Summary
Great Guns is a frantic, high-stakes silent comedy that follows Bobby, a struggling artist whose life descends into a series of increasingly absurd misfortunes. When a rival sabotages his latest work and his tailor reclaims his trousers mid-day for an unpaid debt, Bobby’s dignity is shattered. His attempt to save face at a high-end restaurant while wearing borrowed janitor's pants ends in a humiliating ejection, pushing him to a desperate decision: ending it all. What follows is a dark-humored descent into chaos as Bobby climbs a skyscraper framework, only to survive and hire a professional hitman to finish the job for him. The film shifts into a paranoid thriller-slapstick hybrid as Bobby, now regretting his death wish, must dodge a series of disguised assassins while his girlfriend races to save his career and his life. It culminates in a bizarre, explosive finale on a naval target range that tests the limits of the genre's logic.
Synopsis
Bobby appears as an artist who goes through a lot of exciting experiences. His rival ruins the picture he is painting, his tailor takes his trousers for an unpaid bill. He borrows the janitor's and is chucked out of a restaurant to which he takes his girl. Deciding to commit suicide he goes on top of the steel framework of a new building and comes very near falling several times, but finally finds himself back on the ground. Next he hires a gunman who uses various disguises, such as a postman, an old woman, etc., and every time Bobby sees anyone dressed like this he is in mortal fear. Finally he tries to get away and lands on a target out in the ocean used for battleship practice. In the meantime his girl doctors up the painting and sells it. Then there is a chase to get hold of him and prevent the gunman from doing his work.
