Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
A BOY AND A GIRL THAT THE WORLD FORGOT...AND A LOVE IT WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER!
88 min
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.
- Release date
- September 16, 1939
- Country of origin
- United States
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Cast
- John Garfield as Joe Bell
- Priscilla Lane as Mabel
- Alan Hale as Mike Leonard
- Frank McHugh as Caruthers
- Billy Halop as Hank
- Bobby Jordan as Jimmy
- Charley Grapewin as Pop
- Henry Armetta as Nick
- Stanley Ridges as Charlie Garrett
- John Litel as Prosecutor
- Moroni Olsen as Slim Jones
- Victor Kilian as Doc Saunders
- Frank Jaquet as Abe Connors
- Ferike Boros as Delicatessen Proprietress
- Marc Lawrence as Venetti
- Arthur Aylesworth as Magistrate
- William B. Davidson as Work Farm Warden
- George Irving as Judge
- Gertrude Astor as Dame (uncredited)
- Ward Bond as First Thug on Train (uncredited)
- Wade Boteler as Sergeant (uncredited)
- Sidney Bracey as Nick's First Customer (uncredited)
- Yakima Canutt as Ambulance Man (uncredited)
- Nat Carr as Film Developer (uncredited)
- Eddy Chandler as Second Detective (uncredited)
- Spencer Charters as F.W. Jennson (uncredited)
- Cliff Clark as First Detective (uncredited)
- Chester Clute as Movie Theatre Manager (uncredited)
- Frank Coghlan Jr. as Newsboy (uncredited)
- Edgar Dearing as Second Railroad Cop (uncredited)
Crew
- Lewis Seiler · Director
- Robert Rossen · Writer
- Jerome Odlum · Writer
- Max Steiner · Composer
- James Wong Howe · Cinematographer
- Warren Low · Editor