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Showdown at Abilene
Showdown at Abilene

Showdown at Abilene

The blazing story of the great Abilene range war!

Genres

Western

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

80 mins

Rating

5.2/10

Release Date

01 October 1956

Country

United States of America

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

Richard H. Cutting

Richard H. Cutting

Nelson

Robert Anderson

Robert Anderson

Sprague (as Robert G. Anderson)

John Maxwell

John Maxwell

Frank Scovie

Lane Bradford

Lane Bradford

Loop

Chuck Hayward

Chuck Hayward

Roughneck (uncredited)

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