Dust Be My Destiny (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.
- Released
- 1939-09-16
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Lewis Seiler, Robert Rossen
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 from 20 votes
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
- Charley Grapewin as Pop
- 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