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Good Entertainment Plan Wart in-Lew in Rerun*si# *t *' •.SmilevBy («F ()R(iF ROI RKEH?raid ^uimifni Editor'Smiley Ots a Gun,” at theTown, is n pleasant family offering with a sort of Australian ' Pelt;*k s Bad Boy ” slant. Iti* a follow-up to an earlier British 141 c e « s a, S mile y,” in which the growing hoy antics ofa likeable average lad were featuredTina one, ro-featured at t'hpMovieReview1Iots1¥lllla/\ BRIF.F— Interrnting4 untralian-mnde hoy ■grit'gun color and cinentancopeadventure coupled with l.ewi* and Martin reinnue of their firnt big comedyhit. +Town with a reiswip of Jerry I/Cw.s and Pean Martins At War with the Army,” has possibilities with its plot and characterization In which e\enon TametAmerican boys will be able tofind identification.Ten-ear-o!d Keith lt;”al\ert pla\s the lend part of the Min of a blacksmith who ha* beenpromised * gun hv a policesergeant If he can prove his right to having one hv chalking up a certain number of good conduct marks.\mong t h a complications which arise before the marks are earned is the organizationf a bettihg pool rn h;s chances of succeeding.Smiley (rcis a Gun” is cm#-ual and unpretentious even though it is jn Cinemascope and color and rt it possesses adistinct appeal in the family entertainment area.Sybil Thorndyke. as a miserly neighbor, and Chips Rafferty as the sergeant lend adultsupport. One of the film# reaiplus marks 1$ the outdoonsh appeal of the Australian bu«heou n t ry.
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Miami Herald
Miami, Florida, US
Thu, Apr 09, 1959
Page 33
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