Destry Rides Again

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Destry Rides Again (1939)

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

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

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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.

Felix Jackson

Screenplay, Story
George Marshall

Director
Max Brand

Novel
Gertrude Purcell

Screenplay
Henry Myers

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James Stewart

Tom Destry Jr.
Marlene Dietrich

Frenchy
Mischa Auer

Boris
Charles Winninger

Washington Dimsdale
Brian Donlevy

Kent
Allen Jenkins

Gyp Watson
Warren Hymer

Bugs Watson
Irene Hervey

Janice Tyndall
Una Merkel

Lily Belle
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A review by John Chard

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Written by John Chard on August 28, 2014

Welcome to Bottleneck.

Deputy Tom Destry Jr. (James Stewart) rides in to Bottleneck and sets about ridding the town of its riff-raff elements - without guns!

Based on the novel by Max Brand, Destry Rides Again simultaneously spoofed the Western genre whilst reinvigorating Marlene Dietrich's flagging career. At first glance it seemed an odd casting choice to choose Dietrich as the bawdy saloon chanteuse, Frenchy, especially since Paulette Goddard was originally cast for the role. But it really comes off, where Dietrich's loud and brusque portrayal perfectly plays off of Jimmy Stewart's lai... read the rest.

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