My Darling Clementine (1946). Wyatt Earp (Henry Fonda) and his brothers Morgan and Virgil ride into Tombstone and leave brother James in charge of their cattle herd. On their return they find their cattle stolen and James dead. Wyatt takes on the job of town marshal, making his brothers deputies, and vows to stay in Tombstone until James’ killers are found. He soon runs into the brooding, coughing, hard-drinking Doc Holliday (Victor Mature) as well as the sullen and vicious Clanton clan. Wyatt discovers the owner of a trinket stolen from James’ dead body and the stage is set for the Earps’ long-awaited revenge.

Box Office Information:

My Darling Clementine arrived in theaters on October 17th, 1946.   During it’s domestic box office run it earned $7.43 million which translates to $179.00 million in today’s ticket sales.  Of all the movies released in 1946….My Darling Clementine was the 41st biggest box office hit.

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Best IMDb trivia on My Darling Clementine:

1. Walter Brennan disliked John Ford so much that he never worked with him again. One time when Brennan was having a little trouble getting into the saddle, Ford yelled, “Can’t you even mount a horse?” Brennan shot back, “No, but I got three Oscars for acting!”
2. Vincent Price, James Stewart and Tyrone Power were considered for the role of Doc Holliday.
3. John Ford was asked by a film historian why he changed the historical details of the famous gunfight if, as he claimed, the real Wyatt Earp had told him all about it on a movie set back in the 1920s. “Did you like the film?” Ford asked, to which the scholar replied it was one of his favorites. “What more do you want?” Ford snapped.