Gunfight in Abilene
1967 · Movie · 1h 26m · NR
"The time: NOON! The odds: DESPERATE! The result: MEMORABLE!"
The read
It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
Fighting in the Civil War a man accidently kills his friend. Returning to Abilene after the war he finds his former sweetheart about to marry the brother of the man he killed. To pay his debt he not only refuses to win her back but takes the job of Sheriff, a job he doesn't want, when the brother asks him. Still haunted by the killing he refuses to carry a gun. But there is trouble between the ranchers and the farmers and when he finds the brother murdered he straps on a gun and heads after the killer.
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
14 audience votes
Key crew
- William HaleDirector
- Shorty RogersOriginal Music Composer
- Bobby DarinOriginal Music Composer
- John D. F. BlackScreenplay
- Berne GilerScreenplay
Cast
- Bobby DarinCal Wayne
- Emily BanksAmy Martin
- Leslie NielsenGrant Evers
- Donnelly RhodesJoe Slade
- Don GallowayWard Kent
- Frank McGrathNed Martin
- Michael SarrazinCord Decker
- Don DubbinsRod Sprague
- William PhippsFrank Norton
- Barbara WerleLeann
- Johnny SevenLoop
- William MimsEd Scovie
Stills