Sfida infernale

Titolo originale: My Darling Clementine
Regia: John Ford |
Anno: 1946
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Western Dramma Romance
Tag: gunslinger | saloon | marshal | arizona | rifle | wyatt earp | doc holliday | revenge | tombstone arizona | death of girlfriend | 19th century | ok corral |
Cast: 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 | Frank Conlan | Tex Cooper | Jack Curtis | William B. Davidson | James Dime | Tex Driscoll | Frank Ellis | Francis Ford | Earle Foxe | Don Garner | Ben Hall | Aleth Hansen | Jack Kenny | Duke R. Lee | Fred Libby | Mae Marsh | Margarita Martín | Kermit Maynard | Louis Mercier | Jack Montgomery | Jack Pennick | Mickey Simpson | Charles Stevens | Arthur Walsh | Harry Woods |

È il racconto classico della sfida combattuta all'OK Corral di Tombstone il 26 ottobre 1881 tra lo sceriffo Wyatt Earp, i suoi fratelli e il giocatore-beone Doc Holliday da una parte e il clan dei fratelli Clanton dall'altra. Quando John Ford dirigeva i suoi western muti Earp era ancora vivo, capitava sul set e si ubriacava giocosamente con le comparse. Ford gli offriva il caffè e si faceva raccontare la grande sfida. Anni dopo ha riprodotto a memoria quelle schegge di vita di frontiera e la manovra militare che ebbe per teatro il Corral. È un western molto bello, un classico e il più accorato di Ford. I personaggi esprimono una sorta di "gentilezza dei prodi" e vivono nell'atmosfera d'una canzone di gesta carica di nostalgia. Ford è imbevuto dello spirito reale della vita di frontiera, riproduce fedelmente lo stile con cui cowboys e fuorilegge rischiavano l'esistenza in un crogiuolo arroventato come Tombstone.

Errori

When Clementine looks around Doc's room, Wyatt admires a picture of her, which in medium-long shot i [...] D
When "Indian Charlie" is shooting up the saloon, the original town marshal quits his job and surrend [...] D
Monument Valley is used as background in many of the scenes, and the town of Tombstone is depicted a [...] D
The movie shows Virgil Earp killed (murdered - shot in back) by Old Man Clanton. However, in actuali [...] D
Doc Holliday was supposed to be a surgeon in the movie. In fact, he was a dentist. On March 1, 1872, [...] D
Before Doc begins to operate on Chihuahua, without anesthesia, a cloth is placed in her mouth and sh [...] D
When Wyatt is playing poker, Chihuahua puts her leg up on a chair showing her dark stockings. A few [...] D
The film has Ike, Phin and Sam Clanton being killed in the gunfight. Neither Phin nor Sam were prese [...] D
In the film, "Old Man" Clanton (Walter Brennan) is shot and killed after the gunfight. In actuality, [...] D
The film shows Wyatt Earp (Henry Fonda) and John "Doc" Holliday (Victor Mature) meeting for the firs [...] D
In the film, the OK Corral gunfight happens in 1882. It actually happened on October 26, 1881. D
When Chihuahua (Linda Darnell) sits on the bed of Doc Holliday (Victor Mature) at 56'17m into the mo [...] D
Not any of the Earps died before the gunfight, whilst in this movie James and Virgil were murdered [...] D
Doc Holliday did not die at the O.K. Corral. He died six years later from tuberculosis in a sanitari [...] D
No mention is made of Tom and Frank McLaury (both of whom were killed in the gunfight), Billy Claibo [...] D
The movie shows James Earp killed (murdered) with his marker showing "born 1864 died 1882". However, [...] D
There are no sahauros as far north as the buttes in Monument Valley, where Tombstone, Arizona Territ [...] D
The ages of the Earp brothers is reversed. In the movie, James is in his late teens, Virgil is in hi [...] D
There was not a Clanton brother named Sam. D
At the beginning of the film when Wyatt Earp is preparing for a shave, the lather is yet to be appli [...] D
During the shootout, which supposedly occurs at "sun up", the men's shadows are shorter than the men [...] D
The gunfight took place in the afternoon, not in the morning. D
Just about every detail of the gun battle at the OK Corral is unhistorical. The positioning of the c [...] D
Wyatt Earp was never the town Marshal of Tombstone. Virgil Earp was. D