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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1013

Straight Shooting

191757 minUnited States

Synopsis

A conflict between farmers and cattle ranchers escalates when access to water becomes a weapon. Families trying to cultivate the land face pressure from men determined to drive them away. Harry Carey leads the cast in a Western that builds its confrontation around livelihood, territory and violence.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 62:17
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · John Ford · Public domain

Cast

Harry Carey

Hoot Gibson

DirectorsJohn Ford

Historical context

Straight Shooting belongs to the formative collaboration between John Ford and Carey. Its portrayal of killing and outlawry also drew objections from the Chicago censorship authorities, a reminder of the local controls facing early American features.

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Harry Carey — film screenshot · Public domain

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