Dust Be My Destiny
16/09/1939
1h 28m



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.
Cast


John Garfield
Joe Bell


Priscilla Lane
Mabel Alden


Alan Hale
Michael 'Mike' Leonard


Frank McHugh
Caruthers


Billy Halop
Hank Glenn


Bobby Jordan
Jimmy Glenn


Charley Grapewin
Pop


Henry Armetta
Nick Spelucci


Stanley Ridges
Charles 'Charlie' Garreth


John Litel
Prosecutor


Moroni Olsen
Slim Jones


Victor Kilian
Doc Saunders
Frank Jaquet
Abe Connors


Ferike Boros
Delicatessen Proprietress


Marc Lawrence
Venetti


Arthur Aylesworth
Magistrate


William B. Davidson
Work Farm Warden


George Irving
Judge


Gertrude Astor
Dame (uncredited)


Ward Bond
First Thug on Train (uncredited)


Wade Boteler
Sergeant (uncredited)


Sidney Bracey
Nick's First Customer (uncredited)


Yakima Canutt
Ambulance Man (uncredited)


Nat Carr
Film Developer (uncredited)


Eddy Chandler
Second Detective (uncredited)


Spencer Charters
F.W. Jennson (uncredited)


Cliff Clark
First Detective (uncredited)


Chester Clute
Movie Theatre Manager (uncredited)


Frank Coghlan Jr.
Newsboy (uncredited)


Edgar Dearing
Second Railroad Cop (uncredited)


George Guhl
Policeman (uncredited)


Creighton Hale
Nick's Second Customer (uncredited)


Charles Halton
Pawnshop Owner (uncredited)


John Hamilton
First Warden (uncredited)


Lew Harvey
Truckman (uncredited)
Al Herman
Wedding Audience Member (uncredited)


Max Hoffman Jr.
Doctor (uncredited)


Stuart Holmes
Jury Foreman (uncredited)


William Hopper
Reporter (uncredited)


Eddie Kane
Wedding Emcee (uncredited)
David Kerman
Boy (uncredited)


Ethan Laidlaw
Cop in Montage (uncredited)


Glenn Langan
Warden's Secretary (uncredited)


Walter Miller
Rosedale Station Master (uncredited)


Jack Mower
Mr. Grady (uncredited)


George O'Hanlon
Man at Bank After Robbery (uncredited)


Pat O'Malley
Bailiff (uncredited)


George Offerman, Jr.
Work Farm Prisoner (uncredited)


Frank Orth
Wedding Witness on Stage (uncredited)


Garry Owen
Milkman (uncredited)


Paul Panzer
Work Farm Gate Guard (uncredited)
Norman Phillips Jr.
Boy (uncredited)


John J. Richardson
Man Asking for a Match (uncredited)
Cliff Saum
Jury Member (uncredited)


John Sheehan
County Justice of the Peace (uncredited)


Lee Shumway
Policeman (uncredited)


Charles Sullivan
Truck Driver (uncredited)


Anthony Warde
Second Thug on Train (uncredited)


Dick Wessel
Customer (uncredited)
Lottie Williams
Wedding Dress Helper (uncredited)


Tom Wilson
Work Farm Guard (uncredited)
Isabel Withers
Jail Matron (uncredited)


Maris Wrixon
Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
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