Destry Rides Again
Starring: Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Brian Donlevy
Director: George Marshall
Writer: Henry Myers, Gertrude Purcell
Producer: Joe Pasternak
Destry Rides Again is a 1939 American Western comedy film directed by George Marshall for Universal Pictures with stars Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart. The supporting cast includes Charles Winninger, Mischa Auer, Brian Donlevy, Irene Hervey and Una Merkel.
Trivia
- Based on Destry Rides Again (novel by Max Brand).
- Western writer Max Brand contributed the novel, Destry Rides Again, but the film also owes its origins to Brand's serial "Twelve Peers", published in a pulp magazine.
- In the original work, Harrison (or "Harry") Destry was not a pacifist.
- The film was James Stewart's first Western (he would not return to the genre until 1950, with Winchester '73, followed by Broken Arrow).
Previous Showings
9 Runs • 6 Festivals
10,397 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (February 11, 1940)
Original Run: February 11, 1940 (Sunday - Tuesday)
All runs on record (9):
- February 11, 1940 (Sunday - Tuesday)James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich
- January 1 - 2, 1990 · 575 ticketsw/ Stagecoach
- December 3 - 7, 1993 · 2,211 ticketsw/ Harvey
- June 27 - 30, 1998 · 2,010 ticketsDear Old Hollywoodw/ Harvey
- September 5 - 7, 2007 · 611 ticketsSummer 2007 63 films in 12 weeks, including 22 films starring Fred Astairew/ Winchester '73
- July 10 - 13, 2010 · 1,563 ticketsSummer 2010w/ Vertigo
- September 3 - 6, 2016 · 1,377 ticketsSummer 2016w/ High Noon
- June 14 - 16, 2019 · 1,390 ticketsJames Stewart Festivalw/ Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- November 11 - 12, 2023 · 660 ticketsUniversal Pictures: Horror and Morew/ The Bank Dick