Collection of nearly 200 original scripts for film and television projects produced between the 1960s and 2000s at the legendary Old Tucson Studios. The majority of the scripts are stapled or brad-bound, with many scripts bearing annotations or supplementary notes. The collection, listed alphabetically and by decade, is as follows:
1960s
The Ballad of Dingus Magee (May 1, 1969; starring Frank Sinatra and George Kennedy)
Come Again Another Day (1963)
Have Gun - Will Travel (Episode: Brotherhood, air date of January 5, 1963)
Have Gun - Will Travel (Episode: Face of a Shadow, air date of April 20, 1963)
The Jackass Soldiers (no date, but circa 1960s, with ANS from writer Burt Kennedy affixed to front cover reading: “Bob—Very important to remember I wrote this for Duke, otherwise it doesn’t work. Best, Bob.”)
Monte Walsh (final draft, April 8, 1969)
Valdez Is Coming (final draft, May 20, 1969; front cover annotated with the name of the lead actor, Burt Lancaster)
1970s
Bib Falk (1971, 3 drafts)
C.C. and Company (1970 biker film starring Joe Namath and Ann-Margret)
Ferguson’s Station (1975)
Go West, Young Girl (1978)
Gunsmoke (Episode: The Lair, second draft dated February 16, 1971)
Gunsmoke (Episode: A Man, Name of Brown, second draft dated April 20, 1972)
Gunsmoke (Episode: Tatum, air date of November 13, 1972)
The Investigator (1973, 2 drafts)
Joe Kidd (1972 Western starring Clint Eastwood and Robert Duvall, written by Elmore Leonard and directed by John Sturges)
The Johnny Cash Show (Episode: A Ballad of the West, dated January 5, 1971)
A Knife for the Ladies (8 drafts for this little-known 1974 Western-horror flick starring Jack Elam and Ruth Roman)
Man and Boy (1971)
The Mark of Zorro (1974 television film starring Frank Langella and Ricardo Montalban)
Mattera (1970; 23 drafts for an apparently never-produced film written by Walter Black, noted television writer for shows like Hawaii Five-O, The High Chaparral, Space Ghost, Bonanza, The Jetsons, and The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo)
Powderkeg (1971, pilot for show Bearcats!)
Rabbits (1971)
Scandalous John (1971 Walt Disney Production)
The Tombstone Kid (9 episode scripts from 1976-1977)
The Villain (1979 Western comedy starring Kirk Douglas, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Ann-Margret)
Wild Rovers (1971)
The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979)
Young Pioneers (1976)
Young Pioneers' Christmas (1976)
Yuma (1971)
1980s
3 Godfathers (1989 first draft for an unfinished film starring Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Willie Nelson)
Billy the Kid (2 shooting schedules; 1989 television film written by Gore Vidal and starring Val Kilmer)
Calamity Jane (1984 television film starring Jane Alexander)
Cannonball Run II (1984 Burt Reynolds comedy sequel with all-star cast including of Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Shirley MacLaine, Jamie Farr, Jackie Chan, Dom DeLuise, and more)
Dallas (Episode: Waterloo at Southfork, air date of December 18, 1981)
Duell McCall (104-page introductory script for the Desperado television series)
Flashpoint (1984 action thriller starring Kris Kristofferson, Treat Williams, Rip Torn, and Tess Harper)
Kenny Rogers as The Gambler (1980)
Letters Home (1987 book by Harvey Matofsky)
Lonesome Dove (1989; first draft script for the epic four-part Western television miniseries starring Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones; the miniseries was acclaimed by fans and critics alike, earning seven wins at the 1989 Emmy Awards, including one for director Simon Wincer, and winning two Golden Globes, for Best Miniseries and Best Actor in a Miniseries for Robert Duvall)
Once Upon a Texas Train (1988 television film starring Willie Nelson and Richard Widmark)
Pink Cadillac (1985 first draft script)
Red River (1988 television film starring James Arness, with supplementary dialogue sheets)
Revenge of the Nerds (1984 cult classic comedy starring Robert Carradine and Anthony Edwards)
Stagecoach (1986 television film starring Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, and Waylon Jennings, country music legends of the country supergroup The Highwaymen)
Stones for Ibarra (1988, television film starring Glenn Close and Keith Carradine)
Three Amigos (1986 Western comedy directed by John Landis, written by Lorne Michaels, Steve Martin, and Randy Newman, and starring Martin, Chevy Chase, and Martin Short; cover sheet detached but present)
Tom Horn and the Apache Kid (1984)
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!? (1988 television film starring Willie Nelson, Delta Burke, and Jack Elam)
1990s and 2000s
America’s Best (1995; 2 drafts)
Arizona Gentlemen’s Club (1991)
Chake! (no year, circa late 1990s)
The Cisco Kid (1990)
City Slickers (1991, starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, and Jack Palance, who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor)
Flat Out…On a Public Highway (2001)
Geronimo (1993)
Gunsmoke: To the Last Man (1992)
Jesse James: The True Life Story (1995)
Legend (1995; large assortment of scripts, schedules, and memorandums related to the production of 12 episodes)
My Lunch with God (1992)
Steel Cowboys (2000)
Thelma & Louise (1991, second draft of the Academy Award-winning road film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Geena Davis, Susan Sarandon, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, and Brad Pitt; Callie Khouri won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay)
Thirty Days (2001)
Tombstone (1993; 2, first and fifth drafts of the block-buster Western starring Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, and Bill Paxton)
Wildfire (1993; 12 drafts)
Wild Heirs (no year, circa early 1990s)
Window Girls (1999)
Young Guns II (1990; 2 revised first drafts, a fifth draft, and 2 shooting schedules for the highly successful Western sequel starring Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Christian Slater)
The Young Riders (large collection of 34 scripts for episodes aired between 1989 and 1992).
In overall very good to fine condition. Accompanied by various packets, biographical sketches, and information sheets for other Old Tucson productions, as well as an undated script for a project entitled A Far Ride into Yesterday. Robert Shelton's Old Tucson Studios Collection
