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Quick on the Trigger

  • 1948
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  • 54m
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6.7/10
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Smiley Burnette and Charles Starrett in Quick on the Trigger (1948)
DramaWestern

Steve Warren is the local sheriff and is searching for the outlaw gang that is holding up the stages on the line owned by Nora Reed. He captures one of the gang-members, Frank Reed, Nora's b... Read allSteve Warren is the local sheriff and is searching for the outlaw gang that is holding up the stages on the line owned by Nora Reed. He captures one of the gang-members, Frank Reed, Nora's brother and tosses him in jail. Frank's jail-stay is a short one as he is soon murdered. Th... Read allSteve Warren is the local sheriff and is searching for the outlaw gang that is holding up the stages on the line owned by Nora Reed. He captures one of the gang-members, Frank Reed, Nora's brother and tosses him in jail. Frank's jail-stay is a short one as he is soon murdered. The town's crooked lawyer Garvey Yager and a surveyor named Alfred Murdock conspire to accus... Read all

  • Director
    • Ray Nazarro
  • Writer
    • Elmer Clifton
  • Stars
    • Charles Starrett
    • Smiley Burnette
    • Lyle Talbot
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    30
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    • Director
      • Ray Nazarro
    • Writer
      • Elmer Clifton
    • Stars
      • Charles Starrett
      • Smiley Burnette
      • Lyle Talbot
    • 1User review
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    Charles Starrett
    Charles Starrett
    • Sheriff Steve Warren…
    Smiley Burnette
    Smiley Burnette
    • Smiley
    Lyle Talbot
    Lyle Talbot
    • Garvey Yager
    Helen Parrish
    Helen Parrish
    • Nora Reed
    George Eldredge
    George Eldredge
    • Alfred Murdock
    Ted Adams
    Ted Adams
    • Sheriff Martin Oaks
    Al Bridge
    Al Bridge
    • Judge Kormac
    • (as Alan Bridge)
    Russell Arms
    Russell Arms
    • Fred Reed
    The Sunshine Boys
    • Western Band
    M.H. Richman
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    • (as The Sunshine Boys)
    Freddie Daniel
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    • (as The Sunshine Boys)
    Eddie Wallace
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    • (as The Sunshine Boys)
    J.D. Sumner
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    Budd Buster
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    • (uncredited)
    Tex Cooper
    Tex Cooper
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    Russell Meeker
    • Jury Foreman
    • (uncredited)
    George Morrell
    George Morrell
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    Sandy Sanders
    Sandy Sanders
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    • Director
      • Ray Nazarro
    • Writer
      • Elmer Clifton
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    horn-5

    This "Steve" has a job and a past.

    Other than the first film, 1940's "The Durango Kid," this entry in the series is the only other one that provides a reason for the existence of The Durango Kid...he just shows up with an established reputation in the others.

    This time out, Steve Warren (Charles Starret)---the "Steve" character only had the same last-name in two films---is the local sheriff and is searching for the outlaw gang that is holding up the stages on the line owned by Nora Reed (Helen Parrish.) He captures one of the gang-members, Frank Reed (Russell Arms), Nora's brother and tosses him in jail. Frank's jail-stay is a short one as he is soon murdered. The town's crooked lawyer Garvey Yager (Lyle Talbot) and a surveyor named Alfred Murdock (George Eldredge) conspire to accuse Steve of the killing, and have him arrested and dismissed as the sheriff.

    Steve escapes and goes after Murdock whom Smiley Burnette (Smiley Burnette, and he ain't playing Himself)had seen near the jail at the time of the murder. Yager and Murdock, actually the leaders behind the outlaw gang, are out to get Steve, whose father had once jailed them elsewhere. Martin Oaks (Ted Adams), the newly-appointed sheriff dupes none-too-bright Smiley into capturing Steve.

    Steve escapes jail again and, in the guise of the Durango Kid, renews the pursuit and capture of Yager and Murdock.

    As usual, in the Durango Kid series, lots of stock footage and music, ranging from good-to-bad ugly (depending on which one of his umpteen-thousand songs Smiley Burnette had written new lyrics to), and no explanation of how come no one ever finds Durango's horse Raider when he is tied up to a tree in the countryside, while Durango, as Steve, is riding his other horse, who, in this film, is a first-appearance chestnut cow pony named "Socks."

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    • Release date
      • December 2, 1948 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Gun Brand
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    • Runtime
      • 54m
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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