A rguably the best character in 1993's hit Western Tombstone, Doc Holliday has some of the greatest lines in the film. Kilmer's iconic portrayal of the real-life gunslinger inspired many quotable ...

Updated on July 8, 2025, by Ajay Aravind: Doc Holliday's real-life version played a seminal role in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, which Tombstone captures with both intensity and authenticity ...

Tombstone is still considered one of the best Westerns ever made, even 30 years after the fact, and that's in no small part to Val Kilmer's performance. Of course, part of why Kilmer is so great ...

In this reference to the real Doc Holliday’s apparent last words, he’s referencing his own belief that, as a gunfighter, he’d very likely die with his boots on. Rating: Three Daisies.

Doc Holliday may steal the show, but this is really Wyatt Earp’s story more than anyone else’s. Recently retired as marshal of Dodge City, Earp has come to the Tombstone boomtown to settle ...

Kilmer came to Tombstone for the “Doc Holli-Days ” event to celebrate the life of gunslinger Doc Holliday, whom the actor played in the 1993 movie Tombstone.

Doc Holliday in Tombstone is arguably Val Kilmer's best role, and his most famous line has to be when he is facing down Johnny Ringo (Michael Biehn) towards the very end of the movie. It certainly ...

The Real-Life Doc Holliday's Iconic Quote Was Changed for 'Tombstone' — and It Made Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer's Western Even Better By Michael John Petty Published Apr 15, 2025 ...