- HD 1080
- Runtime: 88m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Lewis Seiler
- Stars: John Garfield, Priscilla Lane, Alan Hale, Frank McHugh, Billy Halop
- keywords: trial, reporter, editor
- Production_studio: Warner Bros. Pictures, First National Pictures
- Slogan: A BOY AND A GIRL THAT THE WORLD FORGOT...AND A LOVE IT WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER!
- The Dust Be My Destiny is featured in the top rankings of 1939
- #48 in Top Drama Movies of 1939
- #17 in Top Crime Movies of 1939
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.