Did the badge give Doc and edge on Ringo?
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ntorres-16802 — 9 years ago(December 23, 2016 09:36 PM)
Being that they are so similar in the movie, did the badge give Doc a little edge over Ringo? Could it have made Doc feel like he was a better person and acting in the name of the law and good and could it have helped him win the 1 on 1?
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A_Real_Hip_Dude — 9 years ago(December 24, 2016 09:36 PM)
In the movie he was obviously a little slower since Doc outgunned him mano-a-mano, but in real life it probably would have been no contest since Ringo wasn't really a straight up ginfight kind of guy, and Doc was known for being rather quick & dangerous.
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bobbiekaye69 — 9 years ago(December 26, 2016 05:36 PM)
I don't know that Doc was quick or dangerous. His reputation as a gunfighter has been extremely exaggerated over the past century or so.
In real life, Doc killed two or three people, ever. He killed Mike Gordon in Las Vegas, New Mexico, he killed Tom McLaury, and he may have helped kill Frank McLaury, although I'd give that kill to Morgan Earp.
My impression of Doc as a gunfighter is, he was no gunfighter. If he were, he would've killed Milt Joice, rather than fumbling around and shooting him in the hand, and Joice's partner in the foot.
Doc was a dentist who became a gambler. He was never a gunfighter, in the traditional sense.
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A_Real_Hip_Dude — 9 years ago(December 24, 2016 09:33 PM)
I didn't get the impression that movie was trying to put that across, but I don't think someone would be in the wrong for taking that from it. I'm pretty sure the badge was strictly to reinforce Doc's alignment with the law in this encounter, as well as what he would do for his friend.
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