My Darling Clementine (1946)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

John Ford

Writers:

Samuel G. Engel (screenplay) and
Winston Miller (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

3 December 1946 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Western

Tagline:

The Roaring West At Its Reckless Best!

Plot:

A Western retelling the tale of the Shoot-out at the OK Corral.

Plot Keywords:

OK Corral | Marshal | Doc Holliday | Wyatt Earp | Revenge

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Henry Fonda	...	Wyatt Earp
Linda Darnell	...	Chihuahua
Victor Mature	...	Dr. John 'Doc' Holliday
Cathy Downs	...	Clementine Carter
Walter Brennan	...	Old Man Clanton
Tim Holt	...	Virgil Earp
Ward Bond	...	Morgan Earp
Alan Mowbray	...	Granville Thorndyke
John Ireland	...	Billy Clanton
Roy Roberts	...	Mayor
Jane Darwell	...	Kate Nelson
Grant Withers	...	Ike Clanton
J. Farrell MacDonald	...	Mac the Barman
Russell Simpson	...	John Simpson
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Adler	...	Stagecoach Driver (uncredited)
C.E. Anderson	...	Townsman (uncredited)
Don Barclay	...	Opera House Owner (uncredited)
Hank Bell	...	Opera House Patron (uncredited)
Danny Borzage	...	Accordionist (uncredited)
Frank Conlan	...	Pianist (uncredited)
Jack Curtis	...	Bartender (uncredited)
Francis Ford	...	Dad, Old Soldier (uncredited)
Earle Foxe	...	Gambler (uncredited)
Don Garner	...	James Earp (uncredited)
Ben Hall	...	Barber (uncredited)
Aleth Hansen	...	Guitarist (uncredited)
Duke R. Lee	...	Townsman (uncredited)
Fred Libby	...	Phin Clanton (uncredited)
Mae Marsh	...	Simpson's Sister (uncredited)
Margaret Martin	...	Woman (uncredited)
Kermit Maynard	...	Townsman (uncredited)
Louis Mercier	...	François, the Chef (uncredited)
Jack Pennick	...	Stagecoach Driver (uncredited)
Frances Rey	...	Woman (uncredited)
Mickey Simpson	...	Sam Clanton (uncredited)
Charles Stevens	...	Indian Joe (uncredited)
Arthur Walsh	...	Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Harry Woods	...	Luke (uncredited)

Directed by
John Ford

Writing credits
Samuel G. Engel		(screenplay) and
Winston Miller		(screenplay)
Sam Hellman		(story)
Stuart N. Lake		(book "Wyatt Earp, Frontier Marshal")

Produced by
Samuel G. Engel	....	producer

Original Music by
Cyril J. Mockridge		(as Cyril Mockridge)
David Buttolph		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
Joseph MacDonald		(director of photography) (as Joe MacDonald)

Film Editing by
Dorothy Spencer

Art Direction by
James Basevi
Lyle R. Wheeler		(as Lyle Wheeler)

Set Decoration by
Thomas Little

Makeup Department
Ben Nye	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William Eckhardt	....	assistant director (uncredited)
Jack Sonntag	....	second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Fred J. Rode	....	associate set decorator

Sound Department
Eugene Grossman	....	sound
Roger Heman Sr.	....	sound (as Roger Heman)

Special Effects by
Fred Sersen	....	special photographic effects

Stunts
Jack Montgomery	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gil Perkins	....	stunts (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
René Hubert	....	costumes (as Rene Hubert)
Sam Benson	....	wardrobe (uncredited)

Music Department
Alfred Newman	....	musical director
Edward B. Powell	....	music arranger: orchestral arrangements (as Edward Powell)

Other crew
Darryl F. Zanuck	....	presenter
Barlow Simpson	....	double: Russell Simpson (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1946) (USA) (theatrical) (released through)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1953) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox (1947) (France) (theatrical)
• Allianz Filmverleih (1964) (West Germany) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Centfox (1949) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Key Video (video)
• M.P.E.A. (1949) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

John Ford's My Darling Clementine (UK) (complete title) (USA) (complete title)
Faustrecht der Prärie (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
Pasión de los fuertes (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Tombstone (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
A Paixão dos Fortes (Portugal) [pt]
Aavikon laki (Finland) (reissue title) [fi]
Erämaan laki (Finland) [fi]
I zoi axizei mia sfaira (Greece) (reissue title) [el]
Katahthonios dioxis (Greece) [el]
La meva estimada Clementine (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
La poursuite infernale (France) [fr]
Laglöst land (Sweden) [sv]
Mein Liebling Clementine (Austria) [de]
Miasto bezprawia (Poland) [pl]
My Darling Clementine (Denmark) [da]
O lytrotis (Greece) (reissue title) [el]
Paixão dos Fortes (Brazil) [pt]
Sfida infernale (Italy) [it]

Runtime:

97 min | Spain:102 min | 103 min (pre-release version) | West Germany:92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Norway:16 | West Germany:12 (f) | USA:Approved (certificate #11591) | Canada:PG (video rating) | South Korea:12 (2003) | Australia:G | Finland:K-16 | Germany:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Sweden:15 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:U (re-rating) (1995) | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Arizona, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress, in 1991.

Goofs:

Factual errors: There was not a Clanton brother named Sam.

Quotes:

[as Wyatt is leaving the hotel after taking the marshall's job, he meets Clanton and his sons]
Wyatt Earp: I'm the fella with the trail herd, remember?
Old Man Clanton: Oh, sure, I remember you.
Wyatt Earp: You was right. I didn't get very far with 'em. They was rustled this evening.
Old Man Clanton: That so? Well, that's too bad.
[Wyatt starts out the door]
Old Man Clanton: I guess you'll be headin' for California, huh?
Wyatt Earp: No, I figured on stickin' around awhile. Got myself a job.
Old Man Clanton: Cowpunching?
Wyatt Earp: Marshallin'.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Down in the Valley (2005)

My Darling Clementine

John Ford's exquisite film about marshall of Tombstone, Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday and their incredible gunfight against the Clantons at the O.K.Corral. Dramatic and wonderfully brooding, Ford employs it all here; perfect lighting, superb photography and as always, a fabulous and unmatched use of the camera. Many other films have been made on this subject, but you need look no further than this cinematic masterpiece.