# Behind Two Guns

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{{short description|1924 film}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2021}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Behind Two Guns
| image          = File:Behind Two Guns 1924 film poster.jpg
| caption        = 
| native_name    = 
| director       = [Robert North Bradbury](/source/Robert_N._Bradbury)
| producer       = [Anthony J. Xydias](/source/Anthony_J._Xydias)
| writer         = 
| screenplay     = 
| story          = Robert North Bradbury<br />Enoch O. Van Pelt
| starring       = [J. B. Warner](/source/J._B._Warner)<br />Hazel Newman<br />[Marin Sais](/source/Marin_Sais)
| cinematography = [Bert Longenecker](/source/Bert_Longenecker)
| editing        = [Della M. King](/source/Della_M._King)
| studio         = Sunset Productions
| distributor    = [Aywon Film Corporation](/source/Aywon_Film_Corporation)
| released       = {{Film date|1924|5|15|U.S.|ref1=<ref name=AFI>{{cite web | url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/2794 | title=Behind Two Guns | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate=July 31, 2022}}</ref>}}
| runtime        = 5 [reels](/source/reel)
| country        = United States
| language       = [Silent](/source/Silent_film)<br />English intertitles
| gross          = <!-- Please use condensed and rounded values, e.g. "£11.6 million" not "£11,586,221" -->
}}
'''''Behind Two Guns''''' is a 1924 American [silent Western film](/source/silent_Western_film), directed by [Robert North Bradbury](/source/Robert_N._Bradbury). It stars [J. B. Warner](/source/J._B._Warner), Hazel Newman, and [Marin Sais](/source/Marin_Sais), and was released on May 15, 1924.<ref name=":0">{{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=27 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Institute |first=American Film |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rlLbRAPOgP0C |title=The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States |date=1997 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-20969-5 |pages=48 |language=en}}</ref>

== Plot ==
Dr. Elijah Cutter and his Indian assistant Eagle Slowfoot are called upon to investigate a series of stagecoach robberies. The stages arrive at their destination never having been held up, but when the locked cashbox is opened, all of the money is missing.

Dr. Betz is a hypnotist. He has been hypnotizing Myrtle Baxter and using her to commit the crimes. Jessie Nash asks Cutter to help prove that her grandfather, who is accused of the crime, is innocent.

Cutter watches from afar to determine how the money is being taken, and he and Eagle Slowfoot set out to capture the perpetrators. Betz is killed during the ensuing struggle.<ref name=":0" />

== Cast ==
{{castlist|
* J. B. Warner as Dr. Elijah Cutter
* Hazel Newman as Jessie Nash
* [Marin Sais](/source/Marin_Sais) as Myrtle Baxter
* [Jay Morley](/source/Jay_Morley) as Ward Baxter
* Jim Welch as Scout Nash
* [Otto Lederer](/source/Otto_Lederer) as Olaf Ludovic/Dr. Betz
* [Guillermo Calles](/source/Guillermo_Calles) as Eagle Slowfoot
* Jack Waltemeyer as Sheriff Joe Haynes
* [Emily Gerdes](/source/Emily_Gerdes) as Esmeralda Perkins
* [Bartlett Carré](/source/Bartlett_Carr%C3%A9) as Jake Watkins
* Robert North Bradbury
}}

== Production ==
''Behind Two Guns'' is one of the few surviving films to prominently feature Guillermo Calles.  He wears pasty makeup and long braids, and performs a stereotypical Indian dance wearing a feathered outfit.<ref>{{Cite book  |first=Rogelio Jr.|last=Agrasánchez |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SSobsiSzXZgC |title=Guillermo Calles: A Biography of the Actor and Mexican Cinema Pioneer |date=2014-01-10 |publisher=McFarland |pages=43–44 |isbn=978-0-7864-5648-2 |language=en}}</ref>

== Preservation ==
With no holdings located in archives, ''Behind Two Guns'' is considered a lost film.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |others= |title=The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Behind Two Guns |url=http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3671/default.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513202235/http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3671/default.html |archive-date=2022-05-13 |access-date=2025-09-14 |website=memory.loc.gov}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0014707}}
* {{TCMDb title|490192}}
* {{AFI film|2794}}

Category:1924 Western (genre) films
Category:1924 films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American silent Western (genre) films
Category:1924 American films
Category:1924 English-language films
Category:English-language Western (genre) films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:Films directed by Robert N. Bradbury

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