My Darling Clementine Movie Review 1946

One of the best Hollywood westerns ever made, this recounts the precise events leading up to and including the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Fonda's the lawman, with Bond, Holt, and Garner as his brothers, and Mature co-stars as best friend, Doc Holliday. Schoolteacher Clementine (Downs) is Earp's gal, but the real revelation should be Brennan as old man Clanton--he's chilling not folksy. Ford allegedly knew Wyatt Earp and used his stories to recount the details vividly, though not always accurately. Remake of 1939's "Frontier Marshal."

Distribution

Time-Life Video and Television, 1450 Palmyra Ave., Richmond, VA 23227-4420, Phone: (804)266-6330, Toll-free: 800-950-7887, Fax: (757)427-7905

Available on VHS
Running time 97 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Westerns, True Stories, Wyatt Earp, Gambling, Doc Holliday, U.S. Marshals, Gunslingers

Screenplay

Sam Hellman, Winston Miller, Samuel G. Engel

Cast

Henry Fonda, Victor Mature, Walter Brennan, Linda Darnell, Tim Holt, Ward Bond, John Ireland, Cathy Downs, Alan Mowbray, Don Garner, Jane Darwell, Grant Withers

Cinematography

Joe MacDonald

Director

John Ford

Music

David Buttolph, Cyril Mockridge

Producer

Samuel G. Engel, 20th Century-Fox

Awards

Natl. Film Reg. 1991.