Smiley Gets a Gun is a 1958 Australian comedy-drama film in CinemaScope directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring Sybil Thorndike and Chips Rafferty.
A young boy named Smiley desperately wants a gun.
A deal is made between him and Sergeant Flaxman that if he gets 8 nicks (marks on a certain tree) for his good deeds he will get a .22 caliber £2 rifle.
[1] The father of the actor who first played Smiley, Colin Petersen, wanted more money to return.
Kimmins' daughter Verena who helped the young actors in the first Smiley movie had a featured role in the film.