Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
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John Garfield once more plays a social outcast who's had nothing but lousy breaks. Released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, Garfield is promptly arrested as a vagrant and sent to a work farm. He falls in love with Priscilla Lane, stepdaughter of the farm's no-good foreman. Garfield marries Priscilla, but his happiness is short-lived when the foreman drunkenly goads him into a fight. Arrested again for killing the foreman, Garfield is defended by a compassionate attorney (Moroni Olsen), whose summation to the jury places the blame for Garfield's plight squarely on the shoulders of Society. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- John Garfield, Priscilla Lane, (more)
- Director(s):
- Lewis Seiler
Synopsis of Dust Be My Destiny
John Garfield once more plays a social outcast who's had nothing but lousy breaks. Released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, Garfield is promptly arrested as a vagrant and sent to a work farm. He falls in love with Priscilla Lane, stepdaughter of the farm's no-good foreman. Garfield marries Priscilla, but his happiness is short-lived when the foreman drunkenly goads him into a fight. Arrested again for killing the foreman, Garfield is defended by a compassionate attorney (Moroni Olsen), whose summation to the jury places the blame for Garfield's plight squarely on the shoulders of Society. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Dust Be My Destiny
- John Garfield - Joe Bell
- Alan Hale - Mike Leonard
- Billy Halop - Hank
- Charles Grapewin - Pop
- Stanley Ridges - Charlie
- Moroni Olsen - Defense attorney
- Ferike Boros - Delicatessen Proprietor
- Arthur Ayleswofth - Magistrate
- Ward Bond - Thug
- William B. Davidson - Warden
- Charles Halton - Pawnshop owner
- Priscilla Lane - Mabel
- Frank McHugh - Caruthers
- Bobby Jordan - Jimmy
- Henry Armetta - Nick
- John Litel - Proscecutor
- Frank Jaquet - Ab Connors
- Marc Lawrence - Venetti
- George Irving - Judge
- Cliff Clark
- Victor Kilian - Doc Saunders
- John Hamilton - Warden
- Director(s):
- Lewis Seiler
- Writer(s):
- Robert Rossen
- Producer(s):
- Louis Edelman
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