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Behind Two Guns

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Behind Two Guns
Directed byRobert North Bradbury
Story byRobert North Bradbury
Enoch O. Van Pelt
Produced byAnthony J. Xydias
StarringJ. B. Warner
Hazel Newman
Marin Sais
CinematographyBert Longenecker
Edited byDella M. King
Production
company
Distributed byAywon Film Corporation
Release date
  • May 15, 1924 (1924-05-15) (U.S.)[1]
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Behind Two Guns is a 1924 American silent Western film, directed by Robert North Bradbury. It stars J. B. Warner, Hazel Newman, and Marin Sais, and was released on May 15, 1924.[2][3]

Plot

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Dr. Elijah Cutter (J.B. Warner) and his Indian assistant Eagle Slowfoot (Guillermo Calles) are called upon to investigate a series of stagecoach robberies. The stages arrive at their destination never having been held up, but when the locked cashbox is opened, all of the money is missing.

Dr. Betz (Otto Lederer) is a hypnotist. He has been hypnotizing Myrtle Baxter (Marin Sais) and using her to commit the crimes. Jessie Nash (Hazel Newman) asks Cutter to help prove that her grandfather, who is accused of the crime, is innocent.

Cutter watches from afar to determine how the money is being taken, and he and Eagle Slowfoot set out to capture the perpetrators. Betz is killed during the ensuing struggle.[2]

Cast

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Production

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Behind Two Guns is one of the few surviving films to prominently feature Guillermo Calles. He wears pasty makeup and long braids, and performs a stereotypical Indian dance wearing a feathered outfit.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Behind Two Guns". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Langman, Larry (1992). A Guide to Silent Westerns. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-313-27858-7.
  3. ^ Institute, American Film (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. University of California Press. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-520-20969-5.
  4. ^ Agrasánchez, Rogelio Jr. (January 10, 2014). Guillermo Calles: A Biography of the Actor and Mexican Cinema Pioneer. McFarland. pp. 43–44. ISBN 978-0-7864-5648-2.
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