Henry Fonda, a superb character actor, portrays the life of the legendary Wyatt Earp, an independent, drifter cowboy and ex-marshal who becomes a responsible lawman.Suddenly, Jack was grabbed and stabbed by a sharp pointed arrow in the throat from UNDER the mattress(# 5 death).Spaulding: I see.What do you get for not playing?Ravelli: Twelve dollars an hour.Spaulding: Well, clip me off a piece of that.Ravelli: Now for rehearsing, we make special rate.That""s-a fifteen dollars an hour...That""s-a for rehearsing.Spaulding: And what do you get fornotrehearsing?Ravelli: You couldn""t afford it.You see, if we don""t rehearse, we a-don""t play, and if we don""t play (he snaps his finger) - that runs into money.The self-conscious movie, filmed in black and white - and Cinemascope, received a total of nine Academy Award nominations (with only two wins).