Tombstone Is An All-Time Great Western And Wyatt Earp Is A Great Character. When it comes to iconic Westerns, few movies come close to the magnificence of Tombstone and its story ...

Val Kilmer and other actors shared Tombstone's infamous story with more people and helped attract new visitors to the town too tough to die.

Though the town has been infamous for more than a century, a 1993 movie brought its story to a new audience. "Tombstone", featuring the late Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday, was a box-office smash.