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Genre
  
Western, Short

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

Director
  
Joseph De Grasse

Cast
  
Lon Chaney, Sam De Grasse

Language
  
Silent (English intertitles)

Writer
  
J. Grubb Alexander
,
Fred Myton

Release date
  
September 4, 1917 (1917-09-04)

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Genres
  
Western, Short Film, Silent film, Black-and-white

Written by
  
J. Grubb Alexander, Fred Myton

The Empty Gun is a 1917 American silent Western film directed by Joe De Grasse and featuring Lon Chaney

Contents

Cast

  • Franklyn Farnum as Robber
  • Claire McDowell as Mary
  • Lon Chaney as Frank
  • Sam De Grasse as Jim

    • Reception

    Like many American films of the time, The Empty Gun was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors required a cut of a scene of the woman shooting the husband.

    References

    The Empty Gun Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    The Empty Gun IMDb