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Destry (1954)

Destry poster
Directed by
George Marshall
Genre
comedy film, Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 37 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A new deputy arrives in a lawless western town and tries to clean things up without using guns. He faces off against a saloon owner who runs the place.

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What happens

Destry is a 1954 American Western film directed by George Marshall and starring Audie Murphy, Mari Blanchard, Lyle Bettger and Thomas Mitchell. This, the third film to use the title character of Max Brand's novel Destry Rides Again, is a color remake of the black-&-white 1939 Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart film version. Indeed, Halliwell's Film Guide calls it an "almost scene-for-scene remake." Both films were directed by George Marshall and have a plot bearing no resemblance to Brand's novel or the original 1932 film adaptation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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