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"Went the Day Well?" (1942) , from a short story by Graham Greene, is a wartime propaganda film with some surprises up its sleeve. The film, set in a sleepy English village, depicts the responses of ordinary folk to the extraordinary situation of having some German paratroopers land in their backyard posing as a British engineering detail. Watch out for dithering sweet little old ladies who serve tea and crumpets while secretly wielding an axe against unsuspecting German servicemen!

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"My Darling Clementine" (1946) INDb embodies the Western à la John Ford. Rough justice on the wild frontier is brought to life with screen legend Henry Fonda playing the real life legend,Wyatt Earp.  Fonda is surrounded by a strong supporting cast that includes Victor Mature (Doc Holliday), Cathy Downs (Clementine), Linda Darnell (Chihuahua) and Walter Brennan (Old Man Clanton). As for the scoop as to what really happened underneath all that dust in Tombstone at the O.K. Corrall, check out the Wikipedia article.

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