Gunfight In Abilene
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| Gunfight In Abilene | |
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| Directed by | William Hale |
| Produced by | Howard Christie |
| Written by | John D.F. Black (Screenwriter) Bernie Giler (screenwriter) Clarence Upson Young (novel) |
| Starring | Bobby Darin Emily Banks Leslie Nielsen Don Galloway |
| Music by | Bobby Darin |
| Cinematography | Maury Gertsman |
| Editing by | Gene Palmer |
| Distributed by | Universal |
| Release date(s) | March 1967 |
| Running time | 86 Min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
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Gunfight In Abilene is a 1967 Western, it's the second film based on the book Gun Shy from Clarence Upson Young.
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[edit] Taglines
- The Time: NOON! The Odds: DESPERATE! The Result: MEMORABLE
- Only His Guns and His Guts Could Stop Abilene From Erupting Into a Range War
[edit] Plot
While Fighting in the Civil War Cal Wayne (Bobby Darin) accidentally kills his friend. When he returns to Abilene after the war he finds his former sweetheart Amy Martin (Emily Banks) about to marry the brother of the friend he accidentally killed. To pay his debt he not only refuses to win her back but takes the job of Sheriff, a job he doesn't want, when asks him. Still haunted by killing his friend he refuses to carry a gun. But he has to use one eventually because there is trouble between the ranchers and the farmers and when he finds the brother murdered he straps on a gun and heads after the killer.
[edit] 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
Michael Sarrazin : Cord Decker
Barbara Werle : Leann
[edit] Translations[1]
Austria: Der Sheriff schießt zurück
Finland: Sheriffin paluu
Italy: Sparatorie ad Abilene
