DESTRY RIDES AGAIN - BLU-CRITERION COLLECTION

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• Release Year: 1939
• Genre: Comedy, Western
• Plot: Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart ride high in this superb comedic western, both a boisterous spoof and a shining example of its genre. As the brawling, rough-and-tumble saloon singer Frenchy, Dietrich shed her exotic love-goddess image and launched a triumphant career comeback, while Stewart cemented his amiable everyman persona, in his first of many westerns, with a charming turn as a gun-abhorring deputy sheriff who uses his wits to bring law and order to the frontier town of Bottleneck. A sparkling script, a supporting cast of virtuoso character actors, and rollicking musical numbers—delivered with unmatched bravado by the magnetic Dietrich—come together to create an irresistible, oft-imitated marvel of studio-era craftsmanship.
• Cast: Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger, Brian Donlevy, Allen Jenkins, Warren Hymer, Irene Hervey, Una Merkel, Billy Gilbert, Samuel S. Hinds, Jack Carson, Tom Fadden, Virginia Brissac, Edmund MacDonald, Joe King, Dickie Jones, Ann E. Todd, Lillian Yarbo, Richard Alexander, Silver Tip Baker, Chief John Big Tree, Billy Bletcher, Loren Brown, Ralph Bucko, Roy Bucko, George Chesebro, Dora Clement, Bill Cody Jr., Spade Cooley, Harry Cording, Carmen D'Antonio, Harold DeGarro, O.K. Ford, Sam Garrett, William Gillis, Lloyd Ingraham, Marjorie Kane, Harley Luse, Cactus Mack, Frank McCarroll, Bud McClure, Merrill McCormick, Philo McCullough, Robert McKenzie, Charles Murphy, Mary Shannon, Rudy Sooter, Betta St. John, William Steele, Leo Sulky, Al Taylor, Harry Tenbrook, Jack Tornek, Minerva Urecal, Leslie Vincent, Hank West, Dan White, Blackie Whiteford, Alex Woloshin, Duke York, George Marshall, Felix Jackson, Gertrude Purcell, Henry Myers, Max Brand, Hal Mohr, Frank Skinner
• Director: George Marshall
• Runtime: 1:34
• Company: Universal Pictures Company, Inc., Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, The Film Foundation, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie