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West of Abilene (1940)

West of Abilene poster
Directed by
Ralph Ceder
Genre
western
Country
United States
Runtime
58 min
Rated
NR
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A cowboy tries to protect a young woman and her family from a land-grabbing villain. The hero outsmarts the bad guys in a series of chases and fights.

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What happens

West of Abilene is a 1940 American Western film directed by Ralph Ceder and written by Paul Franklin. The film stars Charles Starrett, Marjorie Cooley, Bruce Bennett, William Pawley, Don Beddoe and George Cleveland. The film was released on October 21, 1940, by Columbia Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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