''The Two-Gun Man'' is a 1926 American silent

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film directed by

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and starring

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, and

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Plot

A returning

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veteran, Dean learns his father is having trouble with

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and mortgage payments. The problems take their toll on his father and he passes away. He vows vengeance, however, a woman he rescued from an ambusher persuades him against murder. Instead, he steals back his cattle from the thieves and sells them to the chief rustler before turning over the gang to the sheriff.

Cast

References

Bibliography

* Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999.

External links

* 1926 films 1926 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by David Kirkland Film Booking Offices of America films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{US-silent-Western-film-stub