Tombstone’s Intense Deleted Johnny Ringo Scene About Killing Wyatt Earp Finally Read By OG Star 33 Years Later

It’s been over 30 years since Tombstone was released in theaters, but Michael Biehn finally revealed a major deleted scene involving his character Johnny Ringo exacting revenge on Wyatt Earp.

In the 1993 Western, Earp (played by Kurt Russell) murders Curly Bill Brocius, which leads Johnny Ringo to take over the Cowboys.

On his podcast, Just Foolin’ About, Biehn spoke with Tombstone co-star Stephen Lang, as the two reflected on their time making the film.

At one point, Biehn pulled out his phone and read a deleted scene that takes place right after Cury Bill’s death, in which Ringo gives an impassioned monologue about exacting revenge on Earp for the fatal decision he made.

Biehn, reading the scene as Ringo, said, “Everybody get this through their heads: Wyatt Earp dies. I’m running the show now, and I’m telling you, Earp dies. His men too. They all die, you understand? We’re going to kill them, you hear me?“

The actor continued, “For what they did to Curly Bill, we’re going to ride them into the ground and slaughter them like rabbits because this is my time, children. This is my time to get woolly.”

Read the full deleted scene from Tombstone, as read by Biehn, below:

One of the cowboys who was at the shooting comes running up yelling about, “Oh my god, you’ve seen Wyatt Earp and blah blah blah.”

And Ringo says, “He’s just a man.”

And the Cowboy says, “Well, you didn’t see his face.”

And Ringo says, “You see my face, don’t you? Everybody get this through their heads: Wyatt Earp dies. I’m running the show now, and I’m telling you, Earp dies. His men too. They all die, you understand? We’re going to kill them, you hear me? For what they did to Curly Bill, we’re going to ride them into the ground and slaughter them like rabbits because this is my time, children. This is my time to get woolly.”

After Curly Bill’s death, Ringo sets up a showdown with Earp. When the latter sees Doc Holliday instead, the two duel, resulting in Ringo being killed. Earp shows up too late and realizes what happened, with Earp and Doc moving forward with their goal of eradicating the Cowboys, which is a successful endeavor.

Tombstone starts, though, with Earp wanting a relaxing new chapter in his life in Arizona, but the lawman is eventually persuaded to take out the Cowboys Gang (initially led by Curly Bill), with the help of Doc and brothers Virgil and Morgan.

Curly Bill’s death scene takes place after the Cowboys set up a trap for Earp, setting into motion the shocking events that unfold throughout the rest of the film between Earp, Doc and Ringo.

Biehn, Lang and Russell starred in Tombstone alongside Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, Powers Boothe, Charlton Heston, Jason Priestley, Thomas Haden Church, Dana Delany, Michael Rooker, Billy Bob Thornton, Billy Zane, John Corbett and Terry O’Quinn. George P. Cosmatos directed the film from a script by Kevin Jarre.

Tombstone grossed $73 million at the global box office and currently holds a 76% critic score and 93% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.

Before the Western was released in 1993, Biehn had appeared in movies like The Terminator, Aliens, Rampage, The Abyss and Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

After the success of Tombstone, the actor’s career has been going strong ever since, with roles in The Rock, Mojave Moon, The Art of War, The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power and Predator: Killer of Killers. On the small screen, his credits include The Runaways, Hill Street Blues, The Magnificent Seven, Hawaii, The Mandalorian and The Walking Dead.