Finger on the Trigger (film)

Finger on the Trigger (also known as Blue Lightning) is a 1965 Western film directed by Sidney W. Pink and starring Rory Calhoun. It was distributed on VHS by Troma Entertainment.

Finger on the Trigger
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Directed bySidney W. Pink
Written bySidney W. Pink
Screenplay byLuis de los Arcos
Story by
  • Luis de los Arcos
  • Sidney W. Pink
Produced bySidney W. Pink
Starring
CinematographyAntonio Macasoli
Edited byMargarita de Ochoa
Music byJosé Solá
Production
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Films Internacionales
Distributed by
Release date
  • March 22, 1965 (1965-03-22) (Spain)
Running time
90 minutes
Countries
  • Spain
  • United States
LanguageEnglish

At the end of the American Civil War, a group of discharged federal troops travel west to California to settle the free land offered by the US Government to honorably discharged veterans. These veterans clash with a band of renegade Confederates in a deserted town in Oklahoma.

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The film was meant to star Victor Mature but he pulled out. Pink later sued Mature.[1]

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  1. ^ "Producer Sues Victor Mature for $1.1 Million". Los Angeles Times. December 8, 1964. p. 24.
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