Destry Rides Again
They make the fighting sinful west blaze into action before your eyes!
1939 · 1h 34m · Approved
Comedy, Western
Directed by
George Marshall
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Destry Rides Again
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.
Director and cast
- George Marshall Director
- James Stewart as Tom Destry Jr.
- Marlene Dietrich as Frenchy
- Mischa Auer as Boris
- Charles Winninger as Washington Dimsdale
- Brian Donlevy as Kent
- Allen Jenkins as Gyp Watson
- Warren Hymer as Bugs Watson
- Irene Hervey as Janice Tyndall
- Una Merkel as Lily Belle
- Billy Gilbert as Loupgerou
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