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53% Critic Match
Showdown at Abilene
“The blazing story of the great Abilene range war!”
5.3 / 10• 1956• 1h 20m•NR• English
Western
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Jock Mahoney
Jim Trask
Lead
Martha Hyer
Peggy Bigelow
Lyle Bettger
Dave Mosely
David Janssen
Verne Ward
Grant Williams
Chip Tomlin
Ted de Corsia
Dan Claudius
Harry Harvey
Ross Bigelow (as Harry Harvey Sr.)
Dayton Lummis
Jack Bedford
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Charles F. Haas's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Showdown at Abilene is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
