Destry Rides Again

1939 PG-13 1h 34m

7.2 /10

190

Genre

Western Comedy

Plot

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

George Marshall

Writers

Gertrude Purcell Felix Jackson Henry Myers

Stars

James Stewart Marlene Dietrich Mischa Auer

Cast & Crew

Rockwell (as Edmund Macdonald)

Indian in Saloon (uncredited)

Townsboy Telling Wash of Destry's Arrival (uncredited)

Spade Cooley

Fiddle Player (uncredited)

Harry Cording

Creepy - Lends Tom Guns (uncredited)

Small Role (uncredited)

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Ruth Eddings

Friend of Lilly Belle (uncredited)

Rider / Roper (uncredited)

Express Agent with Box of Rabbits (uncredited)

Marjorie Kane

Saloon Floozie (uncredited)

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Harley Luse

Accordion Player (uncredited)

Cactus Mack

Musician (uncredited)

Stage Driver (uncredited)

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Merrill McCormick

Townsman (uncredited)

Philo McCullough

Bartender (uncredited)

Robert McKenzie

Doctor (uncredited)

Charles Murphy

Townsman (uncredited)

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Mary Shannon

Woman on Street (uncredited)

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Rudy Sooter

Bass Player (uncredited)

Betta St. John

Singing Girl in Wagon (uncredited)

Bartender (uncredited)

Al Taylor

Townsman (uncredited)

Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)

Musician (uncredited)

Assistant Bartender (uncredited)

Duke York

Townsman (uncredited)

User Reviews

Geronimo1967

26 Jun 2022

Brian Donlevy ("Kent") and Malrene Dietrich ("Frenchy") pretty much run the town of Bottle Neck. Everyone comes to their saloon where they blow off st...

talisencrw

31 Jul 2016

This was very interesting and I enjoyed it significantly. It's weird watching very early James Stewart--he's not what one would consider a conventiona...

John Chard

28 Aug 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 - wit...