Destry Rides Again (1939)

  • NR
  • 11/30/1939 (US)
  • Western, Comedy
  • 1h 34m

They make the fighting sinful west blaze into action before your eyes!

Overview

Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he rides into the wide-open town of Bottleneck, the personal fiefdom of the crooked Kent.

Gertrude Purcell

Screenplay

Felix Jackson

Story, Screenplay

Henry Myers

Screenplay

George Marshall

Director

Max Brand

Novel

Cast

James Stewart's headshot

James Stewart

Tom Destry Jr.
Marlene Dietrich's headshot

Marlene Dietrich

Frenchy
Mischa Auer's headshot

Mischa Auer

Boris
Charles Winninger's headshot

Charles Winninger

Washington Dimsdale
Brian Donlevy's headshot

Brian Donlevy

Kent
Allen Jenkins's headshot

Allen Jenkins

Gyp Watson
Warren Hymer's headshot

Warren Hymer

Bugs Watson
Irene Hervey's headshot

Irene Hervey

Janice Tyndall

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