Dust Be My Destiny
Crime
Drama
Romance
A BOY AND A GIRL THAT THE WORLD FORGOT...AND A LOVE IT WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER!
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.
1939-09-16
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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
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)
Max Hoffman Jr. as Doctor (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes as Jury Foreman (uncredited)
William Hopper as Reporter (uncredited)
Eddie Kane as Wedding Emcee (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)
John J. Richardson as Man Asking for a Match (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)
Tom Wilson as Work Farm Guard (uncredited)
Maris Wrixon as Switchboard Operator (uncredited)