Destry Rides Again

This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress, in 1996

James Stewart's first western.

James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich had an affair with lasted for the duration of filming. She later claimed that she had to have an abortion after Stewart made her pregnant.

The movie was adapted for a Broadway musical starring Andy Griffith and opened at the April 23, 1959 at the Imperial Theatre and ran for 472 performances.

Cast of Destry Rides Again

Marlene Dietrich Frenchy, the saloon singer
James Stewart Thomas Jefferson "Tom" Destry, Jr., the new deputy
Mischa Auer Boris Callahan, the henpecked Russian
"Charlie" Winninger "Wash" (Washington Dimsdale), the new sheriff
Brian Donlevy Kent, the saloon owner
Allen Jenkins "Gyp" Watson
Warren Hymer "Bugs" Watson
Irene Hervey Janice Tyndall
Una Merkel Lily Belle - 'Mrs Callahan'
Billy Gilbert "Loupgerou"
Samuel S. Hinds Judge Slade, the mayor
Jack Carson Jack Tyndall