Gunfight in Abilene

Gunfight in Abilene (1967)

The time: NOON! The odds: DESPERATE! The result: MEMORABLE!

Fighting in the Civil War a man accidently kills his friend. Returning to Abilene after the war he finds his former sweetheart about to marry the brother of the man he 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 the brother asks him. Still haunted by the killing he refuses to carry a gun. But 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.

Date of release
1967-02-03
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (14)
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Western
Director
William Hale

Casting

Interesting facts

Gunfight in Abilene is a 1967 American Western film directed by William Hale and 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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