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Destry

Year:

1954

Duration:

95 min

Genres:

Western

IMDB rate:

6.5

Director:

George Marshall

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1954-12-01

Filming Locations: Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Edgar Buchanan

Audie Murphy

Tom Destry

Mari Blanchard

Brandy

Lyle Bettger

Phil Decker

Thomas Mitchell

Reginald T. 'Rags' Barnaby

Lori Nelson

Martha Phillips

Wallace Ford

Doc Curtis

Mary Wickes

Bessie Mae Curtis

Alan Hale Jr.

Jack Larson

George Wallace

Curly Adams

Richard Reeves

Mac

Walter Baldwin

Henry Skinner

Lee Aaker

Eli Skinner

Anthony Lawrence

The Professor (as Mitchell Lawrence)

Frank Richards

Dummy

Trevor Bardette

Sheriff Joe Bailey

Ralph Peters

Bartender

John Doucette

Cowhand

Emile Avery

Townsman (uncredited)

Billy Bletcher

Townsman (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

Townsman (uncredited)

Wayne Burson

Minor Role (uncredited)

Fred Carson

Barfly (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin

Barfly (uncredited)

Frank Cordell

Stagecoach Driver (uncredited)

Anne Cornwall

Townswoman (uncredited)

Tex Driscoll

Barfly (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Townsman / Barfly (uncredited)

Mabel Forrest

Townswoman (uncredited)

Herb Golden

Townsman (uncredited)

Kit Guard

Barfly (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

Barfly (uncredited)

Harry Harris

Minor Role (uncredited)

Jimmy Hawkins

Boy (uncredited)

Marcoreta Hellman

Minor Role (uncredited)

Harry Hines

Miner (uncredited)

Jack Kenny

Townsman (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

Barfly (uncredited)

Ann Kunde

Townswoman (uncredited)

Ethan Laidlaw

Barfly (uncredited)

Rex Lease

Townsman (uncredited)

Philo McCullough

Townsman (uncredited)

Frank Mills

Barfly (uncredited)

Charles Morton

Barfly (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Townsman / Barfly (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

Bartender (uncredited)

Frances Osborne

Miss Sweetland (uncredited)

Bob Perry

Townsman / Barfly (uncredited)

Cap Somers

Barfly (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

Barfly (uncredited)

Harry Tenbrook

Barfly (uncredited)

Jack Tornek

Barfly (uncredited)

Sailor Vincent

Barfly (uncredited)

Henry Wills

Shotgun Rider (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Audie Murphy acted with Alan Hale Jr. in this film. Hale would go on to be Skipper in Gilligan's Island (1964). Murphy made Ride Clear of Diablo (1954) with Russell Johnson, who played "The Professor" on "Gilligan's Island".

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Director George Marshall's remake of his own film Destry Rides Again (1939) which starred James Stewart.

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Goofs

In the bar scene where Brandy is singing "Empty Arms", one of the lines is, "Do you hear me, Dad" addressing one of the male admirers. The slang use of "Dad" (similar to "dude", "bro", etc) came into usage in the 1950's at least 70 years after the setting of the movie. But the movie was made in 1954 when the saying was popular.

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When Tom Destry shows off his shooting skills at the saloon he shoots all the silver ornaments located at the tips of the star from the money wheel off(56:41).However,at the final shoot-out scene in the saloon the money wheel seems to have at least some of the silver ornaments still intact.

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Quotes

Tom Destry: Aren't you afraid you'll catch cold?

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Doc Curtis: Take off your shirt.

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Tom Destry: Which reminds me of a book I read once. It was all about a fellow and a girl - they had the doggonedest time gettin' together. Oh, it wasn't her fault. It wasn't exactly his fault, either. It was just a whole lot of mix-ups kept 'em apart. One day, this fella...

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