''Trigger Trail'' is a 1944 American
Western
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film directed by
Lewis D. Collins
Lewis D. Collins (January 12, 1899 – August 24, 1954) was an American film director and occasional screenwriter. In his career spanning over 30 years, he churned out dozens of Westerns.
Career
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Collins' film caree ...
and starring
Rod Cameron.
Premise
A cowboy (
Rod Cameron) intervenes when greedy businessmen try to trick homesteaders into forfeiting their land.
Cast
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Rod Cameron as Clint Farrel
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Fuzzy Knight
John Forrest "Fuzzy" Knight (May 9, 1901 – February 23, 1976) was an American film and television actor. He was also a singer, especially in his early career. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1928 and 1967, usually as a cowboy h ...
as Echo
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Eddie Dew
Eddie Dew (January 29, 1909 – April 6, 1972) was an American actor, film director, and television director. As an actor, he is best remembered for his starring roles in B movie western films during the 1940s. In the 1950s he became active in ...
as Sheriff Bob Reynolds
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Vivian Austin
Vivian Austin (born Irene Vivian Coe, February 23, 1920 – August 1, 2004) was an American actress who appeared in a number of films in the late 1930s and early 1940s, although most were B movies.
Early years
Austin was born Irene Vivian Coe in ...
as Ann Catlett
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Ray Whitley as Gilroy
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Lane Chandler
Lane Chandler (born Robert Clinton Oakes, June 4, 1899 – September 14, 1972) was an American actor specializing mainly in Westerns.
Biography
Early life
Chandler was raised on a ranch near Culbertson, Montana, the son of a horse ranc ...
as Slade
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George Eldredge
George Edwin Eldredge (September 10, 1898 – March 12, 1977) was an American actor who appeared in over 180 movies during a career that stretched from the 1930s to the early 1960s. He also had a prolific television career during the 1950 ...
as Rance Hudson
* Robert 'Buzz' Henry as Chip Kincaid (as 'Buzz' Henry)
* Davison Clark as Silas Farrel
* Michael Vallon as Bender
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Richard Alexander as Henchman Waco (as Dick Alexander)
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Jack Rockwell
Jack Rockwell Trowbridge (October 6, 1890 – November 10, 1947) was an American film actor who was born in Mexico. He appeared in over 250 movies, mostly Westerns, between 1927 and 1947.
Rockwell's older brother was character actor Charles ...
as Joe Kincaid
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Budd Buster
Budd Leland Buster (June 14, 1891 – December 22, 1965), usually credited as Budd Buster (and sometimes Bud Buster), was an American actor known for B western films. He sometimes was credited as George Selk in his later work.
Early life
Bu ...
as Tug Cattlet
* The Six Bar Cowboys as cowhands / musicians (as the Bar-Six Cowboys)
See also
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List of American films of 1944
Below is a list of American films released in 1944. '' Going My Way'' won Best Picture at the 17th Academy Awards. The remaining four nominees were ''Double Indemnity'', '' Gaslight'', '' Since You Went Away'' and '' Wilson''.
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1944 films
1944 Western (genre) films
Universal Pictures films
American Western (genre) films
Films directed by Lewis D. Collins
1940s English-language films
American black-and-white films
1940s American films
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