Dust Be My Destiny

Dust Be My Destiny

88 mins | Drama, Crime | Sept. 16, 1939

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.

Dust Be My Destiny

88 mins | Drama, Crime | Sept. 16, 1939

Dust Be My Destiny
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures, First National Pictures
Original title Dust Be My Destiny
Directors William Kissell, Irving Rapper, Lewis Seiler
Writers Jerome Odlum, Seton I. Miller, Robert Rossen

Cast

John Garfield

as Joe Bell

Priscilla Lane

as Mabel Alden

Alan Hale

as Michael 'Mike' Leonard

Frank McHugh

as Caruthers

Billy Halop

as Hank Glenn

Bobby Jordan

as Jimmy Glenn

Henry Armetta

as Nick Spelucci

Stanley Ridges

as Charles 'Charlie' Garreth

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)

George Guhl

as Policeman (uncredited)

Creighton Hale

as Nick's Second Customer (uncredited)

Charles Halton

as Pawnshop Owner (uncredited)

John Hamilton

as First Warden (uncredited)

Lew Harvey

as Truckman (uncredited)

Al Herman

as Wedding Audience Member (uncredited)

Max Hoffman Jr.

as Doctor (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

as Jury Foreman (uncredited)

William Hopper

as Reporter (uncredited)

Eddie Kane

as Wedding Emcee (uncredited)

David Kerman

as Boy (uncredited)

Ethan Laidlaw

as Cop in Montage (uncredited)

Glenn Langan

as Warden's Secretary (uncredited)

Walter Miller

as Rosedale Station Master (uncredited)

Jack Mower

as Mr. Grady (uncredited)

George O'Hanlon

as Man at Bank After Robbery (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley

as Bailiff (uncredited)

George Offerman, Jr.

as Work Farm Prisoner (uncredited)

Frank Orth

as Wedding Witness on Stage (uncredited)

Garry Owen

as Milkman (uncredited)

Paul Panzer

as Work Farm Gate Guard (uncredited)

Norman Phillips Jr.

as Boy (uncredited)

John J. Richardson

as Man Asking for a Match (uncredited)

Cliff Saum

as Jury Member (uncredited)

John Sheehan

as County Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

Lee Shumway

as Policeman (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

as Truck Driver (uncredited)

Anthony Warde

as Second Thug on Train (uncredited)

Dick Wessel

as Customer (uncredited)

Lottie Williams

as Wedding Dress Helper (uncredited)

Tom Wilson

as Work Farm Guard (uncredited)

Isabel Withers

as Jail Matron (uncredited)

Maris Wrixon

as Switchboard Operator (uncredited)