Trigger Fingers (1924 film)

Trigger Fingers
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Directed byB. Reeves Eason
Written byWilliam Berke
Produced byJesse J. Goldburg
StarringBob Custer
George Field
Margaret Landis
CinematographyWalter L. Griffin
Production
company
Independent Pictures
Distributed byFilm Booking Offices of America
Release date
  • November 1924 (1924-11)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Trigger Fingers is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Bob Custer, George Field, and Margaret Landis.[1][2]

Plot

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As described in a review in a film magazine,[3] in order to better be able to run down a notorious bandit, “The Black Hawk,” Sgt. Steele (Custer) of the Rangers, who has captured another bandit, “Lightning” Brady, impersonates him and joins the gang of unsavory characters led by Murtison (Bennett). Soon he finds The Black Hawk has attacked an official of the mining company and paralyzed his sense of speech. He sends for Dr. Deering (Field), who arrives with his daughter, Ruth (Landis), but returns for instruments and fails to come back. Instead, Murtison’s gang attacks Steele and, in the rumpus, Murtison is killed by The Black Hawk. The gang captures Ruth and a young Indian woman, Wetona (La Rue), and takes them away. Steele rescues them and returns to the shack to find The Black Hawk bending over the patient, who has recovered his speech. Steele forces him to unmask and finds he is Dr. Deering. During a terrific fight, Deering is shot by Wetona. Ruth is shocked to find her father is a bandit, but finds consolation in the love of Steele, who reveals his real identity to her.

Cast

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Preservation

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With no prints of Trigger Fingers located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.

References

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  1. ^ Rainey p. 206
  2. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Trigger Fingers at silentera.com
  3. ^ Sewell, Charles S. (December 13, 1924). "Trigger Fingers; First of F.B.O.'s New Texas Ranger Series Starring Bob Custer Is Exciting Border Melodrama". The Moving Picture World. 71 (7). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 626, 643. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  4. ^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Trigger Fingers

Bibliography

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  • Rainey, Buck. The Strong, Silent Type: Over 100 Screen Cowboys, 1903-1930. McFarland, 2004.
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