The Man from Painted Post is a 1917 American Western drama film produced by and starring Douglas Fairbanks.

[1][2] As described in a film magazine,[3] Fancy Jim Sherwood (Fairbanks), the man from Painted Post, turns to the business of hunting the bad men who infest the cattle country of Wyoming after desperate character called "30-30" Smith shoots and kills his sister.

Continued loss from the Big and Little Laramie district call him hence and, in order to allay suspicion as to his real occupation, he goes in the guise of an Eastern tenderfoot who has purchased a ranch.

He soon finds that Bull Madden (Campeau) is responsible for the cattle thefts and that he is also forcing his attentions on Jane Forbes (Percy), a girl school teacher from the East.

Sherwood soon finds out that Madden is none other than "30-30" Smith, and renews his efforts to place the man under arrest.