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| “ | I'm your huckleberry. | „ |
| ~ Holliday's iconic line |
| “ | Why Johnny Ringo, you look like somebody just walked over your grave. | „ |
| ~ Holliday as he duels Johnny Ringo |
Doc Holliday is one of the main characters in the 1993 western film, Tombstone. He is a gunfighter and gambler who helps his best friend Wyatt Earp fight the criminal gang The Cowboys. He is loosely based on the historical figure of the Old West.
He was played by the late Val Kilmer, who also portrayed Batman in Batman Forever.
History
Tombstone
Southern gambler and skilled gunslinger seeking relief from his sickness, Tuberculosis, and becomes enemies with Johnny Ringo. He helps Wyatt and the other heroes fight the the Cowboys, which Johnny Ringo is apart of. Holliday and the other first battle the Cowboys at the O. K. Corral and kill several of them. They pursue the rest of the Cowboys and kill them including their leader, Curly Bill Brocius, who meets his demise at the hands of Wyatt Earp.
Then when Johnny Ringo becomes the leader and sends Earp a message to meet him for a showdown to stop the hostilities. Holliday arrives at the showdown before Earp does and kills Ringo. They hunt the remaining Cowboys down and kill them except for Clanton, who tears off his red sash. Afterward, Holliday stays at a sanatorium in Colorado and dies from his illness.
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