Directed by:
George MarshallCinematography:
Hal MohrCast:
Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger, Brian Donlevy, Allen Jenkins, Warren Hymer, Irene Hervey, Una Merkel, Billy Gilbert (more)VOD (1)
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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 the genre it is having fun with. 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. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
Marlene Dietrich
German Empire
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
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James Stewart
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
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Mischa Auer
Russian Empire
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Charles Winninger
USA
Best movies:
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Brian Donlevy
Ireland
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Destry Rides Again (1939)
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Allen Jenkins
USA
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Warren Hymer
USA
Best movies:
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Irene Hervey
USA
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Una Merkel
USA
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Billy Gilbert
USA
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Jack Carson
Canada
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Virginia Brissac
USA
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Edmund MacDonald
USA
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Lloyd Ingraham
USA
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The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Richard Alexander
USA
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George Chesebro
USA
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Minerva Urecal
USA
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Samuel S. Hinds
USA
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Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Philo McCullough
USA
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Dan White
USA
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