. Based on the real life tales of Wyatt Earp, his brothers, and Doc Watson, "Tombstone" is a Western film on DVD, starring Kurt Russell as Wyatt Earp. Released in 1993. More than a year later, probably sometime in December 1880, Earp was told the horse was being used near Charleston, and Wyatt and Holliday were forced to ride to the Clanton's ranch near Charleston to await ownership papers in order to legally recover it. Related read: 29 Most Iconic Quotes from Tombstone. Lack of evidence or falsified alibis in nearly every instance helped them avoid jail time, but in November 1886, a well-known rancher from New Mexico was killed by cowboy Lee Renfro on the Clanton ranch. They were accused of cattle rustling from across the U.S.Mexican border, as well as other acts of banditry and murder. The Clantons repeatedly threatened the Earps because they interfered with the Cowboys' illegal activities. Ike sprinted to safety through Flys boarding house, leaving his younger brother and two friends to be shot to pieces, wrote Wm. Johnny Ringo According to Earp, the plan was foiled when the three suspects, Leonard, Head and Crane, were killed in unrelated incidents. Tombstone Marshal Virgil Earp played cards with Clanton, Tom McLaury, Cochise County Sheriff Johnny Behan and a fifth man (unknown to Clanton and to history), until morning. Major Tombstone Cast Roles Kurt Russell - Played Wyatt Earp. Filming & Production Credat Judaeus apella, non ego. Doc Holliday : Stephen Lang is an American theatre actor who has become famous for his roles in the movies. director of photography Film Editing by Casting By Lora Kennedy Production Design by Morgan Earp soon joined the fracas, and Virgil eventually separated the men to cool things down. Clanton also claimed that Doc Holliday and Morgan, Wyatt, and Virgil Earp had separately confessed to him their role in the Benson stage holdup, or else the cover-up of the robbery by allowing the robbers' escape.[4]. When the dust settled on the most infamous gunfight in the West, three men lay dying in the streets of Tombstone, including 19-year-old Billy Clanton. By April 1882, Wyatts vendetta ride had reached its end, and the Earps split up into the next chapters of their lives, with Wyatt and his crew traveling up to Colorado. Before the fall, Brighton fired a second shot which passed through the cantle of the saddle and grazed Ike's right leg. As Wyatt recounted in the San Francisco Examiner in 1896: The moment the first shots were fired and Philpott fell, the horses plunged ahead so viciously that nothing could have stopped them. Virgil Earp went to find Judge Wallace so the court hearing could be held.."[14], Clanton reported in his testimony afterward that Wyatt Earp cursed him. [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. Buck Taylor Turkey Creek Jack Johnson Harry Carey Jr. Tombstone Marshal Fred White Pedro Armendriz Jr. Wyatt was shot at and missed. Holliday, son of a bitch, nobody's that lucky. Con Stacy Keach, Faye Dunaway, Harris Yulin, Michael Witney. He left his younger brother to die alone in a gunfight, and later, allowed a ruthless murderer to escape his property instead of facing the letter of the law. To this protest Wyatt said he responded, "Go to fighting or get away!". It also didnt take long for Old Man Clanton to grasp the fruitful economics of borderland cattle rustling. [18] The three main Tombstone corrals were all west of 4th street, a block or two from where Wyatt saw the Cowboys buying cartridges. : Ike Clanton [27], In late June 1996 a Clanton family descendant, Terry "Ike" Clanton, along with former Citadel professor and grave expert James A. Browning, searched the area near Eagle Creek in what is now Greenlee County, Arizona, where Ike was reportedly buried. After the gunfight in Tombstone, during which the McLaury brothers and Billy Clanton were killed, Ike Clanton filed murder charges against the Earps and Doc Holliday. Old Man Clanton was most definitely "The founder of the feast" (great line) The life and times of. He is best known for being a member of group of outlaw Cowboys that had ongoing conflicts with lawmen Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan Earp. Six years later Clanton was killed attempting to flee when he was shot by a lawman seeking to arrest him for cattle-rustling. By June 1881, the three outlaws were still on the lam, so Wyatt concocted a plan that would kill a bunch of birds with one stone: he would try to convince Ike Clanton, Joe Hill and Frank McLaury to lure the murderers into town, and when Wyatt captured them, he would offer the combined $3,600 reward to his three informants. [Cocking his rifle] If the gunfight at the O.K. 