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Straight Shooting

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A professional gunman (Harry Carey) helps downtrodden homesteaders during a range war.

Critics Reviews

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Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid 07/17/2020
3.5/4
The movie's ending, with its clash between home life and frontier life, comes quite close to 'The Searchers' territory. Go to Full Review Michael E. Grost Classic Film and Television 08/22/2014
John Ford apprentice work, with interesting subjects of water rights and private property Go to Full Review Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy 03/31/2014
5/10
Has pretty much one thing going for it only, and that's Harry Carey... look for the signs of future mastery here, and you look in vain. Go to Full Review Fernando F. Croce CinePassion 04/02/2010
One of the earliest building blocks in the John Ford pyramid, but first of all a consistently lovely cowpoke yarn Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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10/13/2014 master director john ford's directorial debut See more 09/09/2012 Straight Shooting displays Ford's gift for pacing. The narrative never lags, even as Ford slows down occasionally for a reflective moment (e.g. Molly with her brother's dish). The flip of Harry's character half-way through underlines Ford's sympathy for the underdog and for the innovator. The ending has apparently been changed from its more appropriate original, which left Harry alone, outside the community. The new ending, added in 1925, leaves the film feeling false. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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John Ford

Director

Harry Carey

Cheyenne Harry

Duke R. Lee

Thunder Flint

George Burrell

Sweet Water Sims

Molly Malone

Joan Sims

Ted Brooks

Ted Sims
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Movie Info

Synopsis A professional gunman (Harry Carey) helps downtrodden homesteaders during a range war.
Director
John Ford
Screenwriter
George Hively
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
Universal/Universal Int
Genre
Western
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 27, 1917, Original
Runtime
1h 15m