''A Gun Fightin' Gentleman'' is a 1919 American

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film directed by

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and starring Harry Carey. Because only three reels of originally five or six are known to exist, this film is considered a partially lost film.

Plot

As described in a

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, ranch owner Cheyenne Harry (Carey) is the victim of a plot engineered by land speculator John Merritt (Sherry), who uses a doctored title to deprive Harry of his land holdings. Powerless in the face of his opponent's superior knowledge of the law, Harry is forced to retaliate by appropriating Merritt's payroll. Later he abducts Merritt's daughter Helen (O'Connor) and holds her pending settlement of their dispute. A settlement is effected in due time, but not before Harry has won the heart of the young woman.

Cast

* Harry Carey as Harry "Cheyenne Harry" Henderson * J. Barney Sherry as John Merritt * Kathleen O'Connor as Helen Merritt *

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as Earl of Jollywell (credited as Harry V. Meter) *

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as Helen's Aunt (credited as Lydia Titus) * Duke R. Lee as Buck Regan * Joe Harris as Seymour * John Cook as Old Sheriff (credited as Johnnie Cooke) * Ted Brooks as The Youngster

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gun Fightin Gentleman, A 1919 films 1919 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by John Ford Universal Pictures films Silent American Western (genre) films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films English-language Western (genre) films

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