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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7/10

Woodsman, Spare That Tree

Robert Shayne fights to save his own stand of redwood trees from the depredations of eastern logging concerns.

It's a short subject from Peter B. Kyne's story, THE VALLEY OF THE GIANTS. During the 1940s, Warner Brothers became the last major studio to issue western short subjects, and they did it in a clever fashion.... from a business standpoint, anyway. They would take a script, usually by Ed Erl Repp, shoot a few new scenes with Shayne and whoever he's co-starring with, and then cut it into some impressive cinematography from Warners' A movies. In this case, the plundered movie is 1938's GOLD IS WHERE YOU FIND IT.

The series of shorts was called "The Santa Fe Trail" series and this was the sixth one. It has a nice message about conservation that was in the original source from writer Kyne.