My Darling Clementine
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| Directed by | John Ford |
| Produced by | Samuel G. Engel |
| Written by | Samuel G. Engel Winston Miller Story: Sam Hellman Uncredited: Stuart Anthony William M. Conselman |
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Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal 1931 novel by Stuart N. Lake |
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Musical Direction: Alfred Newman Music: Cyril Mockridge David Buttolph (uncredited) |
| Cinematography | Joseph MacDonald |
| Edited by | Dorothy Spencer |
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| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
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97 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2 million |
| Box office | $2,750,000 (US rentals) |
My Darling Clementine is a 1946 American western film directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp during the period leading up to the gunfight at the OK Corral. The ensemble cast also features Linda Darnell, Victor Mature, Walter Brennan, Tim Holt, and Ward Bond.
The title of the movie is borrowed from the theme song "Oh My Darling, Clementine", sung in parts over the opening and closing credits. The screenplay is based on the fictionalized biography Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal by Stuart Lake, as were two earlier movies, both named Frontier Marshal (released in 1934 and 1939, respectively).
My Darling Clementine is regarded by many film critics as one of the best Westerns ever made.
In 1882 (in reality, the gunfight at the O.K. Corral happened on October 26, 1881), Wyatt, Morgan, Virgil, and James Earp are driving cattle to California when they cross Old Man Clanton. When they learn about the nearby boom town of Tombstone, the older brothers ride in, leaving the youngest brother James to watch over the cattle. The Earps soon learn that Tombstone is a lawless town without a marshal. Wyatt is the only man in the town willing to face the drunk Indian shooting at the townspeople. When they return to their camp, they find the cattle rustled and James murdered.
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