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The Gun Packer

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The Gun Packer
Strand Theater inDenver,Colorado,showing the filmsSecret Strings(1918) andThe Gun Packer
Directed byJohn Ford
Written byHarry Carey
Karl R. Coolidge
John Ford
StarringEd Jones
Pete Morrison
CinematographyJohn W. Brown
Release date
  • May 24, 1919(1919-05-24)
Running time
20 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Gun Packeris a 1919 AmericanshortsilentWesternfilm directed byJohn Ford.[1]Filming began on March 25, 1919, under the working titleOut Wyoming Way.Just two months later,The Gun Packerwas released byUniversal Studiosas a 20-minutesilent filmon two reels.[2]This film was reissued in August 1924.

Plot

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A reformed outlaw enlists the aid of his former gunslinging companions to defend a small shepherd community from domineering cattle barons.

Cast

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  • Ed Jones as Sandy McLoughlin
  • Pete Morrisonas "Pearl Handle" Wiley
  • Magda Lane as Rose McLoughlin
  • Jack Woods as Pecos Smith
  • Hoot Gibsonas Gang Leader
  • Jack Walters as Brown
  • Duke R. Leeas Buck Landers
  • Howard Enstaedt as Bobby McLoughlin

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Progressive Silent Film List:The Gun Packer".silentera.RetrievedMarch 1,2008.
  2. ^Gallagher, Tag (1986);John Ford: The Man and His Films;University of California Press, USA. Seep.508.
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