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. Hey Mattie! 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. Winner to the King, five hundred dollars. In his ruling, he noted that Clanton had the night before, while unarmed, publicly declared that the Earp brothers and Holliday had insulted him, and that when he was armed he intended to shoot them or fight them on sight. The group soon congregated near the O.K. Eventus stultorum magister. 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. [27], In April, 1887, Phin Clanton was arrested for rustling and jailed in St. : It says United States Marshal! And those are the threats Ike allegedly made the night of the 25th, and into the next morning. That was just how the A.T. rolled back then. They may have been justified he didnt want to get shot to ribbons after talking that BS all night but itd be difficult to argue they werent cowardly. In missing the messenger and killing the driver the robbers had defeated their own plans.. Doc Holliday Now I really hate him. 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. Stephen Lang as Ike Clanton in Tombstone Stephen Lang was cast as Ike Clanton in Tombstone, one of Western genre movies' most celebrated films. : Go to fighting or get away. Ike Clanton took flight, racing through the Fly house, into a vacant lot, through Kelloggs saloon, and finished his sprint two blocks away on Toughnut Street, where he was later arrested.. Yes, but there's just something about him. Corral (1957). Role: Ike Clanton, second in command of the Cowboys Also known for: Also worked with Elliott in "Gettysburg" (1993) and appeared in "Gods and Generals" (2003) and "Avatar" (2009). Curly Bill : Shut up, Ike. Technical Specs, [takes a bill with Wyatt's signature from a customer and throws it on the faro table], [Stillwell and Ike are planning to ambush the Earps at the train station], [Ringo is trying to get McMasters to rejoin the Cowboys]. ARTHUR H. ROTSTEIN November 20, 1995 TOMBSTONE, Ariz. (AP) _ Terry ``Ike Clanton denies he's trying to revise history concerning his distant relatives, the pivotal characters in Wyatt Earp's celebrated 1881 gunfight at the OK Corral. Will update later. Clanton has been portrayed in a number of films and television series since the 1940s, many of which were highly fictionalized. Tombstone is a 1993 American Western film directed by George P. Cosmatos, written by Kevin Jarre (who was also the original director, but was replaced early in production), and starring Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer, with Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, Powers Boothe, Michael Biehn, and Dana Delany in supporting roles, as well as narration by Robert Mitchum.. Robert Mitchum Left On First Day Of Filming Despite landing the role of Old Man Clanton, Mitchum's time on set came to an end on the first day of filming. Corral, but Virgil Earp, In the last half of the 1800s, the bustling port town of San Francisco, which grew out of, If you are a fan of the Paramount+ series Yellowstone (and who isnt? Clanton was later accused, along with his brother, Phin Clanton, and friend Pony Diehl, of attempting to kill Virgil Earp on December 30, 1881, a shooting which left Virgil with a crippled left arm. What do you think, darling? In this 1993 film, he's the main Tombstone character. Ike Clanton The Clantons and their ranch hands and associates were known as the "Cowboys", and they had a reputation for reckless behavior. In late 1882, Ike and his brother Phin moved their operations north of Springerville, in Apache County, far from their troubles in Tombstone. Doc Holliday : They quickly discovered a shallow grave under a large tree that they believe contains the remains of Ike Clanton. : If fight was his racket, its fitting that more than 100 years later, a fight however small or one-sided still endures to determine Ike Clantons rightful reputation in American West history. Theyre goals that are: Those are the best kinds of goals! [31] Clanton was portrayed by Grant Withers in the John Ford classic My Darling Clementine (1946). ["Rest in peace" meaning: "It's your funeral!"]. 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. [4] Under cross-examination, Clanton told a story of the lead-up to the gunfight that did not make sense. The film is loosely based on real events . [33][34] In Sturges' sequel, Hour of the Gun (1967), he is portrayed by Robert Ryan as a sophisticated man. Johnny Ringo [to Ringo]