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

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Audie Murphy notableWork Destry (1954 film)