[1] It is a fictionalized account of an actual Old West event, the slaying of beautiful singer Dora Hand in Dodge City, Kansas, when Earp was a deputy there.

The film's framing device is a reporter's interview with an aging Earp, who reminisces about the tragedy.

Wyatt Earp sits down with a reporter in a suite at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco in 1907.

In a flashback, a 30-year-old Wyatt Earp (Roberts) finds out that his first love, Dora Hand (DeGarmo), was murdered.

He tracks the murderer down and teams up with Bat Masterson (Dallas), Charlie Bassett (Whyte) and Bill Tilghman (Fiehler).