My Darling Clementine (Criterion Collection) (DVD)

John Ford (STAGECOACH) takes on the legend of the O.K. Corral shoot-out in this multilayered, exceptionally well-constructed western, one of the director's very best films. Henry Fonda (YOUNG MR. LINCOLN) cuts an iconic figure as Wyatt Earp, the sturdy lawman who sets about the task of shaping up the disorderly Arizona town of Tombstone, and Victor Mature (VIOLENT SATURDAY) gives the performance of his career as the boozy, tubercular gambler and gunman Doc Holliday. Though initially at cross-purposes, the pair ultimately team up to confront the violent Clanton gang. Affecting and stunningly photographed, My Darling Clementine is a story of the triumph of civilization over the Wild West from American cinema's consummate mythmaker.

Starring: Cathy Downs, Jane Darwell, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Henry Fonda, Ben Hall, Don Garner, Francis Ford, Tim Holt

Director: Samuel G. Engel