''Trigger Fingers'' is a 1924 American silent

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film directed by

B. Reeves Eason William Reeves Eason (October 2, 1886 – June 9, 1956), known as B. Reeves Eason, was an American film director, actor and screenwriter. His directorial output was limited mainly to low-budget westerns and action pictures, but it was as a secon ...

and starring

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, George Field, and

Margaret Landis Margaret Cullen Landis (August 31, 1890 – April 8, 1981) was an American silent screen actress who appeared in at least 41 films between 1915 and 1931. Biography Margaret Cullen Landis was born in Nashville, Tennessee, the daughter of Lulan ...

Plot

As described in a review in a film magazine, 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

Preservation

With no prints of ''Trigger Fingers'' located in any film archives,Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''Trigger Fingers''
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References

Bibliography

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

External links

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