Destry Rides Again
by George Marshall
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Actor: Brian Donlevy, Charles Winninger, James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Mischa AuerDirector: George Marshall
Brand: UNI DIST CORP. (MCA)
Cinematographer: Hal Mohr
Producer: Islin Auster
Producer: Joe Pasternak
Writer: Felix Jackson
Writer: Gertrude Purcell
Writer: Henry Myers
Writer: Max Brand
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Russian (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 94 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-05-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Reviews of Destry Rides Again
DVD Review: One of the Best Westerns ever made!
Summary: 5 Stars
Destry Rides Again is one of my very favorite movies because it has everything that you could ever want in a film- Wild West Action, Romance, Musical numbers, Drama, Comedy, Perfect performances by everyone in the film, Tear jerking scenes, a great director, great camera shots, and more. This movie grabs your attention from start to finish. I've seen this movie a number of times and never get tired of it. Back in the 1980's I took a trip with my parents by plane to Tucson, Arizona and while we were there we went to see the site of where this movie was made. When we entered the saloon and I saw the bar, I got real excited because I had seen the movie before we made the trip, and when I saw it in person it thrilled me. This film starts outside of the saloon with guns going off and yells from those involved in the shootings. The background music couldn't be any better than this as it puts you in the mood for what is to happen. I like the Black woman who is Frenchie's maid. There are several scenes with her that is really comical. One scene shows Frenchie with a tray of eggs and she asks the maid to put them on the table. The maid starts fussing about doing this and then she asks Frenchie, "What'll I do with these here eggs?" Before Frechie leaves she says, "Try sitting on them." The maid looks questioningly about this and says, "I can't sit on no eggs. I would smash 'em." You have to listen very closely to the dialogue in the movie because they talk fast at times and you might miss something. Charles Winninger is great as the town drunk who soon becomes the sheriff of Bottleneck. He looks at Frenchie and asks, "Are you sure I'm the sheriff?." Frenchie exclaims, "Sure you are." Then he says, "I'm done with the liquor. It's either the bottle, or the badge." Another side of this movie that makes it so good is the heavy fog of cigarette smoke that hangs in the air in the saloon. I love the scene where Boriss's wife comes stomping into the saloon and walks up to Frenchie and says, "---and how'd ja do it, by making eyes at him?" Frenchie has the nerve to answer her "---than to be married to you." Borris's wife answers back in anger, "That's what I thought you said." Then comes the fight between Una and Marlene(and you know, I don't know who really is the better fighter. They really go at it.) Tom walks up slowly and dumps a whole bucket of water on them and Una screams, gets up and runs out of the saloon. Frenchie feels she has won the fight and says, "Get me a drink!" The bartender does this and after she drinks, she sees herself in the mirror and shrieks. But before that happens Frenchie is so angry with Tom that she takes 2 guns and turns around and faces him. Everyone leaves the bar and Frenchie starts throwing beer bottles at him. When she sees that doesn't work she throws a guitar at him, and then picks up a chair to throw, but by this time she is worn out. Tom says, "You're tuckered out." To where she gets up quickly and starts throwing her fists at him. Tom gets the point and starts to leave, but he gives her one last tease and she comes close to hitting him with a beer bottle. Marlene looks very fashionable with her hair up in curls that sparkle and with the clothes she wears. I love how Wash steps into the saloon and says, "Well, he's here.---and Frenchie, oh, this is someone that you have ta meet." The drama keeps building up as there is bitter feelings between Destry and the bad guy (Brian Donlevy). Wash and Tom take a walk in town one day and they come to a hitching post. Wash tells him the story and when Tom questions him, he says, "No---and the neighbors. Tom, you gotta get out a town." The scene where the 3 bad guys come in town and one shoots a man and kills him, and Tom talks to them calmly and jokingly at first, but then he is boiling with anger and tells them off, Jimmy Stewart does this scene so well. Mischa Auhr and Una Merkel almost steals the show with their comedy. I love when Frenchie and "Callahan" are playing cards and he tells her his real name, but she ignores what he says and keeps calling him Callahan. Then comes the best part where Frenchie tries to decide what to do with him. He says, "I know I got you beat." He lays down his card and she lays down 2 aces. She says "Ten bucks for your pants", to which he says, "My pants? Frenchie, you can't do this tome." "Off with those pants." When he hesitates she smiles and says, "Boys, get 'em." It's comical to watch Wash get so fuddled to where he pulls his shirt up from his pants and gets nervous. There are some touching moments with Wash. One is where he hears that Tom doesn't have guns and that he doesn't believe in them. Wash is dejected and says "---now you fooled me." Tom encourages him, or at least tries to, and asks Wash to make him the sheriff. Wash doesn't want to do it, but with Tom's coaxing he says, "OK, now repeat after me---". It's comical how Wash asks if he will uphold the law, and all the rest that goes with it." I love how this movie ends. There is so much action going on. The bad guys come and shoot Wash in the back. Recently I saw this movie and when this scene came I felt sad for him. The music that follows this scene couldn't be better as it makes you feel the danger of the trouble to come. The director of the movie did a fantastic job with the last scenes in the movie. The part where the men are shooting at each other and the women of the town march down the main street into the range of the gunfire, then turn and smash the bar windows and a large mob scene takes place. I love when Brian Donlevy hides down close to the floor and rolls the table over to the door. Frenchie tries hard to get through the crowd to be with Tom. When she looks up and sees Brian going into the room, she is afraid and calls out, "Tom," and all this time Brian is looking for the chance to kill Tom, only to find that when he does shoot Frenchie gets it in her back and drops dead. To leave all of the action and the shooting scene and go to view a town where there is nothing but peace, it's hard to accept it at first. The girl in the back of the wagon who sings the song, Little Joe, this is a chilling scene as it brings back the memory of Frenchie when she sang it. I also like where Tom is talking to a woman friend and begins to say something that, to her, sounds like a proposal. She says, "Yes, Tom?" and the movie ends with this scene with the credits included. What a movie! If I could, I would rate it a 10. It should have won an award. The Great Depression was over and to celebrate, all of the movie studios came out with many hit movies. I'm glad that this was one of them.
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