Beauty and Bullets

{{short description|1928 film}} {{Use American English|date=September 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Beauty and Bullets | image = | caption = | director = Ray Taylor | producer = | screenplay = George H. Plympton Carl Krusada | story = Carl Krusada Vin Moore | starring = Ted Wells Duane Thompson Jack Kenny Wilbur Mack | cinematography = Joseph Brotherton | editing = Gene Havlick | studio = Universal Pictures | distributor = Universal Pictures | released = {{Film date|1928|12|16}} | runtime = 50 minutes | country = United States | language = Silent English intertitles }} '''''Beauty and Bullets''''' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Ray Taylor and written by George H. Plympton and Carl Krusada. The film stars Ted Wells, Duane Thompson, Jack Kenny and Wilbur Mack. The film was released on December 16, 1928, by Universal Pictures.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/490818/beauty-and-bullets |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408065323/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/490818/Beauty-and-Bullets/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 8, 2019 |title=Beauty and Bullets (1928) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=April 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Hans J. Wollstein |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/beauty-and-bullets-v84614 |title=Beauty and Bullets (1928) - Ray Taylor |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=April 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/2775-BEAUTY-AND-BULLETS |title=Beauty and Bullets |publisher=Catalog.afi.com |date= |accessdate=April 7, 2019}}</ref>

==Plot== Joe Kemp and his gang attempt a robbery on the express company's payroll, only to be thwarted by Bill Allen. Bill recognizes one of the bandits as Frank Crawford, the brother of his sweetheart, Mary Crawford. After breaking up the robbery attempt, Bill attempts to take the payroll home with him for safekeeping, but Kemp's gang jumps him and makes off with the money. Bill eventually brings the gang to justice and asks to have Frank remanded into his custody.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Langman |first=Larry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-40mFfGB4VMC |title=A Guide to Silent Westerns |date=1992 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-27858-7 |pages=26 |language=en}}</ref>

==Cast== * Ted Wells as Bill Allen * Duane Thompson as Mary Crawford * Jack Kenny as Joe Kemp * Wilbur Mack as Frank Crawford

== Production == The film was partially shot on location in Newhall, Santa Clarita, California.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Motion Picture News|url=http://archive.org/details/motionnew38moti|publisher=Motion Picture News, Inc.|date=|others=|last=|location=New York City|publication-date=July 28, 1928|pages=284|language=en}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0018683|Beauty and Bullets}}

Category:1928 films Category:1928 Western (genre) films Category:Universal Pictures films Category:Films directed by Ray Taylor Category:American black-and-white films Category:American silent Western (genre) films Category:Films with screenplays by George H. Plympton Category:1928 English-language films Category:1928 American films Category:English-language Western (genre) films Category:American silent feature films