Destry Rides Again (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray)

Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart ride high in this superb comedic western, both a boisterous spoof and a shining example of the genre it is having fun with. As the brawling, rough-and-tumble saloon singer Frenchy, Dietrich shed her exotic love-goddess image and launched a triumphant career comeback, while Stewart cemented his amiable everyman persona, in his first of many westerns, with a charming turn as a gun-abhorring deputy sheriff who uses his wits to bring law and order to the frontier town of Bottleneck. A sparkling script, a supporting cast of virtuoso character actors, and rollicking musical numbers delivered with unmatched bravado by the magnetic Dietrich come together to create an irresistible, oft-imitated marvel of studio-era craftsmanship.

Starring: Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Jimmy Stewart, Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger, Brian Donlevy, Dick Jones, Harold DeGarro, Joseph King, Loren B. Brown, Richard Alexander, The Dick Jones, Allen Jenkins, Warren Hymer, Irene Hervey, Una Merkel, Billy Gilbert, Samuel S. Hinds, Jack Carson, Tom Fadden, Virginia Brissac, Edmund MacDonald, Lillian Yarbo, Ann Todd, Carmen D'Antonio, Chief John Big Tree, Harry Cording, Dick Alexander, Minerva Urecal, Bob McKenzie, Billy Bletcher, Lloyd Ingraham, Bill Cody Jr., Bud McClure, Harry Tenbrook, Philo McCullough, Chief Big Tree, Dora Clement, Florence Dudley, William Steele, Ann E. Todd

Director: Daphne McWilliams, Joe Pasternak, Joie Lee