Smilin' Guns

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