Trial by Trigger

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Warner Anderson and Robert Shayne in Trial by Trigger (1944)

California logger Bill Cardigan must save his stand of redwoods from being bought by unscrupulous Dan Fallon, a logging company owner from Michigan.California logger Bill Cardigan must save his stand of redwoods from being bought by unscrupulous Dan Fallon, a logging company owner from Michigan.California logger Bill Cardigan must save his stand of redwoods from being bought by unscrupulous Dan Fallon, a logging company owner from Michigan.

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Robert Shayne

Bill Cardigan

Cheryl Walker

Lee Roberts

Warner Anderson

Dan Fallon

Ralph Dunn

MacIntosh aka Mac

Henry Sharp

Fallon's Father

Art Baker

Narrator
(voice)
(uncredited)

Monte Blue

Brewster
(uncredited)

Buck Bucko

Townsman
(uncredited)

Roy Bucko

Barfly
(uncredited)

Harry Cording

Saloon Brawler
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Victor Cox

Barfly
(uncredited)

Art Fowler

Barfly
(uncredited)

Herman Hack

Townsman
(uncredited)

Fred Kelsey

Jerry
(uncredited)

Cactus Mack

Townsman
(uncredited)

Kansas Moehring

Barfly
(uncredited)

Jack Mower

Lumberjack
(uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

Servant
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Sixth episode in Warner Bros. Santa Fe Trail series of 2-reel Westerns

Goofs
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, who is not in this film but was in Valley of the Giants (1938), from which much footage is used, can be clearly seen fighting in the saloon brawl and with Fallon atop the dam. In the saloon brawl the character "MacIntosh", played by Ralph Dunn, is dressed like Williams to match the footage, and in the fight scene atop the dam Robert Shayne is dressed like Williams, to match the footage from the original film.

Quotes
Dan Fallon: Lee, you know how I've always felt about you. Maybe we could...
Lee Roberts: We could probably do lots of things. I just don't feel that way about you.

Connections
Edited from Gold Is Where You Find It (1938)

Soundtracks
Bedelia
(uncredited)
Music by Jean Schwartz
Played in the saloon when Bill and Mac confront Fallon

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4/10

Cut Down Remake

During the middle Forties, Warner Brothers was trying what might have become a new genre in films. They would take some of their previous big budget films with footage previously and re-edit them into short subjects. The story that would have taken two hours to tell would be done in now fifteen to twenty minutes.

Trial By Trigger is a cut down version of Valley Of The Giants and the roles played by Wayne Morris and Claire Trevor were now done by Robert Shayne and Cheryl Walker. Years before he became Inspector Henderson on Superman, Shayne was apparently the young contract player whom these cut down remakes were given.

Try to tell a story that had previously been a feature film in 20 minutes and inevitably much would be lost. That's what happened and that's why these short subjects never took hold. Can you imagine MGM trying to do edit down Gone With The Wind that way?