Tom Zembrod plays Doc Holliday, who’s growing weaker and sicker in retirement in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
He tries taking his own life, only his gun misfires. That was a message from God, according to the local blacksmith.
Soon, Doc’s visited by a young man badly in need of help.
He’s a young black man, and the three brothers on his trail are members of the Ku Klux Klan, determined to make him a slave even in the post-Civil War days.
Doc allows him to hide out in his home for one day.
But that one day grows into a longer commitment because Doc is determined to do one more good deed before his gun-slinging days are done for good.
Still, three against one is not good odds, so he dashes off a message to old friend Wyatt Earp, hoping he arrives in time to help.
Tom Zembrod as Doc Holliday, contemplating the strange twists of life, even in retirement, in Doc Holliday 3 (2024)
Bobby Ray Thompson III as Curtis Griffin, the young man hoping to stay free with Doc’s help in Doc Holliday 3 (2024)
Review:
This marks the third and, one would think, final Doc Holliday film from director Brett Bentman. All are low-budget affairs, but do a pretty good job disguising just how low budget they are.
This one might have packed more of an emotional wallop if Tom Zembrod’s version of Doc Holliday wasn’t a staggering, barely functional drunk. Let’s just say his Doc Holliday isn’t a very endearing sort of fella.
The second film in the trio is the best. Film number three features a razor-thin plot and three white-hooded villains who play their parts comic book style, which makes it hard to take anything that happens very seriously.
Kevin Wayne as Joshua Ripshaw, leader of the three white-hooded brothers in Doc Holliday 3 (2024)
Chase DeMoss as Jimmy Ripsaw and Erik Baker as brother Jimmy, discussing their next move in Doc Holliday 3 (2024)
Directed by:
Brett Bentman
Cast:
Tom Zembrod … Doc Holliday
Bobby Ray Thompson III … Curtis Griffin
Kevin Wayne … Joshua Ripsaw
Erik Baker … Duncan Ripsaw
Chase DeMoss … Jimmy Ripsaw
Blaine Hall … Wyatt Earp
Matthew Hurley … Jesse Shuster
Kenny Schreiber …. Marshal David Cook
Runtime: 75 min.
Tom Zembrod as Doc Holliday, wondering why his gun failed to fire in Doc Holliday 3 (2024)
Kenny Schreiber as Marshal David Cook, getting a visit from Doc in Doc Holliday (2024)
Memorable lines:
Doc Holliday to his horse: “What do you say, old friend? Do you think we can take one last ride together?”
Curtis Griffin: “You a marshal?”
Doc Holliday: “I was.”
Griffin: “What are you now?”
Doc: “Sick. And a bit older.”
Doc Holliday to Curtis Griffin: “I’m afraid I haven’t told a story about Doc Holliday in maybe 10, 15 years. You know, I’ve gunned down so many outlaws and thieves, I can wake up in the middle of the night from a dead sleep to the smell of gunpowder just wafting over me. I open my eyes and look up and I see this large, thick, dark cloud looming above. And it just won’t go away.”
Tom Zembrod as Doc Holliday, ready to unleash two-fisted justice on the white hoods in Doc Holliday 3 (2024)
Matthew Hurley as blacksmith Jesse Shuster, agreeing to get a message to Wyatt Earp in Doc Holliday 3 (2024)
Blaine Hall as Wyatt Earp, ready to lead Curtis Griffin to safety in Doc Holliday 3 (2024)
Tom Zembrod as Doc Holliday showing Curtis Griffin (Bobby Ray Thompson III) how to use a six-shooter in Doc Holliday 3 (2024)
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