History Film / DestryRidesAgain

[[TheFilmOfTheBook Adapted from]] Max Brand's 1930 novel of the same name, which had previously been filmed in 1932 with Tom Mix in the title role. [[TheRemake Remade]] in 1954 as ''Destry'', also directed by George Marshall and featuring Creator/AudieMurphy as Destry. There was also a short-lived [[RecycledTheSeries TV adaptation]] in 1964, again called ''Destry'' and starring Creator/JohnGavin.

* LactoseOverLiquor: When Destry first goes to the bar, the bartender jokingly asks if he'll order milk. Destry says: "Yeah, I thin I will."

[[TheFilmOfTheBook Adapted from]] Max Brand's 1930 novel of the same name, which had previously been filmed in 1932 with Tom Mix in the title role. [[TheRemake Remade]] in 1954 as ''Destry'', also directed by George Marshall and featuring Creator/AudieMurphy as Destry. There was also a short-lived [[RecycledTheSeries TV adaptation]] in 1964, also called ''Destry'' and starring Creator/JohnGavin.

[[TheRemake Remade]] in 1954 as ''Destry'', with Creator/AudieMurphy in the title role. There was also a short-lived [[RecycledTheSeries TV adaptation]] in 1964, also called ''Destry'' and starring Creator/JohnGavin.

in 1954, a remake, titled ''Destry'', was made, starring Creator/AudieMurphy.

* FamousLastWords: "That Gyp has kept me awake too much." - [[spoiler: Wash]]

* DoesntLikeGuns: Destry refuses to wear or use a gun in his new role as deputy until Wash is killed, preferring to handle things using tact and diplomacy. He does demonstrate his firearms prowess at one point, though, using a mook's gun to [[ImprobableAimingSkills shoot all the knobs off a decorative wagon wheel in rapid succession]].

The town of Bottleneck, somewhere in TheWildWest, is a typical example of frontier lawlessness, with the customary shootouts and chaos; in the opening scene a horse charges out of a saloon. Said saloon is owned by Kent, a murderous criminal who cheats people out of their ranches in card games and kills them when they complain about it. He is assisted in the card cheating, if not the murder, by "Frenchy", his exotic vaguely European chanteuse (Dietrich). He is also in league with Slade, Bottleneck's corrupt mayor. When Sheriff Keogh comes into the saloon to force Kent to give up a deed he just won by cheating at cards, Kent murders him.

''Destry Rides Again'' is a 1939 film directed by George Marshall, starring [[Creator/JimmyStewart James Stewart]] and Creator/MarleneDietrich.

* TakingTheBullet: Accidentally, but Frenchy steps in to save Destry from Kent and gets fatally shot.

* ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer: Played with. Destry explains his more peaceful, non-confrontational style of law enforcement by stating that his father always wielded a gun and that didn't stop him from getting shot InTheBack. However, later when Wash is murdered, Destry snaps and gathers a posse, intending to take Kent and the saloon by storm. Eventually, this trope is ultimately averted when the women of the town, determined to stop the impending bloodbath, invade Kent's saloon wielding two-by-fours. The only casualties are Frenchy and Kent.

The town of Bottleneck, somewhere in TheWildWest, is a typical example of frontier lawlessness, with the customary shootouts and chaos; in the opening scene a horse charges out of a saloon. Said saloon is owned by Kent, a murderous criminal who cheats people out of their ranches in card games and kills them when they complain about it. He is assisted in the card cheating, if not the murder, but "Frenchy", his exotic vaguely European chanteuse (Dietrich). He is also in league with Slade, Bottleneck's corrupt mayor. When Sheriff Keogh comes into the saloon to force Kent to give up a deed he just won by cheating at cards, Kent murders him.

The town of Bottleneck, somewhere in TheWildWest, is a typical example of frontier lawlessness, with the customary shootouts and chaos; in the opening scene a horse charges out of a saloon. Said saloon is owned by Kent, a murderous criminal who cheats people out of their ranches in card games and kills them when they complain about it. He is assisted in the card cheating, if not the murder, but "Frenchy", his exotic vaguely European chanteuse (Dietrich). He is also in league with Slade, Bottleneck's corrupt mayor. When Sheriff Keith comes into the saloon to force Kent to give up a deed he just won by cheating at cards, Kent murders him.

The town of Bottleneck, somewhere in TheWildWest, is a typical example of frontier lawlessness, with the customary shootouts and chaos; in the opening scene a horse charges out of a saloon. Said saloon is owned by Kent, a murderous criminal who cheats people out of their ranches in card games and kills them when they complain about it. He is assisted in the card cheating, if not the murder, but "Frenchy", his exotic vaguely European chanteuse (Dietrich). He is also in league with Slade, Bottleneck's corrupt neighbor. When Sheriff Keith comes into the saloon to force Kent to give up a deed he just won by cheating at cards, Kent murders him.

* CatFight: One of the most famous in cinema, as Frenchy and a jealous wife (played by Una Merkel) engage in a slapping, hair-pullling Cat Fight, with Frenchy's legs prominently featured, until Destry pours a bucket of water on them.

* TakingTheBullet: Accidentally, but Frenchy steps in to save Destry from Kent and gets fatally shot.

''Destry Rides Again'' was the first Western James Stewart ever made, and the last until he started making Westerns in the 1950s with Creator/AnthonyMann. Anybody who has seen this film and also seen ''Film/BlazingSaddles'' knows exactly where Lili von Shtupp comes from. Creator/MadelineKahn wasn't just doing a Marlene Dietrich impersonation; she was doing an impersonation of Dietrich's character in this movie.