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Abilene Town (1946)

Abilene Town poster
Directed by
Edwin L. Marin
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A cattle town marshal struggles to keep peace between homesteaders and cattlemen in 1870 Abilene. He must also manage two love interests.

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What happens

Abilene Town is a 1946 American Western film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak, Edgar Buchanan, Rhonda Fleming and Lloyd Bridges. Adapted from Ernest Haycox's 1941 novel Trail Town, the production's plot is set in the Old West, in the cattle town of Abilene, Kansas in 1870. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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