Kid Dabb Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I do not know the answer to this, so it goes here in Information, Please! What was the first WESTERN (cowboy) movie to show blood from being gunshot? Many westerns had shoot-outs and gunfights with people catching bullets all over the place. They would clench up, freeze and drop, twist around, maybe even fly backwards, but for a long time we never saw any bullet holes or blood - just dry clothing and dead bodies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaytonf Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 There must have been spots of blood in some silent movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
film lover 293 Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 I'm going to take a wild guess from a Variety review that's still accessible online--there were innumerable Silent westerns, but Variety said this one had "a corking gun battle"--"The Covered Wagon" (1923), directed by James Cruze. BTW--You might want to post your question in the "Silents" forum, since I'm pretty sure your answer is a silent movie--JMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dabb Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 I'm going to take a wild guess from a Variety review that's still accessible online--there were innumerable Silent westerns, but Variety said this one had "a corking gun battle"--"The Covered Wagon" (1923), directed by James Cruze. BTW--You might want to post your question in the "Silents" forum, since I'm pretty sure your answer is a silent movie--JMO. Thank you. Even in older sound westerns it was a long time before I can remember seeing bloody gunshot wounds so I thought I'd start here in the general population and branch out later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toast N' Jam Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Maybe "Run of the Arrow" (1957) where Rod Steiger mercy kills a calvary office being tortured to death by shooting him in the head. From IMDB trivia page Run of the Arrow was the first film to use blood squibs to simulate realistic bullet impacts http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050915/trivia 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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