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Showdown at Abilene (1956)

Showdown at Abilene

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12

1h 20m

Romance, Western

October 1st, 1956

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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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Cast

Jock Mahoney
Jim Trask
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
Dayton Lummis
Jack Bedford
Richard H. Cutting
Nelson
Robert Anderson
Sprague
Full cast & crew

Directors

Charles F. Haas
(as Charles Haas)
Full cast & crew

Producers

Howard Christie
producer
Full cast & crew

Writers

Berne Giler
screenplay
Clarence Upson Young
story
Full cast & crew

Taglines

THE BLAZING STORY OF THE GREAT ABILENE RANGE WAR! (original print ad - all caps)
The blazing story of the great Abilene range war!

Keywords

gunfight
beating
murder
All Keywords

Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

January 1st, 1960 (Argentina)
March 11th, 1957 (Austria)
February 13th, 1957 (Finland)
All Release Dates

Alternative Titles

Showdown at Abilene (original title)
El deber de matar (Argentina) (theatrical title)
Schüsse peitschen durch die Nacht (Austria)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

Agoura, California, USA
Morrison Ranch, Agoura, California, USA
Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA (studio)

Running Times

80 min

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

2.00 : 1

Production Companies

Universal International Pictures (UI) (presents) (as Universal-International) / (presents) (as Universal - International)
Universal International Pictures

Distribution Companies

J.Arthur Rank-Film (Austria)
Koch Media (Germany)
Universal Film (Norway)
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