Trigger Tricks

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Trigger Tricks
Directed by B. Reeves Eason
Screenplay byB. Reeves Eason
Story byB. Reeves Eason
Produced by Hoot Gibson
Starring Hoot Gibson
Sally Eilers
Robert Homans
Jack Richardson
Monte Montague
Neal Hart
Cinematography Harry Neumann
Edited byGilmore Walker
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • June 8, 1930 (1930-06-08)
Running time
61 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Trigger Tricks is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film written and directed by B. Reeves Eason, and starring Hoot Gibson, Sally Eilers, Robert Homans, Jack Richardson, Monte Montague and Neal Hart. It was released on June 8, 1930, by Universal Pictures. [1] [2] [3]

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A cattleman (Gibson) works as a gunman for a group of cattlemen while he tries to find out who killed his brother. Along the way, he falls in love with the owner (Eilers) of a sheep ranch and learns the killer's identity. [4]

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References

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