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
VHS cover
Directed by	Sidney W. Pink
Written by	Sidney W. Pink
Screenplay by	Luis de los Arcos
Story by	Luis de los Arcos Sidney W. Pink
Produced by	Sidney W. Pink
Starring	Rory Calhoun Aldo Sambrell James Philbrook Leo Anchóriz Todd Martin
Cinematography	Antonio Macasoli
Edited by	Margarita de Ochoa
Music by	José Solá
Production company	Films Internacionales
Distributed by	Allied Artists Pictures Troma Entertainment Paramount British Pictures As Films S.A. Comet Films Interpeninsular
Release date	March 22, 1965 (1965-03-22) (Spain)
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	Spain United States
Language	English

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.

Cast

• Rory Calhoun as Larry Winton
• Aldo Sambrell
• James Philbrook as Adam Hyde
• Leo Anchóriz as Ed Bannister
• Todd Martin as Hillstrom
• Jorge Rigaud as Benton
• Silvia Solar as Violet
• Bruce Talbot as Fred
• Axel Anderson as McNamara
• Fernando Bilbao as Mayer
• Sebastian Cavalieri as Slim
• Eric Chapman as McKay
• John Clarke as Numitah
• Beni Deus as O'Brien
• Guillermo Elias as Mike Daly
• Tito García as Zubarri
• Yvonne Gilbert as Madeline
• German Grech as Delmer
• Antonio Molino Rojo as Benham
• Juan Antonio Peral as Tom Sharpe
• Iván Tubau

Production

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

External links

• Finger on the Trigger at IMDb