Destry Rides Again – A Classic Western Movie

This film program was generously sponsored by Marcia and Hugh Ruddock.

This movie tells the story of saloon owner Kent, the unscrupulous boss of the fictional Western town of Bottleneck, who has the town’s sheriff, Mr. Keogh, killed when Keogh asks one too many questions about a rigged poker game. The town’s crooked mayor, Hiram J. Slade, who is in collusion with Kent, appoints the town drunk, Washington Dimsdale, as the new sheriff, assuming that he will be easy to control and manipulate. However, Dimsdale, a deputy under the famous lawman Tom Destry, promptly swears off drinking, and is able to call upon the latter’s equally formidable son, Tom Destry Jr., to help him make Bottleneck a lawful, respectable town.

This is the first of four film programs this spring featuring Kevin Sandler. Sandler, an Associate Professor at Arizona State University in the Film and Media Studies Program, will add important context to the movie and engage the audience with a focused discussion followed by a Q&A session.

Program Info:

Friday, March 21 | 2:00 – 4:30 p.m.
FREE for Museum Members (Members, log-in first to reserve tickets)
FREE with Museum Admission
$10 for just the program