Destry Rides Again (Criterion Collection)

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	Marlene Dietrich	Frenchy
	James Stewart	Tom Destry Jr.
	Mischa Auer	Boris Callahan
	Charles Winninger	Washington Dimsdale
	Brian Donlevy	Kent
	Allen Jenkins	Gyp Watson
	Warren Hymer	Bugs Watson
	Irene Hervey	Janice Tyndall
	Una Merkel	Lily Belle
	Billy Gilbert	Loupgerou
	Samuel S. Hinds	Judge Slade
	Jack Carson	Jack Tyndall
	Tom Fadden	Lem Claggett
	Virginia Brissac	Sophie Claggett
	Edmund MacDonald	Rockwell
	Lillian Yarbo	Clara
	Joe King	Sheriff Keogh
	Dickie Jones	Claggett Boy
	Ann E. Todd	Claggett Girl
	Richard Alexander	Cowboy
	C.E. Anderson	Townsman
	Silver Tip Baker	Barfly
	John Barton	Townsman
	Chief John Big Tree	Indian in Saloon
	Billy Bletcher	Pianist

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Director	George Marshall
Writer	Felix Jackson, Gertrude Purcell, Henry Myers, Max Brand
Producer	Islin Auster, Joe Pasternak
Musician	Frank Skinner
Photography	Hal Mohr

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Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart ride high in this superb comedic western, both a boisterous spoof and a shining example of its genre. As the brawling, rough-and-tumble saloon singer Frenchy, Dietrich shed her exotic love-goddess image and launched a triumphant career comeback, while Stewart cemented his amiable everyman persona, in his first of many westerns, with a charming turn as a gun-abhorring deputy sheriff who uses his wits to bring law and order to the frontier town of Bottleneck. A sparkling script, a supporting cast of virtuoso character actors, and rollicking musical numbers-delivered with unmatched bravado by the magnetic Dietrich-come together to create an irresistible, oft-imitated marvel of studio-era craftsmanship.

SPECIAL FEATURES
New 4K digital restoration by Universal Pictures in collaboration with The Film Foundation, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
New interview with critic Imogen Sara Smith
New interview with Donald Dewey, author of James Stewart: A Biography
Illustrated audio excerpts from a 1973 oral-history interview with director George Marshall conducted by the American Film Institute
Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1945, featuring actors James Stewart and Joan Blondell
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme
New cover illustration by Marc Aspinall

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