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Bookmark this pageDestry Rides Again (1939)
Director: George Marshall
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From Time Out Film Guide
Marvellous comedy Western, with Stewart's pacifist, reputedly wimpy marshal taming the lawless town of Bottleneck by means of words and jokes rather than the gun Donlevy's villain repeatedly provokes him to use. What is remarkable about the film is the way it combines humour, romance, suspense and action so seamlessly (with individual scenes - Dietrich singing 'See What the Boys in the Back Room Will Have', Stewart's delicious parable about a homicidal orphan, Mischa Auer losing his pants - indelibly printed in the memory). Flawless performances, pacy direction and a snappy script place it head and shoulders above virtually any other spoof oater.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: George Marshall
Producer: Joe Pasternak
Cast: James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Winninger, Brian Donlevy, Una Merkel, Mischa Auer, Samuel S Hinds, Jack Carson, Billy Gilbert full cast
Duration: 94 mins
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