Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

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1h 28min | Drama | Sep 16, 1939 | Released

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.

Director: Lewis Seiler

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Cast (63 Members)

Charles 'Charlie' Garreth

Pawnshop Owner

Mabel Alden

Reporter (uncredited)

Venetti

Thug (uncredited)

Charley Grapewin

Pop, a Brakeman

Michael 'Mike' Leonard

Judge

First Warden

Doc Saunders

George O'Hanlon

Man at Bank After Robbery

Prosecutor

Slim Jones, Joe's Defense Attorney

Wedding Witness on Stage

Movie Theatre Manager

Boy

Second Thug (uncredited)

Spencer Charters

F.W. Jennson - Jailer

Customer

Caruthers

Nick's First Customer

Joe Bell

Ab Connors

Ambulance Man (uncredited)

First Detective

Jimmy Glenn

Warden's Secretary

Hank Glenn

Nick Spelucci

Delicatessen Proprietress

Arthur Aylesworth

Magistrate

William B. Davidson

Work Farm Warden (as William Davidson)

Wedding Emcee

Work Farm Guard

Nick's Second Customer

Rosedale Station Master

Switchboard Operator

Milkman

Jury Foreman

John J. Richardson

Man Asking For a Match

Second Detective

Sergeant

Frank Coghlan Jr.

Newsboy

Charles Sullivan

Truck Driver

Lottie Williams

Wedding Dress Helper

County Justice of the Peace

Dame

Norman Phillips Jr.

Boy

George Offerman, Jr.

Work Farm Prisoner

Work Farm Gate Guard

Wedding Audience Member

Policeman

Max Hoffman Jr.

Doctor

Mr. Grady - First Railroad Cop

Truckman

Policeman

Film Developer

Cop in Montage

Jail Matron

Jury Member

Bailiff

Second Railroad Cop

Stanley Ridges Charles 'Charlie' Garreth

Charles Halton Pawnshop Owner

Priscilla Lane Mabel Alden

William Hopper Reporter (uncredited)

Marc Lawrence Venetti

Ward Bond Thug (uncredited)

Charley Grapewin Pop, a Brakeman

Alan Hale Michael 'Mike' Leonard

George Irving Judge

John Hamilton First Warden

Victor Kilian Doc Saunders

George O'Hanlon Man at Bank After Robbery

John Litel Prosecutor

Moroni Olsen Slim Jones, Joe's Defense Attorney

Frank Orth Wedding Witness on Stage

Chester Clute Movie Theatre Manager

David Kerman Boy

Anthony Warde Second Thug (uncredited)

Spencer Charters F.W. Jennson - Jailer

Dick Wessel Customer

Frank McHugh Caruthers

Sidney Bracey Nick's First Customer

John Garfield Joe Bell

Frank Jaquet Ab Connors

Yakima Canutt Ambulance Man (uncredited)

Cliff Clark First Detective

Bobby Jordan Jimmy Glenn

Glenn Langan Warden's Secretary

Billy Halop Hank Glenn

Henry Armetta Nick Spelucci

Ferike Boros Delicatessen Proprietress

Arthur Aylesworth Magistrate

William B. Davidson Work Farm Warden (as William Davidson)

Eddie Kane Wedding Emcee

Tom Wilson Work Farm Guard

Creighton Hale Nick's Second Customer

Walter Miller Rosedale Station Master

Maris Wrixon Switchboard Operator

Garry Owen Milkman

Stuart Holmes Jury Foreman

John J. Richardson Man Asking For a Match

Eddy Chandler Second Detective

Wade Boteler Sergeant

Frank Coghlan Jr. Newsboy

Charles Sullivan Truck Driver

Lottie Williams Wedding Dress Helper

John Sheehan County Justice of the Peace

Gertrude Astor Dame

Norman Phillips Jr. Boy

George Offerman, Jr. Work Farm Prisoner

Paul Panzer Work Farm Gate Guard

Al Herman Wedding Audience Member

Lee Shumway Policeman

Max Hoffman Jr. Doctor

Jack Mower Mr. Grady - First Railroad Cop

Lew Harvey Truckman

George Guhl Policeman

Nat Carr Film Developer

Ethan Laidlaw Cop in Montage

Isabel Withers Jail Matron

Cliff Saum Jury Member

Pat O'Malley Bailiff

Edgar Dearing Second Railroad Cop

Crew (5 Members)

Original Music Composer

James Wong Howe

Director of Photography

Writer

Director

Novel

Max Steiner Original Music Composer

James Wong Howe Director of Photography

Robert Rossen Writer

Lewis Seiler Director

Jerome Odlum Novel

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