Destry Rides Again
Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart ride high in this superb comedic western, both a boisterous spoof and a shining example of its genre. As the brawling, rough-and-tumble saloon singer Frenchy, Dietrich shed her exotic love-goddess image and launched a triumphant career comeback, while Stewart cemented his amiable everyman persona, in his first of many westerns, with a charming turn as a gun-abhorring deputy sheriff who uses his wits to bring law and order to the frontier town of Bottleneck. A sparkling script, a supporting cast of virtuoso character actors, and rollicking musical numbers—delivered with unmatched bravado by the magnetic Dietrich—come together to create an irresistible, oft-imitated marvel of studio-era craftsmanship.
Special Features
- New 4K digital restoration by Universal Pictures in collaboration with The Film Foundation, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New interview with critic Imogen Sara Smith
- New interview with Donald Dewey, author of James Stewart: A Biography
- Illustrated audio excerpts from a 1973 oral-history interview with director George Marshall conducted by the American Film Institute
- Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1945, featuring actors James Stewart and Joan Blondell
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme
New cover illustration by Marc Aspinall
Special Features
- New 4K digital restoration by Universal Pictures in collaboration with The Film Foundation, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New interview with critic Imogen Sara Smith
- New interview with Donald Dewey, author of James Stewart: A Biography
- Illustrated audio excerpts from a 1973 oral-history interview with director George Marshall conducted by the American Film Institute
- Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1945, featuring actors James Stewart and Joan Blondell
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme
New cover illustration by Marc Aspinall
Cast
- Marlene Dietrich
- Frenchy
- James Stewart
- Tom Destry Jr.
- 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 Hiram J. Slade
- Jack Carson
- Jack Tyndall
- Tom Fadden
- Lem Claggett
- Virginia Brissac
- Sophie Claggett
Credits
- Director
- George Marshall
- Produced by
- Joe Pasternak
- Screenplay by
- Felix Jackson
- Screenplay by
- Gertrude Purcell
- Screenplay by
- Henry Myers
- Original story by
- Felix Jackson
- Suggested by the novel ”Destry Rides Again“ by
- Max Brand
- Director of photography
- Hal Mohr
- Art director
- Jack Otterson
- Film editor
- Milton Carruth
- Set decorations
- R. A. Gausman
- Gowns
- Vera West
- Assistant director
- Vernon Keays
- Musical director
- Charles Previn
- Score
- Frank Skinner
- Song lyrics by
- Frank Loesser
- Song music by
- Frederick Hollander
- Sound supervisor
- Bernard B. Brown
A scene from Destry Rides Again
