Rent My Darling Clementine (1946)
3.8 of 5 from 107 ratings
1h 32min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- After Wyatt Earp's (Henry Fonda) brother James is murdered by cattle rustlers, the frontier legend becomes Tombstone's marshal and sets out to avenge the younger man's death. Torn between his badge and his fury, Earp confronts the likely killers, the notoriously lawless family of Old Man Clanton (Walter Brennan), setting the stage for the famed shoot-out at the O.K. Corral. Along the way, Earp falls in love with a schoolteacher named Clementine (Cathy Downs), which pits him against the cantankerous Doc Holliday. While 'My Darling Clementine' never loses its dynamism as a hard-hitting western, it is also a tender love story.
- Actors:
- Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature, Cathy Downs, Walter Brennan, Tim Holt, Ward Bond, Alan Mowbray, John Ireland, Roy Roberts, Jane Darwell, Grant Withers, J. Farrell MacDonald, Russell Simpson, Robert Adler, C.E. Anderson, Don Barclay, Hank Bell, Danny Borzage, Ruth Clifford
- Directors:
- John Ford
- Producers:
- Samuel G. Engel
- Writers:
- Samuel G. Engel, Winston Miller, Sam Hellman, Stuart N. Lake
- Studio:
- 20th Century Fox
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama
- Collections:
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- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 27/02/2017
- Run Time:
- 97 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Commentary by author Scott Eyman and Earp's grandson, Wyatt Earp III
- John Ford and Monument Valley - a 2013 documentary on the director's lifelong association with Utah's Monument Valley containing interviews with Peter Cowie (author of John Ford and the American West), John Ford, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, James Stewart and Martin Scorsese
- Movie Masterclass - a 1988 episode of the Channel 4 series, devoted to My Darling Clementine and presented by Lindsay Anderson
- Lost and Gone Forever - a visual essay by Tag Gallagher on the themes that run through My Darling Clementine and the film's relationship with John Ford's other works
- Stills Gallery
- Theatrical Trailer
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Reviews (2) of My Darling Clementine
A likeable period piece - My Darling Clementine review by (NONE)
This was a remarkable film in its time. But that time is long gone. All films about the most famous gunfight in history are now judged by the Burt Lancaster / Kirk Douglas chef d'oevre. So everyone knows that Doc Holliday did NOT die in that battle (he died years later, in bed, of tuberculosis). And the Earps did not come to Tombstone because the Clantons had stolen their cattle. So why, telling the story of a real event, did they change it so? But meanwhile this is a beautifully staged and photographed film which can be viewed with pleasure as of its time. But time has totally upset its story line.
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Poetic, Cinematic Masterpiece - My Darling Clementine review by GI
On his return from duty in the Second World War director John Ford chose to make this as his first film back as a civilian. It's an interesting choice because although Ford now has renown for his westerns he had in fact only previously made one 'talkie' western, Stagecoach (1939). His choice of Henry Fonda to play the lead is also an interesting one. Fonda had been in other Ford films of course but as an actor he exemplified a quiet dignity rather than an outright man of action like John Wayne for example, a style not normally attributed to westerns of this period. The resulting film is now deemed one of the great American films, certainly one of the greatest westerns, and it's a poetic, lyrical masterpiece and a film that all true film lovers should study. The story of Wyatt Earp and the Gunfight at The OK Corral has been filmed many times yet here Ford chose to abandon historical accuracy in order to make a heroic, almost gentle version (creating legend from fact!). Fonda plays Wyatt who along with his brothers (including another Ford stalwart Ward Bond) are taking a cattle herd to California. A stopover in Tombstone results in the theft of their herd and the murder of their younger brother. Wyatt takes on the job of the local lawman in order to find the culprits. This brings him into conflict with the wayward Doc Holliday (Victor Mature in a rather good performance reputedly obtained by ruthless bullying from Ford) and the sullen Clanton family led by Walter Brennan. It all culminates at the Ok Corral but this is a film about much more than a gunfight, which here is somewhat underplayed. Into the narrative is built a complex relationship with Holliday and two dysfunctional romances, one with the prostitute Chihuahua (Linda Darnell) and the other with the 'respectable' Clementine (Cathy Downs). Ford adds in a structure built around community and stability and leaves the film's end unresolved. This is a truly classic piece of film making and if you are interested in film then make sure you see this.
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