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Destry Rides Again

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Destry Rides Again
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1hr 34min
Genre:
Western
Released:
December 29, 1939
Director:
George Marshall
Distributor:
Universal Studios
Starring:
Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Charles Winninger  ...more
Synopsis: Tom Destry (James Stewart), 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 (Brian Donlevy). His detractors laugh even louder when Destry signs on as deputy to drunken sheriff Wash Dimsdale (Charles Winninger). But the laughter subsides when Destry casually proves himself a crack shot, despite his abhorrence of firearms. Later, when saloon ... Full Synopsis
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Richard Gilliam, AMG Review
Destry Rides Again was a huge critical and box-office success in 1939, a year that had many critical and box-office successes and that is often considered to have produced more great films than any other year of the 20th century. Max Brand, the author of the source novel, is little remembered today, but in his era he was a prolific and popular writer who created such memorable screen successes as the ... Full Review
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Marlene Dietrich
Frenchy
James Stewart
Tom Destry
Charles Winninger
Wash Dimsdale
Mischa Auer
Boris Callahan
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