Destry Rides Again

Destry Rides Again1939

Stars: Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger
Genre: Comedy, Western
Rating: APPROVED
Runtime: 94 minutes

Marlene Dietrich purrs through sexy songs, and Jimmy Stewart succumbs to her sultry, androgynous ways in this seminal Western with more than a touch of comedy. He plays your average nice guy who turns out to have something special up his sleeve when… more »



Wash:
[after having been shot in the back] Well Tom, they came.

Destry:
Now don't do any talkin' now, just rest.

Wash:
I'll talk if I wanna - for a little while, anyway.

Destry:
All right, if you wanna talk.

Wash:
I'll bet you knew a fellow once who did something like falling asleep when he oughta kept awake. Didn't ya, huh?

Destry:
Yeah, I knew a fella that lived down around Wichita. He was a ...well you see, he tried to keep awake one night when he was gonna catch a stage over to a nearby town and he had a girl over there he was courtin'...

Wash:
A man must be an awful fool to get shot in the back....

Destry:
Wait a minute, you know, that's how they shot my father. They didn't dare face him either.

Wash:
They didn't give us a chance, did they?

Destry:
No.

Wash:
Oh, I'm sleepy, plumb-tuckered out.

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