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Smiley Gets a Gun is a 1958 Australian comedy-drama film in CinemaScope directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring Sybil Thorndike and Chips Rafferty. It is the sequel to the 1956 film Smiley . Synopsis. A young boy named Smiley desperately wants a gun.
Smiley Gets a Gun: Directed by Anthony Kimmins. With Sybil Thorndike, Chips Rafferty, Keith Calvert, Bruce Archer. A sequel to the movie Smiley (1956). Young Smiley gets into more strife as he attempts to prove himself a responsible citizen by helping others, so that he can earn a new gun from Sergeant Flaxman.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Anthony Kimmins
- 1958-12-26
Smiley Gets a Gun. Year. 1958. Running time. 90 min. Country. Australia. Director. Anthony Kimmins. Screenwriter. Anthony Kimmins, Rex Rienits. Novel: Moore Raymond. Cast. Music. Wilbur Sampson. Cinematography. Edward Scaife. Producer. Canberra Productions. Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Film Company, 20th Century Fox. Genre. Comedy.
- Edward Scaife
- Anthony Kimmins
- Australia
- Comedy. Drama | Sequel
An identikit sequel, Smiley Gets A Gun (1958) with a recast Smiley and Sybil Thorndike plus Chips followed. The happy-go-lucky young Smiley gets into more strife as he attempts to prove himself a responsible citizen by helping others - all so he can earn a new gun from Sergeant Flaxman.
- Anthony Kimmins
- Canberra Productions
The local policeman Sergeant Flaxman (Chips Rafferty) promises Smiley (Keith Calvert) that he can have one if he can stay out of mischief and act in a responsible manner - instead of stoning the sergeant's office with a shanghai (slingshot). Eight nicks on the tree for good deeds and the gun is his.
Exasperated by the antics of Smiley Greevins, the mischievous young son of blacksmith Bill Greevins, Sgt. Flaxman, the constable of the Australian back-country town of Murrumbilla, admonishes the boy to learn responsibility. As an incentive, the sergeant promises to give Smiley a rifle when the boy performs eight responsible acts.
Smiley, the boy, does his very best, but the locals begin teasing him… Synopsis Set in the Australian outback, a local policeman tries to help a trouble making young scamp settle down by promising the lad a new rifle if he can stay out of mischief and treat other people with respect.
