Smilin' Guns

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Smilin' Guns
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Directed by Henry MacRae
Written byHarold Tarshis
Screenplay by George Morgan
Based onA story
by Shannon Fife
Produced byCarl Laemmle Jr.
Starring Hoot Gibson
Cinematography Harry Neumann
Edited byEd Gilmore Walker
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • March 31, 1929 (1929-03-31)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

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

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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.

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