Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
A BOY AND A GIRL THAT THE WORLD FORGOT...AND A LOVE IT WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER!
Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, leading to the older man's death due to a weak heart. Joe and Mabel go on the run as he thinks no-one would believe a nobody like him.
- Date of release
- 1939-09-16
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (20)
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Director
- Lewis Seiler
Casting
- John Garfield — Joe Bell
- Priscilla Lane — Mabel Alden
- Alan Hale — Michael 'Mike' Leonard
- Frank McHugh — Caruthers
- Billy Halop — Hank Glenn
- Bobby Jordan — Jimmy Glenn
- Charley Grapewin — Pop
- Henry Armetta — Nick Spelucci
- Stanley Ridges — Charles 'Charlie' Garreth
- John Litel — Prosecutor
- Moroni Olsen — Slim Jones
- Victor Kilian — Doc Saunders
Interesting facts
Dust Be My Destiny is a 1939 American drama film starring John Garfield as a man who gets into trouble after being sentenced to a work farm.
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