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GenreRomance, Western CinematographyArchie Stout CountryUnited States
Release dateJanuary 11, 1946 (1946-01-11) WriterErnest Haycox (novel), Harold Shumate (screenplay) CastRandolph Scott (Marshall Dan Mitchell), Edgar Buchanan (Sheriff Bravo Trimble), Ann Dvorak (Rita), Rhonda Fleming (Sherry Balder), Lloyd Bridges (Henry Deiser), Helen Boyce (Big Annie) Similar moviesBlood on the Moon, Montana, Ambush Valley, Red River, Catlow, The Rare Breed
Randolph scott abilene town full length western movie
Abilene Town is a 1946 western film directed by Edwin L. Marin. The film stars Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak, Lloyd Bridges, Rhonda Fleming, and Edgar Buchanan.
The movie is set in the Old West years immediately following the Civil War, in the cattle town of Abilene, Kansas.
The story was adapted from Ernest Haycox's book Trail Town.
Plot
In the years following the Civil War, Kansas is in the middle of a difficult time. Homesteaders are moving into the west, trying to start new lives, and are going head to head against cattlemen who have been settled in that territory for years. In Abilene, one of the biggest cattle towns of the west, the town is on the brink of a confrontation between the cattlemen and the homesteaders.
Marshall Dan Mitchell (Randolph Scott) has the job of keeping the peace between the two groups. For a long time, the town had been divided, with the cattlemen and cowboys having one end of town to themselves, while townspeople occupied the other end. Mitchell liked it this way, it made things easier for him, and kept problems from arising between the two factions. However, when homesteaders decide to lay stakes in the cowboy's end of town, that balance is upset, and leads to a deadly showdown.
The leader of the homesteaders is Henry Dreiser (Lloyd Bridges), a young man with good common sense, and the local sheriff is Bravo Trimble (Edgar Buchanan), a lawman who would rather play cards than be involved in any confrontation. Mitchell not only has the difficult job of juggling the upcoming confrontation, but also his love life.
Main cast
Randolph Scott as Marshall Dan Mitchell
Edgar Buchanan as Sheriff Bravo Trimble
Lloyd Bridges as Henry Deiser
Ann Dvorak as Rita
Rhonda Fleming as Sherry Balder
Helen Boyce as Big Annie
Howard Freeman as Ed Balder
Richard Hale as Charlie Fair
Jack Lambert as Jet Younger
Eddy Waller as Hannaberry
Hank Patterson as Doug Neil
Chubby Johnson as Homesteader (uncredited), his screen debut
DVD release
Abilene Town was released on Region 0 DVD by Alpha Video on July 27, 2010.