Destry Rides Again (1939)
Directed by George Marshall · 94 min · Western, Comedy
43.0 TOPICAL score · #2,437 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he rides into the wide-open town of Bottleneck, the personal fiefdom of the crooked Kent.
Destry Rides Again (1939, directed by George Marshall) has a TOPICAL score of 43.0 - ranked 2,437 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on historical impact and critics, and lowest on awards. Critics: 96% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.7/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 7.2/10 (205 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 28 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
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- Critics96% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.7/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 7.2/10 (205 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 28 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read8,248 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: James Stewart (actor #2), Marlene Dietrich (actor #529), Mischa Auer (actor #1,478), Charles Winninger (actor #1,958)