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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

This is good fun, especially for fans of baby-faced Audie Murphy and lovers of Universal westerns of the 1950s, until you realise that it's a remake of the superb James Stewart/Marlene Dietrich film Destry Rides Again, itself a reworking of an early Tom Mix classic. It isn't as good as those distinguished predecessors and shouldn't really be judged against them as it was made for a whole new generation of film-goers, despite being directed by the same man as the 1939 version, George Marshall. Murphy is actually ideal casting, although no Jimmy Stewart, but blonde sexpot Mari Blanchard just ain't Dietrich. Lyle Bettger makes a mean villain, though, and the highlight fight between Blanchard and straight-laced Mary Wickes is just as raunchy as anything that came before. There's also a not-very-good 1950 version called Frenchie.

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Credits

Cast

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Tom DestryAudie Murphy
BrandyMari Blanchard
DeckerLyle Bettger
Martha PhillipsLori Nelson
Rags BarnabyThomas Mitchell
Mayor Hirim SellersEdgar Buchanan
Doc CurtisWallace Ford
Bessie Mae CurtisMary Wickes
Jack LarsonAlan Hale Jr
Eli SkinnerLee Aaker

Crew

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DirectorGeorge Marshall

Details

Theatrical distributor
General Film Dist Ltd
Released on
1955-02-06
Languages
English
Formats
Colour
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