It's well documented that Darryl F. Zanuck ended up reworking the film much to Ford's displeasure but it appears that Zanuck got rid of a lot of Ford's cornball humor and indulgent character touches. A pre-release version is featured on this new disc but it's no undiscovered Director's Cut of great scenes.
Henry Fonda had worked with Ford on Young Mr. Lincoln and his understated performance is very impressive. Fonda was no John Wayne and the film really benefits from that. The rest of the cast particularly Victor Mature as Doc Holliday was very good.
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| Ford directs, that's him on the floor staging the dance sequence he's between the flags. |
This was the last picture on Ford's contract for Zanuck. Zanuck made sure this was an "A" quality production. The set for the town of Tombstone was actually constructed in Monument Valley to take advantage of the scenery.
Ford was a master of filming long shots. His sophisticated visual scene is quite striking on My Darling Clementine.
97 minutes, written by Samuel G. Engel and Winston Miller.
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