Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

Director: Lewis Seiler

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