Dust Be My Destiny
61 %|Sep 16, 1939|Crime, Drama
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.
Featured Crew
Lewis Seiler
Director
James Wong Howe
Director of Photography
Jerome Odlum
Novel
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
Robert Rossen
Screenplay
Seton I. Miller
Writer
William Kissell
Assistant Director
Yakima Canutt
Stunts
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
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)