Destry Rides Again

Destry Rides Again
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGeorge Marshall
Written byFelix Jackson
Screenplay by
Based onDestry Rides Again 1930 novel
by Max Brand
Produced byJoe Pasternak
Starring
CinematographyHal Mohr
Edited byMilton Carruth
Music byFrank Skinner
Production
company
Universal Pictures
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • December 29, 1939 (1939-12-29) (United States)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$700,000[1] or $765,000[2]
Box office$1.6 million[3]

Destry Rides Again is a 1939 American Western comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart. The supporting cast includes Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger, Brian Donlevy, Allen Jenkins, Irene Hervey, Billy Gilbert, Bill Cody Jr., Lillian Yarbo, and Una Merkel.

The opening credits list the story as "Suggested by Max Brand's novel Destry Rides Again", but the movie is almost completely different. It also bears no resemblance to the 1932 adaptation of the novel starring Tom Mix, which is often retitled as Justice Rides Again.

In 1996, Destry Rides Again was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[4][5]

  1. ^ Scheuer, P. K. (January 9, 1980). "Pasternak: The man who out-disneyed disney". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 162644291.
  2. ^ Dick, Bernard K. (2015). City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures. University Press of Kentucky. p. 117. ISBN 9780813158891.
  3. ^ "Box office information for France in 1945." Box Office Story. Retrieved: April 11, 2015.
  4. ^ Stern, Christopher (December 3, 1996). "National Film Registry taps 25 more pix". Variety. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  5. ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 29, 2020.