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Destry Rides Again ()

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Deputy sheriff Destry tames the town of Bottle Neck, including saloon singer Frenchy.
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Frenchy
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Tom Destry Jr.
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Boris Callahan
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Washington Dimsdale
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Kent
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Gyp Watson
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Bugs Watson
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Janice Tyndall
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Lily Belle
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Loupgerou
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Judge Slade
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Jack Tyndall
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Lem Claggett
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Sophie Claggett
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Rockwell
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Clara
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Sheriff Keogh
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Claggett Boy
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Claggett Girl (as Ann Todd)
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Cowboy (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
Silver Tip Baker ...
Barfly (uncredited)
John Barton ...
Townsman (uncredited)
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Indian in Saloon (uncredited)
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Pianist (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Barfly (uncredited)
Loren Brown ...
Juggler (uncredited)
Buck Bucko ...
Barfly (uncredited)
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Barfly (uncredited)
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Barfly (uncredited)
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Barfly (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Woman (uncredited)
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Townsboy Telling Wash of Destry's Arrival (uncredited)
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Fiddle Player (uncredited)
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Creepy - Lends Tom Guns (uncredited)
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Dancer (uncredited)
Harold DeGarro ...
Juggler (uncredited)
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Barfly (uncredited)
Florence Dudley ...
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Friend of Lilly Belle (uncredited)
O.K. Ford ...
Barfly (uncredited)
Sam Garrett ...
Rider / Roper (uncredited)
Slim Gaut ...
Townsman (uncredited)
William Gillis ...
Barfly (uncredited)
Jack Gordon ...
Barfly (uncredited)
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Express Agent with Box of Rabbits (uncredited)
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Saloon Floozie (uncredited)
Paul King ...
Waiter (uncredited)
Jackie Krenk ...
Child (uncredited)
Harley Luse ...
Accordion Player (uncredited)
Johnny Luther ...
Barfly (uncredited)
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Musician (uncredited)
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Cowhand (uncredited)
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Barfly (uncredited)
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Stage Driver (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Bartender (uncredited)
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Doctor (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
Charles Murphy ...
Townsman (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Greets Stage (uncredited)
Mary Shannon ...
Woman on Street (uncredited)
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Bass Player (uncredited)
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Singing Girl in Wagon (uncredited)
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Cowboy (uncredited)
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Bartender (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
Eleanor Taylor ...
Child singing in wagon (uncredited)
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Stage Shotgun Rider (uncredited)
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Barfly (uncredited)
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Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)
Hank West ...
Musician (uncredited)
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Barfly (uncredited)
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Juror (uncredited)
Alex Woloshin ...
Assistant Bartender (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)

Directed by

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George Marshall

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Felix Jackson ... (screen play) &
Gertrude Purcell ... (screen play) &
Henry Myers ... (screen play)
 
Felix Jackson ... (original story by)
 
Max Brand ... (suggested by novel "Destry Rides Again")

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Islin Auster ... associate producer
Joe Pasternak ... producer

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Frank Skinner ... (musical score)

Cinematography by

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Hal Mohr ... director of photography

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Milton Carruth

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Jack Otterson

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Russell A. Gausman ... (set decorations) (as R.A. Gausman)

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Vera West ... (gowns)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Vernon Keays ... assistant director

Art Department

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Martin Obzina ... associate art director
Dorothea Holt ... illustrator (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Bernard B. Brown ... sound supervisor
Robert Pritchard ... technician

Stunts

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Cliff Lyons ... stunts (uncredited)
Tom Steele ... stunts (uncredited)
Helen Thurston ... stunt double Marlene Dietrich (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited)
Duke York ... stunt coordinator (uncredited)

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Cliff Shirpser ... assistant camera (uncredited)

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

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Friedrich Hollaender ... songs: music by (as Frederick Hollander)
Frank Loesser ... songs: lyrics by
Charles Previn ... musical director
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Plot Summary

Kent, the unscrupulous boss of Bottleneck has Sheriff Keogh killed when he asks one too many questions about a rigged poker game that gives Kent a stranglehold over the local cattle rangers. The mayor, who is in cahoots with Kent appoints the town drunk, Washington Dimsdale, as the new sheriff assuming that he'll be easy to control. But what the mayor doesn't know is that Dimsdale was a deputy under famous lawman, Tom Destry, and is able to call upon the equally formidable Tom Destry Jr to be his deputy. Featuring a career reviving performance from Marlene Dietrich as bar singer Frenchie, which could well have been the inspiration for Madeline Kahn's "Blazing Saddles" character, Lili Von Schtupp. Written by Mark Thompson

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Taglines THE GREATEST CAST EVER CORRALLED for a frontier drama like you've NEVER seen in all your born days! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Femme ou démon (France)
  • Der große Bluff (Germany)
  • Arizona (Spain)
  • Mujer o demonio (Argentina)
  • Sarx kai Diavolos (Greece)
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Trivia According to her grandson Peter Riva, who was interviewed for the Icons Radio Hour, Marlene Dietrich's fight scene was unchoreographed. She and Una Merkel agreed to do it impromptu with the only rule being no closed fists. They used feet, pulled hair, and Marlene had bruises for weeks afterwards, but the director got everything in one take. See more »
Goofs Tom Destry (James Stewart) makes the typical movie actor mistake of shooting his pistol at something by jerking the pistol and firing the gun at the target at the same time. In reality, if a shooter did that he would be moving the pistol off line and would miss every time, because the motion of the hand would impart a vector onto the bullet that would make it miss. Also, shooting that way is incredibly inaccurate. A real shooter would level the pistol at the target and then pull the trigger. Audie Murphy, a trained marksman, shot his pistols correctly in the remake Destry (1954). See more »
Movie Connections Featured in AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Stewart (1980). See more »
Soundtracks See What the Boys in the Back Room Will Have See more »
Quotes Tom Destry Jr.: Oh, I think I'll stick around. Y'know, I had a friend once used to collect postage stamps. He always said the one good thing about a postage stamp: it always sticks to one thing 'til it gets there, y'know? I'm sorta like that too.
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