Abilene Town (1946)Sheriff tries to stop homesteader conflicts in the West after the Civil War. Director:Edwin L. Marin |
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Abilene Town (1946)Sheriff tries to stop homesteader conflicts in the West after the Civil War. Director:Edwin L. Marin |
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| Randolph Scott | ... |
Dan Mitchell
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| Ann Dvorak | ... |
Rita
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| Edgar Buchanan | ... |
Sheriff 'Bravo' Trimble
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| Rhonda Fleming | ... |
Sherry Balder
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| Lloyd Bridges | ... |
Henry Dreiser
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Helen Boyce | ... |
Big Annie
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| Howard Freeman | ... |
Ed Balder
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| Richard Hale | ... |
Charlie Fair
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Jack Lambert | ... |
Jet Younger
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Hank Patterson | ... |
Doug Neil
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Dick Curtis | ... |
'Cap' Ryker
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Earl Schenck | ... |
George Hazelhurst
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Eddy Waller | ... |
Hannaberry
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In the years following the Civil War, the town of Abilene, Kansas is poised on the brink of an explosive confrontation. A line has been drawn down the center of the town where the homesteaders and the cattlemen have come to a very uneasy truce. The delicate peace is inadvertantly shattered when a group of new homesteaders lay down their stakes on the cattlemen's side of town, upsetting the delicate balance that had existed thus far and sparking an all-out war between the farmers, who want the land tamed and property lines drawn, and the cowboys, who want the prairies to be open for their cattle to roam. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>
Although a lot of other westerns can rightly be considered superior, this movie is fine example of the period. Randolph Scott turns in a typically good performance, and really keeps this film going. Best seen as a view of an old time western, but good entertainment anyways.