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Showdown at Abilene

Showdown at Abilene

# The blazing story of the great Abilene range war!
Western
📜 Overview: 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1956-10-01
⌚ Running Time: 80 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 5.2

Beloved Cast

Jock Mahoney original image
Jim Trask
Jock Mahoney
Martha Hyer original image
Peggy Bigelow
Martha Hyer
Lyle Bettger original image
Dave Mosely
Lyle Bettger
David Janssen original image
Verne Ward
David Janssen
Grant Williams original image
Chip Tomlin
Grant Williams
Ted de Corsia original image
Dan Claudius
Ted de Corsia
Harry Harvey original image
Ross Bigelow (as Harry Harvey Sr.)
Harry Harvey
Dayton Lummis original image
Jack Bedford
Dayton Lummis
Richard H. Cutting original image
Nelson
Richard H. Cutting
Robert Anderson original image
Sprague (as Robert G. Anderson)
Robert Anderson
John Maxwell original image
Frank Scovie
John Maxwell
Lane Bradford original image
Loop
Lane Bradford
Chuck Hayward original image
Roughneck (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward

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