Destry Rides Again (1939)

Director: George Marshall
Writer: Felix Jackson (Original Story suggested by the novel 'Destry Rides Again' by Max Brand), Felix Jackson, Gertrude Purcell, Henry Myers (Screenplay)

Producer: Joe Pasternak
Associate Producer: Islin Auster
Cinematographer: Hal Mohr
Sound: Bernard B. Brown (Supervisor), Robert Pritchard

Editor: Milton Carruth
Assistant Director: Vernon Keays

Art Direction: Jack Otterson
Music: Frank Skinner (Score), Charles Previn (Musical Director)

Costme Design: Vera West
Stunts: Cliff Lyons, Frank McCarroll, Bud McClure, Tom Steele, Helen Thurston, Duke York (Stunt Coordinator)

Production Company: Universal Pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cast

 

Marlene Dietrich - Frenchy
James Stewart - Thomas Jefferson 'Tom' Destry Jr.
Mischa Auer - Boris Callahan
Charles Winninger - Washington 'Wash' Dimsdale
Brian Donlevy - Kent
Allen Jenkins - Gyp Watson
Warren Hymer - Bugs Watson
Irene Hervey - Janice Tyndall
Una Merkel - Lily Belle Callahan
Billy Gilbert - Loupgerou
Samuel S. Hinds - Judge Hiram J. Slade
Jack Carson - Jack Tyndall
Tom Fadden - Lem Claggett
Virginia Brissac - Ma Sophie Claggett
Edmund MacDonald - Rockwell (Credited as Edmund Macdonald)
Lillian Yarbo - Clara
Joe King - Sheriff Joseph Keogh
Dickie Jones - Eli Whitney Claggett
Ann E. Todd - Claggett Girl (Credited as Ann Todd)

Richard Alexander - Cowboy (uncredited)
C.E. Anderson - Townsman (uncredited)
Silver Tip Baker - Barfly (uncredited)
John Barton - Townsman (uncredited)
Chief John Big Tree - Indian in Saloon (uncredited)
Billy Bletcher - Pianist (uncredited)
Rudy Bowman - Townsman (uncredited)
Ed Brady - Barfly (uncredited)
Loren Brown - Juggler (uncredited)
Ralph Bucko - Barfly (uncredited)
Roy Bucko - Barfly (uncredited)
Bob Card - Barfly (uncredited)
George Chesebro - Barfly (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell - Townsman (uncredited)
Dora Clement - Woman (uncredited)
Bill Cody Jr. - Townsboy Telling Wash of Destry's Arrival (uncredited)
Spade Cooley - Fiddle Player (uncredited)
Harry Cording - Creepy - Lends Tom Guns (uncredited)
Carmen D'Antonio - Dancer (uncredited)
Harold DeGarro - Juggler (uncredited)
Tex Driscoll - Barfly (uncredited)
Florence Dudley - Small Role (uncredited)
Ruth Eddings - Friend of Lilly Belle (uncredited)
O.K. Ford - Barfly (uncredited)
Sam Garrett - Rider / Roper (uncredited)
Slim Gaut - Townsman (uncredited)
William Gillis - Barfly (uncredited)
Jack Gordon - Barfly (uncredited)
Lloyd Ingraham - Express Agent with Box of Rabbits (uncredited)
Marjorie Kane - Saloon Floozie (uncredited)
Paul King - Waiter (uncredited)
Harley Luse - Accordion Player (uncredited)
Johnny Luther - Barfly (uncredited)
Cactus Mack - Musician (uncredited)
Kermit Maynard - Cowhand (uncredited)
Frank McCarroll - Barfly (uncredited)
Bud McClure - Stage Driver (uncredited)
Merrill McCormick - Townsman (uncredited)
Philo McCullough - Bartender (uncredited)
Robert McKenzie - Doctor (uncredited)
Robert Milasch - Townsman (uncredited)
Charles Murphy - Townsman (uncredited)
Tex Parker - Townsman (uncredited)
Carl Sepulveda - Greets Stage (uncredited)
Mary Shannon - Woman on Street (uncredited)
Rudy Sooter - Bass Player (uncredited)
Betta St. John - Singing Girl in Wagon (uncredited)
William Steele - Cowboy (uncredited)
Leo Sulky - Bartender (uncredited)
Al Taylor - Townsman (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook - Stage Shotgun Rider (uncredited)
Jack Tornek - Barfly (uncredited)
Minerva Urecal - Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)
Leslie Vincent - (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Hank West - Musician (uncredited)
Dan White - Barfly (uncredited)
Blackie Whiteford - Juror (uncredited)
Alex Woloshin - Assistant Bartender (uncredited)
Duke York - Townsman (uncredited) 

 

Plot

 

Deputy sheriff Tom Destry Jr., son of the formidable lawman Tom Destry, tames the town of Bottleneck using civility and intellect, and refuses to carry a gun.  

 

Review

 

A superior piece of writing, directing and acting from all concerned, this is a joy to watch from start to finish. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interesting Additional Information

 

Loved seeing singer/dancer Marjorie Kane as the saloon floozy in a featured comic moment.