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Smilin Guns

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Duration
  

Director
  
Henry MacRae

Country
  
United States

Language
  
Silent with English intertitles

Release date
  
March 31, 1929 (1929-03-31)

Based on
  
A story  by Shannon Fife

Writer
  
Shannon Fife (story), George Morgan (adaptation), Harold Tarshis (titles)

Smilin' Guns is a 1929 American silent Western film, directed by Henry MacRae and starring Hoot Gibson.

Contents

Plot

Cowboy Jack "Dirty Neck" Purvin travels to San Francisco to learn how to become a refined gentleman to impress Helen van Smythe. Upon his return from San Francisco, Purvin is forced to shed his training to save van Smythe from the grasp of a count, and her mother from a jewel thief.

Cast

  • Hoot Gibson as Jack Purvin
  • Blanche Mehaffey as Helen van Smythe
  • Virginia Pearson as Mrs. van Smythe
  • Robert Graves as Durkin
  • Leo White as Count Barett
  • Walter Brennan as Ranch Foreman
  • Jack Wise as Professor
  • James Bradbury Jr. as Barber
  • Dad Gibson as Stationmaster (credited as Walter "Dad" Gibson)

    • Preservation status

  • A print exists at the Library of Congress.

    • References

    Smilin' Guns Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    Smilin Guns IMDb