Destry Rides Again
(1939)
Adapted from the novel
of the same name this film from director George Marshall stars
Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart. A young man becomes a deputy to
help clean up a frontier town full of cheats, killers and general
criminals.
This film was a the
second adaptation of the source material and differs slightly in that
the protagonist is initially a pacifist who refuses to use guns. The
plot is not bad but is fairly light hearted making it tough to take
this film seriously, what more serious elements there are such as
attempting to clean up the town through peaceful means are nullified
by an eventual resorting to violence. It does take the film a little
while to get going but in the end this is a pretty average early
western.
3/5
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