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Western Cinema: My Darling Clementine - With Special Guest, Mary Doria Russell

My Darling Clementine (1946)                     Directed by John Ford

John Ford returns to his beloved Monument Valley to tell the story of the coming of civilization to the West. The once-wild town of Tombstone now has a barbershop, a church and a school. Henry Fonda plays Wyatt Earp. He and his brothers have abandoned their wild ways and have become well-groomed, responsible citizens. With the arrival of Clementine the schoolmarm to add beauty and smarts, Tombstone may finally be ready for its close-up. But who are those guys with guns hanging around the O.K Corral?

Terry Meehan welcomes Mary Doria Russell, bestselling author of Doc and The Sparrow, to join him in a rootin' tootin' no-holds-barred film debate! Who is the worst Doc Holliday of all time? Does it matter?

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