Allen Jenkins, Billy Gilbert, Brian Donlevy

Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn't believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he rides into the wide-open town of Bottleneck, the personal fie...( read more  read more... )fdom of the crooked Kent on a mission to clean-up the town.

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Unrated, 95 min.

Directed by: George Marshall

Release Date: December 29, 1939

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DVD Release Date: May 6, 2003

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  • September 14, 2009
    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 cha...( read more)rm 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 face of adversity, this is one of my all time favourites and a true classic from the golden age.
  • November 15, 2009
    Classic Western Film.
  • August 24, 2009
    Guns don't kill people, the man in the black hat does.
  • April 25, 2009
    long time no see.
    want to see it again.
    my first James Stewart film.
  • January 17, 2009
    Cute western with my favorite Jimmy Stewart
  • May 10, 2008
    James Stewart stars as the son of a famed law man Tom Destry who happens not to like violence as the answer to every situation. Stewart is gives one of my favorite performances of his, my favorite of him in a western setting and Marlene Dietrich, in a career reviving role, is stu...( read more)nning and funny. Brian Donlevy plays the bad guy and does it with his usual great smugness. This is a good western which I recommend if you can find it.

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