Movie

Destry Rides Again

Released: November 30, 1939 (1939)

Runtime: 94 minutes

Genres: Western, Comedy

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Charles Winninger as Washington Dimsdale
Age at release: 55
Billy Gilbert as Loupgerou
Age at release: 45
Allen Jenkins as Gyp Watson
Age at release: 39
Brian Donlevy as Kent
Age at release: 38
Marlene Dietrich as Frenchy
Age at release: 37
Una Merkel as Lily Belle
Age at release: 35
Mischa Auer as Boris
Age at release: 34
Warren Hymer as Bugs Watson
Age at release: 33
James Stewart as Tom Destry Jr.
Age at release: 31
Irene Hervey as Janice Tyndall
Age at release: 30

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Samuel S. Hinds as Judge Slade
Age at release: 64
Chief John Big Tree as Indian in Saloon (uncredited)
Age at release: 62
Virginia Brissac as Sophie Claggett
Age at release: 56
Joe King as Sheriff Keogh
Age at release: 56
Silver Tip Baker as Barfly (uncredited)
Age at release: 53
George Chesebro as Barfly (uncredited)
Age at release: 51
Buck Bucko as Barfly (uncredited)
Age at release: 48
Dora Clement as Woman (uncredited)
Age at release: 48
Roy Bucko as Barfly (uncredited)
Age at release: 46
Billy Bletcher as Pianist (uncredited)
Age at release: 45
Tom Fadden as Lem Claggett
Age at release: 44
Richard Alexander as Cowboy (uncredited)
Age at release: 37
Lillian Yarbo as Clara
Age at release: 34
Edmund MacDonald as Rockwell (as Edmund Macdonald)
Age at release: 31
Jack Carson as Jack Tyndall
Age at release: 29
Spade Cooley as Fiddle Player (uncredited)
Age at release: 28
Dickie Jones as Claggett Boy
Age at release: 12
Ann E. Todd as Claggett Girl
Age at release: 8
Loren Brown as Juggler (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
Bill Cody Jr. as Townsboy Telling Wash of Destry's Arrival (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown