Genre: Western, Outlaws, Revenge, Doctor
Tagline: She was everything the West was - young, fiery, exciting!
Plot: In another of his classic Westerns, John Ford again reflects upon the advance of civilization on the receding frontier, recounting the events leading up to and including the legendary gunfight at the O.K. Corral. As they drive their cattle toward California, Wyatt Earp (Henry Fonda) and his brothers, Morgan (Ward Bond), Virgil (Tim Holt), and young James (Don Garner), stop outside Tombstone, Arizona, where they refuse an offer for their stock made by Old Man Clanton (Walter Brennan) and his son, Ike (Grant Withers). The three older brothers ride into town, and, after Wyatt subdues a drunk, return to the wagons to find James dead and their cattle stolen. With little doubt about who the perpetrators are, Wyatt decides to accept the offer to be marshal of Tombstone that he had just recently refused. Despite Wyatt's tense first encounter with melancholy gambler and gunslinger Doc Holliday (Victor Mature), a wary, tacit friendship grows between the two men, which is soon complicated by the arrival of Doc's former love, the demure Clementine Carter (Cathy Downs). Although ostensibly focused on the famed gunfight, MY DARLING CLEMENTINE's more concerned--like many of Ford's films--with the creation of a community, the rule of law, and the civilizing influence of women on the wild and
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| Directed by |
John Ford
The Searchers, The Grapes of Wrath, The Quiet Man |
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| Sam Hellman
The Return of Frank James, The Horn Blows at Midnight, Poor Little Rich Girl |
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| Cast |
Henry Fonda
12 Angry Men, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Longest Day |
 | Linda Darnell
The Mark of Zorro, A Letter to Three Wives, Unfaithfully Yours | | Cathy Downs
The Amazing Colossal Man, The Dark Corner, The She-Creature | | Tim Holt
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Stagecoach, The Magnificent Ambersons | Ward Bond
It's a Wonderful Life, The Maltese Falcon, The Searchers | |
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| Music By |
Cyril J. Mockridge
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Miracle on 34th Street, The Ox-Bow Incident |
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