Destry (1954 film)
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Destry (1954 film) is a 1954 Western comedy film starring Audie Murphy as a mild-mannered but skilled lawman who brings order to a corrupt frontier town.
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| instanceOf |
Western comedy film
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film → |
| authorOfSourceWork |
Max Brand
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| basedOn |
Destry Rides Again (novel)
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| character |
Tom Destry Jr.
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| cinematographyBy |
George Robinson
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| colorProcess |
Technicolor
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| director |
George Marshall
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| distributor |
Universal-International Pictures
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| editedBy |
Edward Curtiss
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| filmFormat |
theatrical feature film
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| genre |
Western film
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comedy film → |
| hasTheme |
corruption in a frontier town
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law and order → non-violent justice → |
| leadActor |
Audie Murphy
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| leadCharacter |
Tom Destry Jr.
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| musicBy |
Frank Skinner
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| originalLanguage |
English
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| partOf |
American Western comedy cinema of the 1950s
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| plotSummary |
A non-gun-toting lawman brings order to a corrupt frontier town using wit and determination rather than violence
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| portrays |
Tom Destry Jr. is a mild-mannered but skilled lawman
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| producer |
Stanley Rubin
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| productionCompany |
Universal-International Pictures
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| releaseYear |
1954
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| remakeOf |
Destry Rides Again (1939 film)
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| runtime |
approximately 95 minutes
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| screenwriter |
D. D. Beauchamp
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James Edward Grant → |
| setting |
fictional frontier town of Restful
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| starring |
Audie Murphy
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Edgar Buchanan → Lori Nelson NERFINISHED → Lyle Bettger → Mari Blanchard → Mary Wickes NERFINISHED → Paul Kelly → Thomas Mitchell → Wallace Ford NERFINISHED → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Audie Murphy
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