Dust Be My Destiny (1939)


Dust Be My Destiny
Release Date16 September 1939
GenreDrama
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassMelodrama, Romantic Drama, Message Movie
ThemesDown on Their Luck
TagsAccidental Death, Boss [employer], Foreman, Lawyer, Outcast, Stepdaughter

Dust Be My Destiny is a drama film released in 1939. John Garfield stars as a man who gets into trouble after being sentenced to a work farm.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Joe Bell

Mabel Alden

Michael 'Mike' Leonard

Caruthers

Hank Glenn

Jimmy Glenn

Pop, a Brakeman

Nick Spelucci

Charles 'Charlie' Garreth

Prosecutor

Slim Jones, Joe's Defense Attorney

Doc Saunders

Frank Jaquet
Ab Connors

Delicatessen Proprietress

Venetti

Magistrate

Work Farm Warden

Thug

Sergeant

Sidney Bracey
Nick's First Customer

Ambulance Man

Nat Carr
Film Developer

Eddy Chandler
Second Detective

F.W. Jennson, Jailer

Cliff Clark
First Detective

Chester Clute
Movie Theater Manager

Second Railroad Cop

George Guhl
Policeman

Nick's Second Customer

Pawnshop Owner

First Warden

Lew Harvey
Truckman

Al Herman
Wedding Audience Member

Jury Foreman

Reporter

Wedding Emcee

David Kerman
Boy

Ethan Laidlaw
Cop in Montage

Glenn Langan
Warden's Secretary

Walter Miller
Rosedale Station Master

Mr. Grady, First Railroad Cop

George Offerman Jr.
Work Farm Prisoner

Man at Bank After Robbery

Bailiff

Frank Orth
Wedding Witness on Stage

Garry Owen
Milkman

Norman Phillips Jr.
Boy

Man Asking For a Match

Cliff Saum
Jury Member

John Sheehan
County Justice of the Peace

Lee Shumway
Policeman

Second Thug

Customer

Lottie Williams
Wedding Dress Helper

Tom Wilson
Work Farm Guard

Switchboard Operator

Director

Lewis Seiler
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Producer

uncredited

Jerome Odlum
novel

writer

Louis F. Edelman
associate producer

executive producer

Original Music

M.K. Jerome
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Jack Scholl
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Cinematographer

Editor

Warren Low
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Art Director

Hugh Reticker
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Costume Designer

Milo Anderson

Makeup Department

Perc Westmore
makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

William Kissell
assistant director

Sound Department

Robert B. Lee
sound

Special Effects

Byron Haskin
special effects

Music Department

musical director

Hugo Friedhofer
orchestrator

Other Crew

Irving Rapper
dialogue director

Production Company

Warner Bros. Pictures
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Distributor

Warner Bros. Pictures
,

Teakwood Video






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