Thursday, July 14, 2011

Destry Rides Again (1939)

James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich star in this western movie. Tom Destry (Stewart) is the son of a famous sheriff, who has since been killed (shot in the back). Frenchy (Dietrich) is a show girl in the local saloon who hangs around with the tough gamblers and helps them cheat unexpecting customers out of their land, clothes and money. Destry is called into town to help rid the town of the bad guys. Unbeknownst to the Sherriff, Destry does not carry a gun. To make a long and uninteresting story short, Dietrich is a horrible singer and actress; Stewart saves the film and the movie and the gun fight is predictable. 1 and ½ stars.

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