"I’m Your Huckleberry": What Doc Holliday’s Tombstone Line Really Means

“I’m your huckleberry” is one of Doc Holliday’s most memorable quotes from the western biopic Tombstone, but it’s also one of the film’s most widely misunderstood lines. Tombstone depicts a number of historical events, like the Earp Vendetta Ride and the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, involving real-life people like Doc Holliday. There are plenty of classic quotes from Tombstone, from Wyatt Earp’s line, “Hell’s coming with me,” to Johnny Ringo’s line, “I want your blood, and I want your soul.” Kevin Jarre’s screenplay gave the movie’s star-studded ensemble cast a surplus of fun dialogue to work with.