Destry Rides Again (1939)

7.2/10 94 min Western Comedy

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.

Cast

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

Billy Gilbert

Loupgerou

Samuel S. Hinds

Judge Slade

Jack Carson

Jack Tyndall

Tom Fadden

Lem Claggett

Virginia Brissac

Sophie Claggett

Edmund MacDonald

Rockwell (as Edmund Macdonald)

Lillian Yarbo

Clara

Joe King

Sheriff Keogh

Dickie Jones

Claggett Boy

Ann E. Todd

Claggett Girl

Richard Alexander

Cowboy (uncredited)

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