Richard Dix portrays law-and-order sheriff Wyatt Earp in this taut version of the Earp saga. Doc Holliday: Kent Taylor. Curly: Edgar Buchanan. Ruth: Frances Gifford. Johnny: Don Castle. Ike: Victor Jory. Tadpole: Clem Bevans. Dance-Hall Girl: Beryl Wallace. Virgil: Rex Bell. A.k.a. "Tombstone---The Town Too Tough to Die."