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Showdown at Abilene

"The blazing story of the great Abilene range war!"

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.

Top Cast

  • Jock Mahoney

    Jock Mahoney

    Jim Trask

  • Martha Hyer

    Martha Hyer

    Peggy Bigelow

  • Lyle Bettger

    Lyle Bettger

    Dave Mosely

  • David Janssen

    David Janssen

    Verne Ward

  • Grant Williams

    Grant Williams

    Chip Tomlin

  • Ted de Corsia

    Ted de Corsia

    Dan Claudius

  • Harry Harvey

    Harry Harvey

    Ross Bigelow (as Harry Harvey Sr.)

  • Dayton Lummis

    Dayton Lummis

    Jack Bedford

  • Richard H. Cutting

    Richard H. Cutting

    Nelson

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.

Rating

5.3 / 10
10 Reviews
1 Popular

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