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Showdown at Abilene (1956)

NR ★ 5.4/10 80 min Western United States English
Screenplay by: Berne Giler
Story by: Clarence Upson Young
Streaming: Not available
The blazing story of the great Abilene range war!

Description

Jim Trask, former sheriff of Abilene, returns to the town after fighting for the Confederacy to find everyone thought he was dead. His old friend Dave Mosely is now engaged to Trask's former sweetheart and is one of the cattlemen increasingly feuding with the original farmers. Trask is persuaded to take up as sheriff again but there is something about the death of Mosely's brother in the Civil War that is haunting him.

Top Cast

Jock Mahoney
Jock Mahoney Jim Trask
Martha Hyer
Martha Hyer Peggy Bigelow
Lyle Bettger
Lyle Bettger Dave Mosely
David Janssen
David Janssen Verne Ward
Grant Williams
Grant Williams Chip Tomlin
Ted de Corsia
Ted de Corsia Dan Claudius
Harry Harvey
Harry Harvey Ross Bigelow (as Harry Harvey Sr.)
Dayton Lummis
Dayton Lummis Jack Bedford

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