

Showdown at Abilene
1956-10-01 · 80 min · ★ 5.3
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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- Directors
- Charles F. Haas
- Production companies
- Universal International Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Jock MahoneyJim Trask
Martha HyerPeggy Bigelow
Lyle BettgerDave Mosely
David JanssenVerne Ward
Grant WilliamsChip Tomlin
Ted de CorsiaDan Claudius
Harry HarveyRoss Bigelow (as Harry Harvey Sr.)
Dayton LummisJack Bedford
Richard H. CuttingNelson
Robert AndersonSprague (as Robert G. Anderson)
John MaxwellFrank Scovie
Lane BradfordLoop
Chuck HaywardRoughneck (uncredited)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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