Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
Directed by Lewis Seiler
Sub-Genres - Melodrama, Message Movie, Romantic Drama |
Release Date - Sep 16, 1939 (USA - Unknown), Sep 16, 1939 (USA) |
Run Time - 88 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
John Garfield once more plays a social outcast who's had nothing but lousy breaks. Released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, Garfield is promptly arrested as a vagrant and sent to a work farm. He falls in love with Priscilla Lane, stepdaughter of the farm's no-good foreman. Garfield marries Priscilla, but his happiness is short-lived when the foreman drunkenly goads him into a fight. Arrested again for killing the foreman, Garfield is defended by a compassionate attorney (Moroni Olsen), whose summation to the jury places the blame for Garfield's plight squarely on the shoulders of Society.
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accidental-death, boss [employer], foreman, lawyer, outcast, stepdaughter