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Gunfight in Abilene

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Director
  
William Hale

Music director
  
Bobby Darin

Country
  
United States

5.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Western

Duration
  

Language
  
English

Gunfight in Abilene movie poster

Release date
  
March 1967 (1967-03)

Writer
  
Berne Giler (screenplay), John D.F. Black (screenplay), Clarence Upson Young (story)

Screenplay
  
John D. F. Black, Berne Giler

Cast
  
Bobby Darin
(Cal Wayne),
Emily Banks
(Amy Martin),
Leslie Nielsen
(Grant Evers),
Donnelly Rhodes
(Joe Slade),
Don Galloway
(Ward Kent),
Frank McGrath
(Ned Martin)

Similar movies
  
Abilene Town (1946), Rim of the Canyon (1949), Gunfighters of Abilene (1960), Face of a Fugitive (1959), Tribute to a Bad Man (1956)

Gunfight in Abilene is a 1967 western film starring Bobby Darin in a non-singing role. It is the second film based on the short story "Gun Shy" by Clarence Upson Young, the first being Showdown at Abilene (1956), starring Jock Mahoney in the role played by Darin in the remake.

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Plot

Cal Wayne accidentally kills a fellow Confederate soldier during the Civil War. He returns to his hometown of Abilene, Kansas after the war and ends up replacing the corrupt Joe Slade as the town's sheriff.

A feud is ongoing between local cattlemen and farmers. Cattle baron Grant Evers takes it upon himself to exact harsh justice against rustlers, with or without proof. A grudge exists Evers and the new sheriff because Cal's fiancee, Amy Martin, believing he was dead, is now engaged to marry Evers.

Evers learns that it was his own brother who was shot by Cal during the war. But he is killed by Slade in a quarrel, whereupon Slade is shot dead by Cal.

Cast

  • Bobby Darin as Cal Wayne
  • Emily Banks as Amy Martin
  • Leslie Nielsen as Grant Evers
  • Donnelly Rhodes as Joe Slade
  • Don Galloway as Ward Kent
  • Frank McGrath as Ned Martin
  • Michael Sarrazin as Cord Decker
  • Barbara Werle as Leann
  • References

    Gunfight in Abilene Wikipedia
    Gunfight in Abilene IMDb Gunfight in Abilene themoviedb.org