The Gun Packer

The Gun Packer
Strand Theater in Denver, Colorado, showing the films Secret Strings (1918) and The Gun Packer
Directed by	John Ford
Written by	Harry Carey Karl R. Coolidge John Ford
Starring	Ed Jones Pete Morrison
Cinematography	John W. Brown
Release dates	May 24, 1919 (1919-05-24)
Running time	20 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Gun Packer is a 1919 American short Western film directed by John Ford.^[1]

Production

Filming began on March 25, 1919 under the working title Out Wyoming Way. Just two months later, The Gun Packer was released by Universal Studios as a 20-minute silent film on two reels.^[2] This film was reissued in August 1924.

Plot

A reformed outlaw enlists the aid of his former gunslinging companions to defend a small shepherd community from domineering cattle barons.

Cast

Ed Jones as Sandy McLoughlin
Pete Morrison as "Pearl Handle" Wiley
Magda Lane as Rose McLoughlin
Jack Woods as Pecos Smith
Hoot Gibson as Gang Leader
Jack Walters as Brown
Duke R. Lee as Buck Landers
Howard Enstaedt as Bobby McLoughlin

References

↑ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Gun Packer". silentera.com. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
↑ Gallagher, Tag (1986); John Ford: The Man and His Films; University of California Press, USA. See p.508.

External links

The Gun Packer at the Internet Movie Database

Films by John Ford

Silent films	The Tornado (1917) The Trail of Hate (1917) The Scrapper (1917) Cheyenne's Pal (1917) The Soul Herder (1917) Straight Shooting (1917) The Secret Man (1917) A Marked Man (1917) Bucking Broadway (1917) The Phantom Riders (1918) Wild Women (1918) Thieves' Gold (1918) The Scarlet Drop (1918) Hell Bent (1918) A Woman's Fool (1918) The Craving (1918) Three Mounted Men (1918) Roped (1919) The Fighting Brothers (1919) A Fight for Love (1919) Rustlers (1919) Bare Fists (1919) Gun Law (1919) By Indian Post (1919) The Gun Packer (1919) Riders of Vengeance (1919) The Last Outlaw (1919) The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1919) Ace of the Saddle (1919) Rider of the Law (1919) A Gun Fightin' Gentleman (1919) Marked Men (1919) The Prince of Avenue A (1920) The Girl in Number 29 (1920) Hitchin' Posts (1920) Just Pals (1920) The Big Punch (1921) The Freeze-Out (1921) The Wallop (1921) Desperate Trails (1921) Action (1921) Sure Fire (1921) Jackie (1921) Little Miss Smiles (1922) Silver Wings (1922) The Village Blacksmith (1922) The Face on the Bar-Room Floor (1923) Three Jumps Ahead (1923) Cameo Kirby (1923) North of Hudson Bay (1923) Hoodman Blind (1923) Hearts of Oak (1924) Lightnin' (1925) Kentucky Pride (1925) Thank You (1925) The Fighting Heart (1925) The Shamrock Handicap (1926) 3 Bad Men (1926) Upstream (1927) Four Sons (1928) Strong Boy (1929)

Sound films	The Black Watch (1929) Men Without Women (1930) Born Reckless (1930) Up the River (1930) Seas Beneath (1931) The Brat (1931) Arrowsmith (1931) Air Mail (1932) Pilgrimage (1933) Doctor Bull (1933) The Lost Patrol (1934) The World Moves On (1934) Judge Priest (1934) The Whole Town's Talking (1935) The Informer (1935) Steamboat Round the Bend (1935) The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) Mary of Scotland (1936) The Plough and the Stars (1936) Wee Willie Winkie (1937) The Hurricane (1937) Four Men and a Prayer (1938) Submarine Patrol (1938) Stagecoach (1939) Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) The Grapes of Wrath (1940) The Long Voyage Home (1940) Tobacco Road (1941) How Green Was My Valley (1941) They Were Expendable (1945) My Darling Clementine (1946) The Fugitive (1947) Fort Apache (1948) 3 Godfathers (1948) She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950) Wagon Master (1950) Rio Grande (1950) The Quiet Man (1952) What Price Glory (1952) The Sun Shines Bright (1953) Mogambo (1953) The Long Gray Line (1955) Mister Roberts (co-d, 1955) The Searchers (1956) The Wings of Eagles (1957) The Rising of the Moon (1957) Gideon's Day (1958) The Last Hurrah (1958) The Horse Soldiers (1959) Sergeant Rutledge (1960) Two Rode Together (1961) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) How the West Was Won (1963) Donovan's Reef (1963) Cheyenne Autumn (1964) 7 Women (1966)

Television	"Rookie of the Year" (1955) "The Colter Craven Story" "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: The Movie (1943) This is Korea (1951) Korea: Battleground for Liberty (1959) Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend (1970) Vietnam! Vietnam! (1971) (produced and co-wrote)

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