''Quick Trigger Lee'' is a 1931 American

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film. Directed by J. P. McGowan, the film stars

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, and

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. It was released on November 24, 1931.

Cast list

as Phil "Quick Trigger" Lee (credited as Bob Custer) *

as Rose Campbell *

as Sammy Wales *

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as Jeremy Wales (credited as Lee De Cordova) *

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as John "Dad" Saunders * Frank Ellis as Pete * Al Taylor

Plot

''Quick Trigger Lee'' features a film within a film. A film crew interrupts the Wales gang before it can ambush Lee, who is on his way to help an old prospector. Lee manages to get the gang jailed while becoming romantically involved with the film company's leading lady (Campbell), and he discovers that she is the prospector's long-lost niece.

References

American Western (genre) films 1931 Western (genre) films 1931 films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films Films directed by J. P. McGowan 1930s American films {{1930s-Western-film-stub