

Dust Be My Destiny
1 hour 28 minutes1939-09-16
6.2
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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)
