Top cast:William West,Alice Washburn,Marion Brooks
Director:Mel Brooks
Genre:Sport
Region:Palestine
Year:2009
Storyline:" One of his fellow passengers, a cattleman named Jack Tyndall (Jack Carson) is baffled by the unarmed deputy""s pacifism: "Are you sure your name is Destry?" It""s a common question for the namesake of the famous deceased lawman: "Folks is always askin"" me that.Early working titles for the film includedLucky StrikeandThe Northern Story.The film, inspired in part by the gruesome Donner Party story, was shot (over a period of 15 months from spring 1924-summer 1925) both on a Hollywood studio back lot and in Truckee, California/Nevada, and premiered in New York at the Strand Theatre in mid-August, 1925.Ullman: Well, obviously, some people can be put off by the idea of staying alone in a place where something like that actually happened.The opening image shows a flat, paved highway road in rural Oklahoma lined by telephone poles.A small figure walks out of the distance toward the camera.At a crossroads (a symbol of America""s plight in the late 30s), one of the poles at the left of the frame leans dramatically askew.