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Dust Be My Destiny

Dust Be My Destiny
★ 6.5/10•1939•1h 28m•NR•Crime•Drama•Romance

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.

Lewis Seiler · Director

Seton I. Miller · Writer

Robert Rossen · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 28m
LanguageEN
Release DateSep 16, 1939

Actors

John Garfield

John Garfield

Joe Bell

Priscilla Lane

Priscilla Lane

Mabel Alden

Alan Hale

Alan Hale

Michael 'Mike' Leonard

Frank McHugh

Frank McHugh

Caruthers

Billy Halop

Billy Halop

Hank Glenn

Bobby Jordan

Bobby Jordan

Jimmy Glenn

Charley Grapewin

Charley Grapewin

Pop

Henry Armetta

Henry Armetta

Nick Spelucci

Stanley Ridges

Stanley Ridges

Charles 'Charlie' Garreth

John Litel

John Litel

Prosecutor

Moroni Olsen

Moroni Olsen

Slim Jones

Victor Kilian

Victor Kilian

Doc Saunders

Frank Jaquet

Frank Jaquet

Abe Connors

Ferike Boros

Ferike Boros

Delicatessen Proprietress

Marc Lawrence

Marc Lawrence

Venetti

Arthur Aylesworth

Arthur Aylesworth

Magistrate

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