Sure Fire
1921 film
title: "Sure Fire" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1921-films", "1921-lost-films", "1921-western-(genre)-films", "american-black-and-white-films", "films-directed-by-john-ford", "universal-pictures-films", "1921-american-films", "1920s-english-language-films", "english-language-western-(genre)-films", "lost-american-silent-western-(genre)-films"] description: "1921 film" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sure_Fire" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary 1921 film ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox film"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Sure Fire |
| image | Sure Fire 1921.jpg |
| director | John Ford |
| writer | George C. Hull |
| Eugene Manlove Rhodes | |
| starring | Hoot Gibson |
| cinematography | Virgil Miller |
| distributor | Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
| released | |
| runtime | 50 minutes |
| country | United States |
| language | Silent |
| English intertitles | |
| :: |
| name = Sure Fire | image = Sure Fire 1921.jpg | caption = | director = John Ford | producer = | writer = George C. Hull Eugene Manlove Rhodes | starring = Hoot Gibson | cinematography = Virgil Miller | distributor = Universal Film Manufacturing Company | released = | runtime = 50 minutes | country = United States | language = Silent English intertitles Sure Fire is a 1921 American silent Western film directed by John Ford and featuring Hoot Gibson. It is considered to be a lost film.
Plot
As described in a film magazine, easy going rancher Jeff Bransford (Gibson) returns to his ancestral acres and finds them heavily mortgaged and about to be foreclosed and the hired men defended them with guns. He tries to borrow money to satisfy the mortgage but is unsuccessful. That night a robbery is committed on a neighboring farm with five thousand dollars stolen from Major Parker (MacQuarrie), and suspicion is thrown upon Jeff. After much hard riding and several stiff fights, the real culprits are apprehended and Jeff is vindicated. Parker had intended to loan Jeff some money to help with his difficulties. In return, Jeff saves the married Elinor Parker (Brunette) from running away with a worthless scamp and causing a scandal. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Sure_Fire_lobby_card.jpg" caption="Lobby card"] ::
Cast
- Hoot Gibson as Jeff Bransford
- Molly Malone as Marian Hoffman
- B. Reeves Eason Jr. as Sonny (credited as Breezy Eason Jr.)
- Harry Carter as Rufus Coulter
- Fritzi Brunette as Elinor Parker
- Murdock MacQuarrie as Major Parker
- George Fisher as Burt Rawlings
- Charles Newton as Leo Ballinger
- Jack Woods as Brazos Bart
- Jack Walters as Overland Kid
- Joe Harris as Romero
- Steve Clemente as Gomez (credited as Steve Clements)
- Mary Philbin
References
References
- "Progressive Silent Film List: Sure Fire". silentera.com.
- (October 22, 1921). "Reviews: ''Sure Fire''". Exhibitors Herald Company.
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