''Religion and Gun Practice: The Way of the West'' is a 1913 American silent

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film directed by William Duncan and starring

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and

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. Among other roles in similar films at the time, Tom Mix's role in ''Religion and Gun Practice'' established what would be the cowboy hero of the twentieth century. The movie was played in theaters across the nation.

Plot

Tom Mix plays "a western outlaw reformed by a missionary's daughter." Kill Kullen and the missionary's daughter, Winona Judell, fall in love. She sets him back on the path of righteousness, and though her father disapproves of their desire to marry each other, she is persistent. Kill Kullen teaches her how to ride and shoot, and her father eventually yields.

Filming

The movie was filmed by William Duncan and the

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in the facilities of what used to be the

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studio, in

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. The location provided a landscape of hills and valleys, forest, and desert wasteland ("

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"), as well as iconic rock formations.

Cast

as Kill KullenReddin, Paul. *

as Wesley Judell *

as Winona Judell *

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as Finley Overmeyer * Old Blue as Kullen's Horse (uncredited)

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0003326 1913 films 1913 Western (genre) films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by William Duncan Selig Polyscope Company films Silent American Western (genre) films 1910s English-language films 1910s American films