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Trigger Law

1944 film

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ55258993 ↗
Source-derived summary

Trigger Law is a 1944 American Western film directed by Vernon Keays and starring Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele and Beatrice Gray.

Plot

Cast

Hoot Gibson as Hoot Gibson

Bob Steele as Bob Steele

Beatrice Gray as Sally Buchanan

Ralph Lewis as Tom Buchanan

Ed Cassidy as Johnson

Jack Ingram as Kelso McGuire

George Eldredge as Corey

Pierce Lyden as Ace

Lane Chandler as Tex

Bud Osborne as Furness

George Morrell as Keno

Terry Frost as Randall

References

Bibliography

Martin, Len D. The Allied Artists Checklist: The Feature Films and Short Subjects of Allied Artists Pictures Corporation, 1947-1978. McFarland & Company, 1993.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Trigger Law” as 1944 film. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Trigger and film.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1944, 1947, 1978, 1993—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Trigger and film providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Trigger Law”, the useful work is to connect “1944 film” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q55258993. The first chronological checks are 1944, 1947, 1978 and 1993.

Critical limits

Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Trigger Law” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.