Passes the Bechdel test
Tombstone
1993. Directed by George P. Cosmatos, written by Kevin Jarre.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
9 women characters. 7 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 4 scenes out of 125. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
After success cleaning up Dodge City, Wyatt Earp moves to Tombstone, Arizona, and wishes to get rich in obscurity. He meets his brothers there, as well as his old friend Doc Holliday. A band of outlaws that call themselves The Cowboys are causing problems in the region with various acts of random violence, and inevitably come into confrontation with Holliday and the Earps, which leads to a shoot-out at the O.K. Corral.
- Released
- 25 Dec 1993
- Genres
- Biography, Drama, History
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.8 / 10
- Metascore
- 50 / 100
- Awards
- 3 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Wyatt 289 lines, man
- Doc 116 lines, man
- Curly Bill 53 lines, man
- Josephine 51 lines, woman
- Virgil 50 lines, man
- Ringo 43 lines, man
- Behan 38 lines, man
- Morgan 36 lines, man
- Mcmasters 26 lines, man
- Johnson 25 lines, man
Full cast, 58 people
- Kurt Russell as Wyatt Earp
- Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday
- Michael Biehn as Johnny Ringo
- Powers Boothe as Curly Bill
- Robert John Burke as Frank McLaury
- Dana Delany as Josephine
- Sam Elliott as Virgil Earp
- Stephen Lang as Ike Clanton
- Terry O'Quinn as Mayor Clum
- Joanna Pacula as Kate
- Bill Paxton as Morgan Earp
- Jason Priestley as Billy Breckenridge
- Michael Rooker as Sherman McMasters
- Jon Tenney as Behan
- Dana Wheeler-Nicholson as Mattie Earp
- Billy Zane as Mr. Fabian
- Buck Taylor as Turkey Creek Jack Johnson
- Harry Carey Jr. as Marshall Fred White
- Tomas Arana as Frank Stillwell
- Thomas Haden Church as Billy Clanton
- John Corbett as Barnes
- Pedro Armendáriz Jr. as Priest
- Frank Stallone Jr. as Ed Bailey
- Billy Bob Thornton as Johnny Tyler
- Cecil Hoffman as Lucinda Hobbs
- Charlton Heston as Henry Hooker
- Robert Mitchum as Narrator (voice)
- Paula Malcomson as Allie Earp
- Lisa Collins as Louisa Earp
- Pat Brady as Milt Joyce
- Paul Ben-Victor as Florentino
- John Philbin as Tom Mclaury
- Wyatt Earp as Billy Claiborne
- Bo Greigh as Wes Fuller
- Forrie J. Smith as Pony Deal
- Peter Sherayko as Texas Jack Vermillion
- Charles Schneider as Professor Gillman
- Gary Clarke as Crawley Dake
- Billy Joe Patton as Deputy
- Bobby Joe McFadden as 1st Gambler
- Michael N. Garcia as Rurale Captain / Groom
- Grant Wheeler as Drunk
- Jim Dunham as Miner
- Stephen C. Foster as Hank Swilling
- Grant James as Dr. Goodfellow
- Don Collier as High Roller
- Charlie Ward as 1st Cowboy
- Clark Andreas Ray as 2nd Cowboy
- Christopher Mitchum as Ranch Hand
- Sanford Gibbons as Father Feeney
- Evan Osborne as Piano Player
- Shane McCabe as Audience Member
- Cynthia Shope as Dancer (uncredited)
- Nikki Pelley as Emigrant Mother (uncredited)
- Michael Wise as Emigrant (uncredited)
- Michelle Beauchamp as Mexican Bride (uncredited)
- J. Nathan Simmons as Townsman (uncredited)
- Thadd Turner as Townsman (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 3% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 125
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 16 |
| 4 to 6 | 2 | 28 |
| 7 to 9 | 15 | 43 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 38 |
| 16 to 18 | 3 | 45 |
| 19 to 21 | 3 | 31 |
| 22 to 24 | 9 | 68 |
| 25 to 27 | 2 | 43 |
| 28 to 30 | 0 | 26 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 14 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 32 |
| 37 to 39 | 22 | 29 |
| 40 to 42 | 15 | 14 |
| 43 to 45 | 7 | 44 |
| 46 to 48 | 1 | 4 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 9 |
| 52 to 54 | 0 | 37 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 9 |
| 58 to 60 | 7 | 31 |
| 61 to 63 | 0 | 2 |
| 64 to 66 | 6 | 4 |
| 67 to 69 | 0 | 7 |
| 70 to 72 | 3 | 8 |
| 73 to 75 | 1 | 31 |
| 76 to 78 | 0 | 14 |
| 79 to 81 | 3 | 29 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 15 |
| 85 to 87 | 0 | 47 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 17 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 14 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 7 |
| 97 to 99 | 1 | 9 |
| 100 to 102 | 2 | 21 |
| 103 to 105 | 0 | 20 |
| 106 to 108 | 0 | 21 |
| 109 to 111 | 0 | 10 |
| 112 to 114 | 0 | 7 |
| 115 to 117 | 1 | 13 |
| 118 to 120 | 0 | 9 |
| 121 to 123 | 0 | 34 |
| 124 to 125 | 4 | 6 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
LOUISA: Mattie hon', did you say you Needed some laudanum? I have a Bottle right here. Just be Careful. It's full of hop. MATTIE: You're a lifesaver! Don't worry, I just get headaches sometimes.
ALLIE: This is so much fun! We haven't Been to a show since years. MATTIE: I hope they're good.
JOSEPHINE O.S: I want to remember exactly how I Looked on this day so I want you To take a picture of me... JOSEPHINE: ...all of me. JOSEPHINE: Because I'm wonderful.
ALLIE: God, it's a cold night. Come up To the fire, Mattie. LOUISA: It looks like a woman. JOSEPHINE: Please, I know it's awful me Coming here, but listen, I can't Say why, but I think something is- ALLIE: Now who in... It's another woman.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 10 are women's.
107 lines from women, 914 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
9 women and 48 men in the cast. 7 women and 39 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 57 of 1,055.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 130 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 9% of the words (1,145), men 91% (10,979). Women have 10% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
Exhibit E: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
5
Two men
107
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 14 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 20% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- George P. Cosmatos (man)
- Written by
- Kevin Jarre (man)
- Produced by
- Sean Daniel (man), James Jacks (man), Bob Misiorowski (man)
- Shot by
- William A. Fraker (man)
- Edited by
- Harvey Rosenstock (man), Frank J. Urioste (man), Roberto Silvi (man)
- Music by
- Bruce Broughton (man)
- Production design by
- Catherine Hardwicke (woman)
- Costumes by
- Joseph A. Porro (man)
- Cast by
- Lora Kennedy (woman), Holly Hire (gender not listed)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
3 women, 17 men, 6 not listed
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Art
2 women, 8 men, 11 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
3 women, 1 men, 12 not listed
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Other crew
1 women, 9 men, 4 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 6 men, 6 not listed
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Production
1 women, 7 men, 5 not listed
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Editing
2 women, 3 men, 5 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 4 men, 4 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 36 on average. Men: 40 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Joanna Pacula 35, Dana Delany 37
Men
Val Kilmer 33, Robert John Burke 33, Michael Biehn 37, Stephen Lang 41, Terry O'Quinn 41, Kurt Russell 42, Powers Boothe 45, Sam Elliott 49
Exhibit H: the money
It made 2.9 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $25 million
- Box office
- $73.2 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 125 scenes and 1,055 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
