Straight Shooting

Straight Shooting

Directed by	John Ford
Written by	George Hively
Starring	Harry Carey
Cinematography	Ben F. Reynolds George Scott
Release dates	August 27, 1917 (1917-08-27)
Running time	57 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent with English intertitles

Straight Shooting is a 1917 American silent Western film directed by John Ford and featuring Harry Carey. Prints of this film survive in the International Museum of Photography and Film at George Eastman House.^[1]

Plot summary

At the end of the 19th century in the Far West, a farmer is fighting for his right to plough the plains. In order to expel the farmers, the ranchers try to control access to water.^[2]

Cast

Harry Carey as Cheyenne Harry
Duke R. Lee as Thunder Flint (credited as Duke Lee)
George Berrell as Sweet Water Sims
Molly Malone as Joan Sims
Ted Brooks as Ted Sims
Hoot Gibson as Danny Morgan (credits) / Sam Turner (titles)
Milton Brown as BlackasEyed Pete (credited as Milt Brown)
Vester Pegg as Placer Fremont

References

↑ "Progressive Silent Film List: Straight Shooting". Silent Era. Retrieved 2008-02-21.
↑ Review and synopsis "A cinema history: Straight shooting (1917)". Retrieved 30 March 2014.

External links

Straight Shooting at the Internet Movie Database

The films of John Ford

Silent films	The Tornado The Fighting Gringo The Trail of Hate The Scrapper Cheyenne's Pal The Soul Herder Straight Shooting The Secret Man A Marked Man Bucking Broadway The Phantom Riders Wild Women Thieves' Gold The Scarlet Drop Hell Bent A Woman's Fool The Craving (co-d) Three Mounted Men Roped The Fighting Brothers A Fight for Love Rustlers Bare Fists Gun Law By Indian Post The Gun Packer Riders of Vengeance The Last Outlaw The Outcasts of Poker Flat Ace of the Saddle Rider of the Law A Gun Fightin' Gentleman Marked Men The Prince of Avenue A The Girl in Number 29 Hitchin' Posts Just Pals The Big Punch The Freeze-Out The Wallop Desperate Trails Action Sure Fire Jackie Little Miss Smiles Silver Wings (co-d) The Village Blacksmith The Face on the Bar-Room Floor Three Jumps Ahead Cameo Kirby North of Hudson Bay Hoodman Blind Hearts of Oak Lightnin' Kentucky Pride Thank You The Fighting Heart The Shamrock Handicap 3 Bad Men Upstream Four Sons Strong Boy

Sound films	Napoleon's Barber The Black Watch Men Without Women Born Reckless Up the River Seas Beneath The Brat Arrowsmith Air Mail Pilgrimage Doctor Bull The Lost Patrol The World Moves On Judge Priest The Whole Town's Talking The Informer Steamboat Round the Bend The Prisoner of Shark Island Mary of Scotland The Plough and the Stars Wee Willie Winkie The Hurricane Four Men and a Prayer Submarine Patrol Stagecoach Young Mr. Lincoln Drums Along the Mohawk The Grapes of Wrath The Long Voyage Home Tobacco Road How Green Was My Valley They Were Expendable My Darling Clementine The Fugitive Fort Apache 3 Godfathers She Wore a Yellow Ribbon When Willie Comes Marching Home Wagon Master Rio Grande The Quiet Man What Price Glory The Sun Shines Bright Mogambo The Long Gray Line Mister Roberts (co-d) The Searchers The Wings of Eagles The Rising of the Moon Gideon's Day The Last Hurrah The Horse Soldiers Sergeant Rutledge Two Rode Together The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance How the West Was Won (co-d) Donovan's Reef Cheyenne Autumn 7 Women

Television	"Rookie of the Year" (1955) "Flashing Spikes" (1962)

Productions	The Iron Horse (1924) The Blue Eagle (1926) Mother Machree (1928) Hangman's House (1928) Riley the Cop (1928) Salute (1929) Flesh (1932) The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) Young Cassidy (1965)

Documentaries	Torpedo Squadron Sex Hygiene (1942) The Battle of Midway (1942) December 7th (1943) This is Korea (1951) Korea: Battleground for Liberty (1959) Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend (1970) Vietnam! Vietnam! (1971) (produced and co-wrote)

Straight Shooting

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