Movie Information
Overall Rank: 1981
Average Rating: 2.9/4
# of Ratings: 39
Theatrical Release Date: 12/29/1939
Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 05/20/2008
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George Marshall
Actors: Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger, Brian Donlevy, Allen Jenkins
Plot: A crooked cattle boss partners with a likewise crooked mayor to take down the town sheriff and put a stranglehold on the locals. Appointing the town drunk as the new sheriff, they don't realize he has a connection to legendary lawman Tom Destry - and he invites Tom Destry, Jr. to town to clean up the mess. -- Chris Kavan
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4/4
Alaine - wrote on 12/12/2011
He doesn't like guns but he knows how to use them. Loads of characters and stereotypes, this is a morality play. Very good Western. If there's a "Rewatchability Index" somewhere, this title will be on it.
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"Destry Rides Again" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 02/17/2012
When the sheriff of a corrupt frontier town is murdered and replaced with the town drunk, the man calls on the services of the son of a legendary law man only to find that he is a pacifist. James Stewart is at his very best for this, one of his defining roles. His easy going charm and integrity are a perfect foil for Marlene Dietrich's feisty music hall girl (so brilliantly parodied by Madeline Kahn in Blazing Saddles) and they have fantastic chemistry together; the cat-fight scene is pure comedy gold. Essentially a story about standing by your principles no matter what the provocation, all the characters are impossible to dislike with some great comic relief provided by a quality supporting cast. Consistently funny with a timeless story of a hero who refuses to resort to violence in the …
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