Tombstone (1993)
Tombstone is a Western film loosely based on true events in the 1880s and features an ensemble cast including Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, and Sam Elliot. When a group of outlaws known as the Cowboys ride into a town and slay several police officers for revenge for the death of two of their gang members, word of their misdeeds reaches the ears of a retired lawman. Gathering a group together, the new vigilantes will defend the town and aim to end the terror of the Cowboys.
Summary
A successful lawman's plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating.
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