Dust Be My Destiny
6.8
“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.
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Cast
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John Garfield
Joe Bell
Known for
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Force of Evil
Priscilla Lane
Mabel Alden
Known for
Arsenic and Old Lace
Saboteur
Alan Hale
Michael 'Mike' Leonard
Known for
It Happened One Night
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Frank McHugh
Caruthers
Known for
Going My Way
The Roaring Twenties
Billy Halop
Hank Glenn
Known for
Angels with Dirty Faces
Dead End
Bobby Jordan
Jimmy Glenn
Known for
Angels with Dirty Faces
Dead End
Charley Grapewin
Pop
Known for
The Wizard of Oz
The Grapes of Wrath
Henry Armetta
Nick Spelucci
Known for
The Black Cat
Street Angel
Stanley Ridges
Charles 'Charlie' Garreth
Known for
To Be or Not to Be
Black Friday
John Litel
Prosecutor
Known for
The Life of Emile Zola
Pitfall
Moroni Olsen
Slim Jones
Known for
Notorious
Mildred Pierce
Victor Kilian
Doc Saunders
Known for
Only Angels Have Wings
The Ox-Bow Incident
Lewis Seiler Director · Robert Rossen Screenplay Seton I. Miller Writer
United States release September 16, 1939 · Produced in United States · Production First National Pictures
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
First National Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 11, 1939
Premiere · Hollywood, California
United States · September 16, 1939
Theatrical
United States
September 8, 1939 · Premiere · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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