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A 20-minute Western where trees have more screen presence than the villain.
TMDB
20
IMDb
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Trial by Trigger (1944)

B-movie chaosPropaganda energyTrees over talent

Overview

Western

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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Content warning
loggerredwoodslogging
Corporate greedEnvironmental exploitationLone defender

Standout Aspects

Cinematography

The redwoods are genuinely gorgeous. Everything else? Questionable.

Acting

Robert Shayne yells at trees with surprising conviction.

Best for:Background: Perfect for folding laundry to 1944 logging propaganda.·Solo: When you need to feel better about your own film choices.·Rewatch: Never. Absolutely never.
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Director

William C. McGann

ReleasedMay 27, 1944
Runtime20m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensitymedium
Tonemixed
Feellight
Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation

Top Cast

Robert Shayne

Robert Shayne

Bill Cardigan

Cheryl Walker

Cheryl Walker

Lee Roberts

Warner Anderson

Warner Anderson

Dan Fallon

Ralph Dunn

Ralph Dunn

MacIntosh 'Mac'

Art Baker

Art Baker

Narrator (voice)

Monte Blue

Monte Blue

Brewster (uncredited)

Fred Kelsey

Fred Kelsey

Jerry (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Jack Mower

Lumberjack (uncredited)

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

This was produced by the War Activities Committee as morale propaganda, explaining the heavy-handed 'save American resources' messaging.

Cultural

Robert Shayne later became famous as Inspector Henderson on The Adventures of Superman—quite the upgrade from yelling at loggers.

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