The change in policy (and the frequency of inter-racial relationships) necessitated that the ending of the film diverge from Michener""s novel.The setting is Arizona in the year 1882.The four Earp brothers, Wyatt (Henry Fonda), Morgan (Ward Bond), Virgil (Tim Holt), and the youngest James (Don Garner) are driving a small herd of cattle west to California near the small, wild town of Tombstone, Arizona.In another part of the hotel, police and hotel managers have gathered to interrogate Monsieur Francois Filiba (Edward Everett Horton) and reconstruct the robbery.Plot SynopsisThe film opens impressionistically with the credits on top of a night view of the streets of Manhattan - a scene of urban jungle warfare.At the rustic two-story Higgins Haven cabin (after crossing a creaky, feeble wood-planked bridge), an unidentifiable plaid-shirted figure watched their arrival from the living room.