| Behind Two Guns | |
| Director: | Robert North Bradbury |
| Producer: | Anthony J. Xydias |
| Story: | Robert North Bradbury Enoch O. Van Pelt |
| Starring: | J. B. Warner Hazel Newman Marin Sais |
| Cinematography: | Bert Longenecker |
| Editing: | Della M. King |
| Studio: | Sunset Productions |
| Distributor: | Aywon Film Corporation |
| Runtime: | 5 reels |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent English intertitles |
Behind Two Guns is a 1924 American silent Western film, directed by Robert North Bradbury. It stars J. B. Warner, Hazel Newman, and Marin Sais, and was released on May 15, 1924.[1] [2]
Dr. Elijah Cutter (J.B. Warner) and his Indian assistant Eagle Slowfoot (Guillermo Calles) 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 (Otto Lederer) is a hypnotist. He has been hypnotizing Myrtle Baxter (Marin Sais) and using her to commit the crimes. Jessie Nash (Hazel Newman) 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.
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.[3]