Destry Rides Again

1939 · directed by George Marshall

Rating
80/100
Hit
yes

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.

Destry Rides Again (1939), directed by George Marshall, rates 80/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • James Stewart
  • Marlene Dietrich
  • Mischa Auer
  • Charles Winninger
  • Brian Donlevy
  • Allen Jenkins
  • Warren Hymer
  • Irene Hervey
  • Una Merkel
  • Billy Gilbert

Crew

  • Hal Mohr — Director of Photography
  • Milton Carruth — Editor
  • Frank Skinner — Original Music Composer
  • Felix Jackson — Screenplay
  • Gertrude Purcell — Screenplay
  • Henry Myers — Screenplay

More from George Marshall

  1. The Blue Dahlia (1946) — 81/100 · hit
  2. The Ghost Breakers (1940) — 76/100
  3. Houdini (1953) — 74/100
  4. Towed in a Hole (1932) — 73/100 · short, not counted
  5. How the West Was Won (1962) — 71/100
  6. Pack Up Your Troubles (1932) — 70/100

How these numbers work: Methodology