They make the fighting sinful west blaze into action before your eyes!
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 fiefdom of the crooked Kent.
- 7.2
- 1939
- Released
- 1h 34m
James Stewart
Tom Destry Jr.
Marlene Dietrich
Frenchy
Mischa Auer
Boris
Charles Winninger
Washington Dimsdale
Brian Donlevy
Kent
Allen Jenkins
Gyp Watson
Warren Hymer
Bugs Watson
Irene Hervey
Janice Tyndall
Una Merkel
Lily Belle
Billy Gilbert
Loupgerou
Samuel S. Hinds
Judge Slade
Jack Carson
Jack Tyndall
Tom Fadden
Lem Claggett
Virginia Brissac
Sophie Claggett
Edmund MacDonald
Rockwell (as Edmund Macdonald)
Lillian Yarbo
Clara
Joe King
Sheriff Keogh
Dickie Jones
Claggett Boy
Ann E. Todd
Claggett Girl
Richard Alexander
Cowboy (uncredited)
Silver Tip Baker
Barfly (uncredited)
Chief John Big Tree
Indian in Saloon (uncredited)
Billy Bletcher
Pianist (uncredited)Loren Brown
Juggler (uncredited)Buck Bucko
Barfly (uncredited)Roy Bucko
Barfly (uncredited)
George Chesebro
Barfly (uncredited)
Dora Clement
Woman (uncredited)
Bill Cody Jr.
Townsboy Telling Wash of Destry's Arrival (uncredited)
Spade Cooley
Fiddle Player (uncredited)
Harry Cording
Creepy - Lends Tom Guns (uncredited)Carmen D'Antonio
Dancer (uncredited)Harold DeGarro
Juggler (uncredited)
Tex Driscoll
Barfly (uncredited)
Florence Dudley
Small Role (uncredited)Ruth Eddings
Friend of Lilly Belle (uncredited)O.K. Ford
Barfly (uncredited)Sam Garrett
Rider / Roper (uncredited)William Gillis
Barfly (uncredited)Jack Gordon
Barfly (uncredited)
Lloyd Ingraham
Express Agent with Box of Rabbits (uncredited)
Marjorie Kane
Saloon Floozie (uncredited)Harley Luse
Accordion Player (uncredited)
Cactus Mack
Musician (uncredited)Frank McCarroll
Barfly (uncredited)Bud McClure
Stage Driver (uncredited)Merrill McCormick
Townsman (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
Bartender (uncredited)
Robert McKenzie
Doctor (uncredited)
Charles Murphy
Townsman (uncredited)Mary Shannon
Woman on Street (uncredited)Rudy Sooter
Bass Player (uncredited)
Betta St. John
Singing Girl in Wagon (uncredited)
William Steele
Cowboy (uncredited)Leo Sulky
Bartender (uncredited)
Al Taylor
Townsman (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Stage Shotgun RiderJack Tornek
Barfly (uncredited)
Minerva Urecal
Mrs. DeWitt (uncredited)
Leslie Vincent
(uncredited)Hank West
Musician (uncredited)
Dan White
Barfly (uncredited)
Blackie Whiteford
Juror (uncredited)Alex Woloshin
Assistant Bartender (uncredited)
Duke York
Townsman (uncredited)
Released
en
- #deputy
- #black and white
- #lawman
Reviews
Brian Donlevy ("Kent") and Malrene Dietrich ("Frenchy") pretty much run the town of Bottle Neck. Everyone comes to their saloon where they blow off steam and where she regularly serenades them with some toe-tappers. Upstairs, "Kent" runs a crooked poker game and together they fleece gullible old "Claggett" out of his ranch. He goes to the sheriff who promises to intercede, and pretty soon the town
This was very interesting and I enjoyed it significantly. It's weird watching very early James Stewart--he's not what one would consider a conventional romantic male lead--and this is a very bizarre Western/comedy/musical. Anything starring Dietrich of this vintage is priceless, no doubt. Very weird, especially considering America's ever-present right-to-bear-arms controversy, watching a film like
Welcome to Bottleneck. Deputy Tom Destry Jr. (James Stewart) rides in to Bottleneck and sets about ridding the town of its riff-raff elements - without guns! Based on the novel by Max Brand, Destry Rides Again simultaneously spoofed the Western genre whilst reinvigorating Marlene Dietrich's flagging career. At first glance it seemed an odd casting choice to choose Dietrich as the bawdy saloo