I Married Wyatt Earp (film)

*I Married Wyatt Earp*
I Married Wyatt Earp
	Logo for I Married Wyatt Earp
Genre	Western
Written by	I.C. Rapoport
Directed by	Michael O'Herlihy
Starring	Marie Osmond; Bruce Boxleitner; John Bennett Perry
Music by	Morton Stevens
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Dennis Johnson
Producer	Richard E. Lyons
Production locations	Mescal, Arizona; Old Tucson – 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona; Sonoita, Arizona
Cinematography	John C. Flinn III
Editor	Fred A. Chulack
Running time	100 minutes
Production companies	Comworld Productions; Osmond Productions
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	January 10, 1983

I Married Wyatt Earp is a 1983 American Western television film directed by Michael O'Herlihy. The film premiered January 10, 1983, on NBC. It is based on Josephine Earp's memoir of the same name and stars Marie Osmond as Josie Marcus, Bruce Boxleitner as Wyatt Earp, and John Bennett Perry as Johnny Behan.

Plot[edit]

The movie tells the story of Josie Marcus (Marie Osmond), a young opera singer from San Francisco, who heads out west, where she meets, falls in love with, and marries legendary lawman Wyatt Earp (Bruce Boxleitner).

Cast[edit]

Marie Osmond as Josephine "Josie" Marcus
Bruce Boxleitner as Wyatt Earp
John Bennett Perry as Johnny Behan
Jeffrey De Munn as Doc Holliday
Allison Arngrim as Amy
Ross Martin as Jacob Spiegler
Ron Manning as Virgil Earp
Josef Rainer as Morgan Earp
Charles Benton as Ike Clanton
Earl W. Smith as Frank Stillwell

Production[edit]

Development[edit]

The University of Arizona Press published the memoir I Married Wyatt Earp in 1976, listing the author as Josephine Earp, and edited by Glenn Boyer.^[1] Some critics questioned Boyer's sources for the book, but Stephen Cox, then director of the University of Arizona Press, told the Arizona Daily Star in July 1998 that he stood behind the authenticity of the book.^[2] It is the second best-selling book about Western Deputy U.S. Marshal Wyatt Earp ever sold.

Filming[edit]

The TV movie was filmed in 1981 but not broadcast until 1983. It is Ross Martin's final performance.

References[edit]

^ I Married Wyatt Earp: The Recollections of Josephine Sarah Marcus Earp. Phoenix, Arizona: University of Arizona Press. 1994. p. 277. ASIN B000WWBJQ0.
^ Sharlet, Jeff (June 11, 1999). "Author's Methods Lead to Showdown Over Much-Admired Book on Old West". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Archived from the original on April 18, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2018.

External links[edit]

I Married Wyatt Earp at IMDb

[azmarried1994-1] I Married Wyatt Earp: The Recollections of Josephine Sarah Marcus Earp. Phoenix, Arizona: University of Arizona Press. 1994. p. 277. ASIN B000WWBJQ0.

[sharlet-2] Sharlet, Jeff (June 11, 1999). "Author's Methods Lead to Showdown Over Much-Admired Book on Old West". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Archived from the original on April 18, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2018.

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