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The majority of outlaws in the Old West preyed on banks, trains, and stagecoaches. Some crimes were carried out by Mexicans and Native Americans against white citizens who were targets of opportunity along the U.S.–Mexico border, particularly in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
Wild Bill: the true story of the American frontier's first gunfighter. St. Martin's Press, New York. ISBN 978-1-250-17379-9. DeMattos, Jack (1980). "Gunfighters of the Real West: Wild Bill Hickok." Real West, June 1980. Fisher, Linda A. and Carrie Bowers (2020). Agnes Lake Thatcher: Queen of the Circus, Wife of a Legend. University of Oklahoma ...
In 1967, the film Fort Utah, a Western starring John Ireland as Horn, was released. Mr. Horn (1979) was a TV miniseries starring David Carradine as Tom Horn. Steve McQueen played Horn in the 1980 film Tom Horn. While the film took liberties with facts, McQueen's performance was highly praised and the film was well received. [42] [43]
Gene Barry reprised his role as Masterson in the episode "A Gathering of Guns" (1987) on the television series Guns of Paradise (Hugh O'Brian also reprised his role as Wyatt Earp). A man claiming to be Bat Masterson, portrayed by Philip Bosco and credited as Mike Killabrew, appears in the series Early Edition in a 1997 episode titled "Bat ...
In the earliest days of moviemaking, Annie Oakley's sharpshooting was committed to film. And Hollywood has had a difficult relationship with guns ever since. Guns have been in motion pictures ...
1979: Butch and Sundance: The Early Days is a film that is a prequel to the 1969 Paul Newman film. Butch Cassidy is played by Tom Berenger and Sundance is played by William Katt . 1994: The Gambler V: Playing for Keeps is a film about a fictionalized adventure where the main character finds out his son is running with the Wild Bunch.
Hart was a stickler for realism in his depictions of Western life, and may have relied on Earp for advice. Earp later frequently visited the sets of movie director John Ford, whose movies starred Harry Carey. [218] Ford's son Patrick later wrote, "My dad was real friendly with Wyatt Earp, and as a little boy I remember him." [221]
A few aspects of the real Roberts' life are recreated in the film, such as his status as a grizzled, veteran gunfighter and his preference for riding a mule. But the scene in the film is a mostly fictionalized shoot-out where Roberts tracks The Regulators in hopes of collecting a bounty placed on Billy the Kid.