My Darling Clementine

1946

My Darling Clementine

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Canny and coolly confident, My Darling Clementine is a definitive dramatization of the Wyatt Earp legend that shoots from the hip and hits its target in breezy style.

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Movie Info

John Ford's western takes its inspiration from the life and legend of Wyatt Earp (Henry Fonda), the frontier lawman who teamed with Doc Holliday (Victor Mature) for the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
  • Rating:
    G
  • Genre:
    Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama, Western
  • Directed By:
    John Ford
  • Written By:
    Samuel G. Engel, Winston Miller, Sam Hellman
  • In Theaters:
     wide
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  • Studio:
    20th Century Fox Film Corporation

Cast

Henry Fonda
as Wyatt Earp
Victor Mature
as Doc John Holliday
Linda Darnell
as Chihuahua
Walter Brennan
as Old Man Clanton
Tim Holt
as Virgil Earp
Cathy Downs
as Clementine
Ward Bond
as Morgan Earp
Alan Mowbray
as Granville Thorndyke
John Ireland
as Billy Clanton
Roy Roberts
as Mayor
Jane Darwell
as Kate
Grant Withers
as Ike Clanton
J. Farrell MacDonald
as Mac the Bartender
Russell Simpson
as John Simpson
Don Garner
as James Earp
Francis Ford
as Town Drunk
Ben Hall
as Barber
Arthur J. Walsh
as Hotel Clerk
Louis Mercier
as Francois
Mickey Simpson
as Sam Clanton
Fred Libby
as Phin Clanton
William B. Davidson
as Owner of Oriental Saloon
Earle Foxe
as Gambler
Aleth "Speed" Hansen
as Guitar Player-Townsman
Dan Borzage
as Accordian Player/Townsman
C.E. Anderson
as Townsman
Duke R. Lee
as Townsman
Don Barclay
as Opera house owner
Margaret Martin
as Woman
Mae Marsh
as Woman
Frances Rey
as Woman
Robert Adler
as Stagecoach Driver
Jack Pennick
as Stagecoach Driver
Frank Conlan
as Piano Player
Charles Stevens
as Indian Charlie
Harry Woods
as Marshal
Danny Borzage
as Accordionist
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Critic Reviews for My Darling Clementine

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Audience Reviews for My Darling Clementine

  • Oct 16, 2015
    It is a welcome surprise to see a lighthearted Western that places its importance more on the characters than on the famous real gunfight depicted - and the deep-focus shots are beautiful -, but still the film has trouble with maintaining the focus and pacing in the second act.
    Carlos M Super Reviewer
  • Oct 27, 2011
    Fonda is fantastic as Wyatt Earp and featuring Walter Brennan's most sinister performance.
    Graham J Super Reviewer
  • Aug 29, 2011
    Although I personally prefer the awesomeness that is "Tombstone" when it comes to movies about the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, and the O.K. Corral, this one is still really great. Henry Fonda and Victor Mature as Doc Holliday strike all the right notes. This is making me excited about this Western class that I'm taking.
    Jared H Super Reviewer
  • Jul 03, 2010
    A fantastic telling of the gunfight at the OK Coral. It's brought down ever so slightly by Ford's romanticism of the genre. Too much focus on the ladies distances the characters from, what should be, their heartache. Tombstone will always be my favorite version of this story, and this hits many of the same notes. It's wonderfully shot, and unlike some early westerns, you get a real sense of heat, space, and isolation. Fonda is his typical brilliant self, carrying the film, and capturing Earp's rugged edges. It has a very clean pace, even though, what should be the main focus, is simply the interludes for the bromance/romance.
    Luke B Super Reviewer
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