Showdown at Abilene
Showdown at Abilene is a 1956 American Western film directed by Charles F. Haas (as Charles Haas) and starring Jock Mahoney, Martha Hyer and Lyle Bettger.
| Showdown at Abilene | |
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| Directed by | Charles F. Haas (as Charles Haas) |
| Produced by | Howard Christie |
| Screenplay by | Berne Giler |
| Story by | Clarence Upson Young |
| Starring | Jock Mahoney Martha Hyer Lyle Bettger |
| Cinematography | Irving Glassberg |
| Edited by | Ray Snyder |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
It was remade as Gunfight in Abilene.
Plot
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 engaded to Trask's former sweetheart and is one of the cattlemen incresingly 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
- Jock Mahoney as Jim Trask
- Martha Hyer as Peggy Bigelow
- Lyle Bettger as Dave Mosely
- David Janssen as Verne Ward
- Grant Williams as Chip Tomlin
- Ted de Corsia as Dan Claudius
- Harry Harvey as Ross Bigelow (as Harry Harvey)
- Dayton Lummis as Jack Bedford
- Richard H. Cutting as Nelson
- Robert Anderson as Sprague (as Robert G. Anderson)
- John Maxwell as Frank Scovie
- Lane Bradford as Loop
See also
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